Niigata Albirex BB

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Niigata Albirex BB
Leagues	B.League
Founded	1954; 70 years ago (1954)
Arena	City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka
Location	Nagaoka, Niigata
Team colors	Orange and Blue
Main sponsor	Sanko Seika
Championships	2
Website	www.albirex.com
Home Away

Active departments of Albirex
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The Niigata Albirex BB (新潟アルビレックスBB (Nīgata Aubirekkusu BB)) are a professional basketball team based in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, Japan that compete in the first division of the Japanese B.League.^[1]

Outline[edit]

The club was founded in 1954 as the company team of Daiwa Securities, a Tokyo-based securities brokerage. In 1991, it joined the Japan Basketball League. In 2000, the company club was dissolved after NSG purchased it, and the club was moved before the 2000–2001 season to Niigata and renamed Albirex.

In 2004, it joined the bj league along with five other clubs.

Team name transition[edit]

• 1954: The Daiwa Securities basketball club
• 1994: The Daiwa Securities Hotblizzards
• 2000: Niigata Albirex
• 2006: Niigata Albirex basketball

Roster[edit]

Niigata Albirex BB roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G 2 Oluwadamilola Yuta Joseph Mosaku 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 22 – (2001-12-05)5 December 2001 G 3 Reon Shibuta 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 25 – (1998-08-22)22 August 1998 G 5 Daichi Tomioka 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) 29 – (1995-02-08)8 February 1995 G 10 Tensho Sugimoto 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 25 – (1998-07-20)20 July 1998 G 14 Keigo Kimura 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 23 – (2000-11-08)8 November 2000 G 17 Shun Watanuki 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 36 – (1987-11-02)2 November 1987 F 25 Rosco Allen 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 30 – (1993-05-05)5 May 1993 F 32 Yuichi Ikeda 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 40 – (1983-07-13)13 July 1983 G 34 Zen Endo 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 25 – (1998-11-05)5 November 1998 F 65 Shogo Tamaki 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – (1996-08-30)30 August 1996	Head coach Casey Owens Assistant coach(es) Takamitsu Fujiwara Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster

Notable players[edit]

Coaches[edit]

• Osamu Kuraishi
• Matt Garrison
• Fujitaka Hiraoka
• Kazuo Nakamura
• Kazuhiro Shoji
• Shogo Fukuda

Honors[edit]

• Japan Basketball League Div.2
  • Champions (2) : 2000/2001, 2001/2002
• bj league
  • Runners-up (1) : 2005/2006
• Asia Professional Basketball Invitation Tournament
  • 4th Place (1) : 2006

Season-by-season records[edit]

Key:

• Win%: Winning percentage
• GB: Games behind

Arenas[edit]

• City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka
• Niigata City Higashi General Sports Center
• Region Plaza Joetsu

Practice facilities[edit]

• Nakanoshima Gymnasium

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official web site (in Japanese)

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