The Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka are a

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ese

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team, playing in the second division of the

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. They are based in

Fukuoka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Fukuoka Prefecture has a population of 5,109,323 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of 4,986 km2 (1,925 sq mi). Fukuoka Prefecture borders Saga Prefecture to the southwest, K ...

and were coached by

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, the father of

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, in 2015.

Roster

Notable players

Head coaches

Toshihiro Goto is the former Head coach of the Sendai 89ers in the Japanese B.League. Head coaching record , - , style="text-align:left;", Toyota Antelopes , style="text-align:left;", 2012-13 , 29, , 22, , 7, , , , style="text-align:center;", 2nd, ...

* Carl John Neumann (2007–09) *

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(2009–12) *

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 ...

(2012–13, 2016-17) * Mack Tuck (2013) * Kimitoshi Sano (2013-14) * James Duncan (2014) * Ken Hamanaka (2014) *

(2015) *

Tomohiro Moriyama is the Head coach of the Fukushima Firebonds in the Japanese B.League. Head coaching record , - , style="text-align:left;", Shimane Susanoo Magic , style="text-align:left;", 2014-15 , 40, , 21, , 19, , , , style="text-align:center;", 6th ...

(2015-16) *

Takatoshi Ishibashi is the Head coach of the Tokyo Hachioji Bee Trains in the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for Hokkai Gakuen University. He was selected by the Toyama Grouses with the 14th overall pick in the 2006 bj League draft. Head coachin ...

(2016) *

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(2016, 2020-21) * Kentaro Hori (2017) * Ryuji Kawai (2017-18) * Bob Nash (2018-19) * Iurgi Caminos (2019-20) * Eiki Umezaki (2021-22) * Taiki Yoshinaga (2022) * Moncho López (2022-present)

Arenas

Teriha Sekisui House Arena Teriha Sekisui House Arena is an arena in Island City, Fukuoka, Island City, Fukuoka, Fukuoka. Groundbreaking and construction began on February 1, 2017, and opened on December 1, 2018. Facilities *Main arena - 3,703 sqm *Sub arena - 1,786 sqm * ...

* Fukuoka Citizens Gymnasium * Iizuka Daiichi Gymnasium *

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* Kurume Arena * Okawa Citizens Gymnasium * Mizuma General Gymnasium

References

Rizing Fukuoka
at Asia-basket.com
Team website
* Basketball teams in Japan Basketball teams　established in 2005 Sports teams in Fukuoka Prefecture 2005 establishments in Japan {{Asia-basketball-team-stub