Alvark Tokyo

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Alvark Tokyo
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Leagues B.League
Founded1948;76 years ago (1948)
HistoryToyota Pacers
1948–2000
Toyota Alvark
2000–2016
Alvark Tokyo
2016–present
Arena Arena Tachikawa Tachihi
Komazawa Gymnasium
Head coach Dainius Adomaitis
Championships3 JBL Super League
1 Japan Basketball League
2 B.League
1 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Website https://www.alvark-tokyo.jp/
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Toyota Alvark team in 2009

Alvark Tokyo is a Japanese professional basketball team located in Tokyo. The team, which is sponsored by Toyota, currently plays in the Japanese B.League. Until 2000, the team was known as the Toyota Pacers. Founded as Toyota Pacers in 1948, the club won two consecutive JBL Super League league titles in 2006 and 2007.

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In July 2015, it was announced that the team would compete in the first division of the new Japan Professional Basketball League, which commenced from October 2016. [1]

As of 2020, the team has been the reigning back-to-back champion of the B.League, Japan's top basketball league. [2]

Honours

Domestic

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Diante Garrett

Continental

Players

Current roster

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

Alvark Tokyo roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
G 0 Flag of Japan.svg Ryoma Hashimoto 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)36 – (1988-05-11)11 May 1988
G 1 Flag of Japan.svg Hiryu Okamoto 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)31 – (1993-04-20)20 April 1993
PG 3 Flag of Japan.svg Kai Toews 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)25 – (1998-09-17)17 September 1998
F 8 Flag of Japan.svg Hirotaka Yoshii 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)26 – (1998-06-04)4 June 1998
G 9 Flag of Japan.svg Shuto Ando 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)30 – (1994-06-13)13 June 1994
F 10 Flag of the United States.svg Zack Baranski 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)31 – (1992-12-18)18 December 1992
F/C 11 Flag of Spain.svg Sebas Saiz 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)30 – (1994-07-05)5 July 1994
C 21 Flag of Japan.svg Gen Hiraiwa 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)26 – (1997-12-05)5 December 1997
F/C 22 Flag of Japan.svg Ryan Rossiter 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)34 – (1989-09-14)14 September 1989
SF 23 Flag of Brazil.svg Léonardo Meindl 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)31 – (1993-05-20)20 May 1993
G 25 Flag of Japan.svg Kohei Fukuzawa 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)31 – (1993-04-02)2 April 1993
G 75 Flag of Japan.svg Taiki Osakabe 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)26 – (1998-07-15)15 July 1998
C 77 Flag of Lithuania.svg Artūras Gudaitis 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)31 – (1993-06-19)19 June 1993
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Updated: August 2, 2023

Notable players

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

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Head coaches

Practice facilities

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Toyota Motors Fuchu Sports Center

They have their own gymnasium, Toyota Motors Fuchu Sports Center in Kitayamacho, Fuchu, Tokyo.

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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. Daiki Tanaka named B. League MVP Kaz Nagatsuka (The Japan Times), 12 May 2020. Accessed 25 May 2020.