Link Tochigi Brex

Link Tochigi Brex
Leagues B.League
History Tochigi Brex
Link Tochigi Brex
Arena Brex Arena Utsunomiya
Capacity 2,900
Main sponsor Tochigi Bank
Head coach Japan Ryuzo Anzai
Championships 2 (2009-2010, 2016-2017)
Website Official site
Uniforms
Link Tochigi Brex

Link Tochigi Brex is a Japanese professional basketball team based in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. After winning the JBL 2 in 2008, the team currently plays in the National Basketball League.

In July 2015 it was announced that the team would compete in the first division of the new Japan Professional Basketball League (B.League), which started in October 2016.[1] The team became the first champions of the B.League in 27 May 2017, defeating the Toshiba Kawasaki Brave Thunders by the final score of 85-79.[2]

Roster

Link Tochigi Brex roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.Name
PG 0 Japan Yuta Tabuse (C)
PF 4 United States Jeff Gibbs
PG 9 Japan Yusuke Endo
PF 10 Japan Kosuke Takeuchi
SG 11 Japan Takanori Tahara
C 12 United States Drew Naymick
PF 13 Japan Hironori Watanabe
PG 18 Japan Seiji Ikaruga
PF 21 Japan Kosuke Hashimoto
PF 22 United States Ryan Rossiter
G/F 24 Japan Takahiro Kurihara
SG 25 Japan Eric Roberts
SG 30 Japan Ryo Yamazaki
SF 31 Japan Shuhei Kitagawa 
Head coach

Japan Ryuzo Anzai

Assistant coach(es)

Atsushi Inagaki


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Updated: 2018

Notable players

Coaches

Arenas

Practice facilities

Brex Bus

References

  1. "JPBLの「1部~3部階層分け発表記者会見」について" [Regarding the JPBL's "Division 1-3 Assignment Press Conference"] (in Japanese). Nishinomiya Storks. 30 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  2. Odeven, Ed (2017-05-27). "Brex claim first B. League title". The Japan Times Online. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
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