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team based in the eastern Mikawa and

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region of central Japan, that competes in the B.League. The team was founded in 1965, as the company team of the OSG Corporation, a

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-based machine parts manufacturer. It remained a local team in

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until 1995, when it first participated in the All-Japan Professional Basketball Championships. It joined the Japan Basketball League (JBL) in 1999, winning the Second Division championship in 2000. “Higashimikawa” was added to the team name in 2007, when its home stadium was moved to

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. It ended the 2007 season in third place. From 2008, the Higashimikawa Phoenix joined the new

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, and the following year, “Hamamatsu” was added to the team name to emphasize the compound franchise among Toyohashi,

, and the surrounding districts and the team was legally registered as an independent corporation under the name of “Phoenix Communications”. The team signed the noted Chinese basketball star, Sun Mingming, in 2008. In July 2015, the team announced its participation in the inaugural season of Japan's professional basketball league which debuted in 2016, competing in the first division. Prior to joining the league, the club accordingly changed its name to "San-en NeoPhoenix", and began playing their home games in

Honours

*League champions: 3 **2009 **2010 **2015

Current roster

Notable players

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game at any time.

Coaches

* Kazuo Nakamura * Ryuji Kawai * Tomoya Higashino * Hiroki Fujita * Brian Rowsom * Shuto Kawachi * Branislav Vićentić * Atsushi Ōno

Arenas

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* Hamamatsu Arena * Green Arena

Practice facilities

OSG Gymnasium

External links

Notes

{{Japanese B.League Basketball teams established in 1965 Basketball teams in Japan Sports clubs and teams in Shizuoka Prefecture 1965 establishments in Japan