Gunma Crane Thunders

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Gunma Crane Thunders
Conference	East
Division	1st
Leagues	B.League
Founded	2011
Arena	Ota Citizens Gymnasium
Capacity	1,987
Location	Ota, Gunma
President	Masaaki Arai
Head coach	Kota Mizuno
Ownership	Open House
Website	g-crane-thunders.jp
Home Away

The Gunma Crane Thunders are a professional basketball team that compete in the first division of the Japanese B.League.^[1] They are based in Ōta, Gunma. It is said that the shape of Gunma Prefecture resembles the shape of a dancing crane. The team's name is a combination of the crane and thunder, which evokes images of "energy" and "speed".^[2]

Coaches[edit]

• Tadashi Hayashi (2012)
• Ryan Blackwell (2012–13)
• Hiroki Fujita (2013
• Charlie Parker (2014–15)
• Hirokazu Nema (2015–16)
• Fujitaka Hiraoka (2016–21)
• Thomas Wisman (2021–22)
• Kota Mizuno (2022–present)

Roster[edit]

Gunma Crane Thunders roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G 1 Koh Flippin 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 27 – (1996-05-20)20 May 1996 F 2 Tomoki Hoshino 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 26 – (1997-11-05)5 November 1997 F 3 Michael Parker 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 42 – (1981-12-05)5 December 1981 G 4 Trey McKinney-Jones 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 33 – (1990-08-27)27 August 1990 G 7 Kei Igarashi 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 43 – (1980-05-07)7 May 1980 F 8 Allen Hachimura 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 24 – (1999-12-20)20 December 1999 G 9 Naoto Tsuji 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 34 – (1989-09-08)8 September 1989 F 11 Kengo Nomoto (C) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 32 – (1992-04-25)25 April 1992 G 12 Keigo Kimura 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 23 – (2000-11-08)8 November 2000 G 14 Teru Sugawara 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 25 – (1998-05-27)27 May 1998 G 16 Narito Namizato 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 34 – (1989-08-07)7 August 1989 C 25 Kaleb Tarczewski 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 31 – (1993-02-26)26 February 1993 F 50 Ben Bentil 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 29 – (1995-03-29)29 March 1995	Head coach Kota Mizuno Assistant coach(es) Kyle Bailey Tatssuaki Sakai Nobuki Nishiyanagi Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 21 December 2022

Notable players[edit]

• Trey Britton
• Deividas Busma
• Darko Čohadarević
• Marcus Cousin
• Melvin Ely
• Gary Hamilton
• Thomas Kennedy
• Abdullahi Kuso
• Kenneth Simms
• Dillion Sneed
• Ryan Stephan
• Noriyuki Sugasawa
• Patrick Sullivan
• Hirohisa Takada
• Scootie Randall
• Ondrej Balvin

Arenas[edit]

• Ota Citizens Gymnasium
• Yamato Citizens Gymnasium Maebashi
• Yamada Green Dome Maebashi
• Kiryu University Green Arena
• Kakinuma Arena
• Isesaki Citizens Gymnasium

References[edit]