Levanga Hokkaido

Levanga
Leagues B.League
Founded 2006
History Rera Kamuy Hokkaido
Basketball Club Hokkaido
Levanga Hokkaido
Arena Hokkai Kitayell
Location Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Team colors Chartreuse and Sapphire
         
Main sponsor Eagle Pachinko
President Takehiko Orimo
Head coach José Neto (basketball)
Championships n
Website http://www.levanga.com/
Uniforms

Levanga Hokkaido is a Japanese professional basketball team based in the city of Sapporo on the island of Hokkaido. The club was founded in 2006 as Rera Kamuy Hokkaido, this name comes from the language of the Ainu, an ethnic group indigenous to Hokkaido, and means "god of the winds".[1] The franchise changed its name twice in 2011; the first when the club's parent company was kicked out of the league due to financial woes in the season. The team ended the season with a league-backed management group and a new moniker, calling itself Basketball Club Hokkaido. And finally, took its current name Levanga Hokkaido, in August 2011.[2]

The team debuted in the Japan Basketball League in the 2007-2008 season and is one of only three teams in the league not owned by a major Japanese manufacturing company.

Levanga plays its home games mainly at the Hokkai Kitayell, but, as the team represents the entire Hokkaido Prefecture, also plays some home-games at the Asahikawa City General Gymnasium, Otaru City Gymnasium, Hakodate Arena, Obihiro City General Gymnasium & Kushiro Shitsugen no Kaze Arena.

The club is 200 million yen in debt as of March 2017, and this might cause problems in the future.[3][4]

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Levanga Hokkaido roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.Name
SG 0 Japan Shuto Mizoguchi
SG 1 Japan Kohei Sekino
PG 2 Japan Shusuke Yamamoto
SG 3 Japan Zen Maki 
G 8 Japan Asahi Tajima (C)
G 9 Japan :it:Takehiko Orimo
PF 10 Japan Sean Ichioka
G 11 Japan :it:Ryota Sakurai
C 13 Spain David Doblas
F 15 Canada Marc Trasolini
SF 17 Japan Ryohei Kawabe
F 23 Japan Daisuke Noguchi
PG 32 Japan Yoshitake Matsushima
Head coach

Brazil José Neto (basketball)

Assistant coach(es)

Tomohide Utsumi
Tsuneo Ueno

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 2018

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team or one NBA game at any time.

Coaches

Practice facilities

References

  1. ↑ Kane Kumagai, Translated by Yongdeok Cho (Noir) (2006). "Ainu for Beginners". UniLang. Retrieved October 23, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Name change". japantimes. 2011. Retrieved 1 Jan 2017.
  3. ↑ Hokkaido Shimbun (6 August 2015). "債務超過解消と本拠地確保　ＮＢＬ北海道、新Ｌ１部入りの鍵". Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  4. ↑ Yomiuri Shimbun (3 March 2017). "レバンガ、２億円債務超過　Ｂ１資格継続審議". Retrieved 3 March 2017.
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