The Passlab Yamagata Wyverns is a professional basketball team that competes in the second division of the Japanese

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. TGI D-Rise served as a development team of the

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. TGI stands for Tochigi,

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, three northern Kanto prefectures.

Roster

Notable players

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* Torian Graham * Gary Hamilton * Stephen Hurt * Billy Knight * Chukwudiebere Maduabum *

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* Yoshifumi Nakajima * Justin Reynolds *

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* Shusuke Yamamoto

TGI D-Rise players

* Paul Butorac *

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* Lamar Rice * Noriyuki Sugasawa

Coaches

Atsushi Kanazawa is the former head coach of the Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka in the Japanese B.League. Head coaching record , - , style="text-align:left;", Takamatsu Five Arrows , style="text-align:left;", 2010-11 , 48, , 10, , 38, , , , style="text-align:cent ...

* Koju Munakata * Joe Cook * Yuta Ryan Koseki l*

Ryutaro Onodera is the assistant coach of the Levanga Hokkaido in the Japanese B.League. Head coaching record , - , style="text-align:left;", Bambitious Nara , style="text-align:left;", 2014-15 , 52, , 12, , 40, , , , style="text-align:center;", 10th ...

* Ryuji Kawai * Sho Higashijima *

Miodrag Rajković Miodrag Rajković ( sr-cyr, Миодраг Рајковић, born 8 March 1971) is a Serbian professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular ...

Arenas

Yamagata Prefectural General Sports Park Gymnasium Yamagata Prefectural General Sports Park Gymnasium is an arena in Tendo, Yamagata, Japan. It is the part of :ja:山形県総合運動公園, Benibana Sports Park and the home arena of the Passlab Yamagata Wyverns of the B.League, Japan's professio ...

* Yamagata City General Sports Center

Practice facilities

Yamanobe Citizens General Gymnasium

References

* Basketball teams in Japan Sports teams in Yamagata Prefecture Tendō, Yamagata Basketball teams established in 2009 2009 establishments in Japan {{Japan-sport-stub