The Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka is a Japanese professional

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team, playing in the second division of the B.League. They are based in

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and were coached by

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, the father of

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, in 2015.

Roster

Notable players

Head coaches

* Toshihiro Goto * Carl John Neumann (2007–09) * Tadaharu Ogawa (2009–12) * Atsushi Kanazawa (2012–13, 2016–17) * Mack Tuck (2013) * Kimitoshi Sano (2013–14) * James Duncan (2014) * Ken Hamanaka (2014) *

(2015) * Tomohiro Moriyama (2015–16) * Takatoshi Ishibashi (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) *

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(2022) * Moncho López (2022–present)

Arenas

* Teriha Sekisui House Arena * Fukuoka Citizens Gymnasium * Iizuka Daiichi Gymnasium * Kitakyushu City General Gymnasium * Kurume Arena * Okawa Citizens Gymnasium * Mizuma General Gymnasium

References

External links

Rizing Fukuoka
at Asia-Basket.com
Team official website
* Basketball teams in Japan Basketball teams　established in 2005 Sports clubs and teams in Fukuoka Prefecture 2005 establishments in Japan {{Japan-sport-team-stub