Sendai is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, the largest city in the Tōhoku region. As of 1 August 2023, the city had a population of 1,098,335 in 539,698 households, and is one of Japan's 20 designated cities. The city was founded in 1600 by the daimyō Date Masamune. It is nicknamed the City of Trees; there are Japanese zelkova trees lining many of the main thoroughfares such as Jōzenji Street and Aoba Street. In the summer, the Sendai Tanabata Festival, the largest Tanabata festival in Japan, is held. In winter, the trees are decorated with thousands of lights for the Pageant of Starlight, lasting through most of December. The city is also home to Tohoku University, consistently ranked amongst the top institutions of higher education in Japan. On 11 March 2011, coastal areas of the city suffered catastrophic damage from a magnitude 9.0 offshore earthquake, which triggered a destructive tsunami.
Kamei Arena Sendai is an indoor sporting arena located in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 7,000. It hosted preliminary round games for the Basketball World Championship 2006, and is also the home arena of the Sendai 89ers of the Japan professional basketball B.League. In 1994 and 2004, it hosted the Asian Basketball Championship for Women.
Nagamachi Station is a junction railway station in Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company and the Sendai Subway.
Tomizawa Station is a metro station on the Sendai Subway Namboku Line in Taihaku-ku, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.
The bj league was a professional basketball league in Japan that began in November 2005 as a six-team league. The league was operated as a competitor to the established Japan Super League which was run by the Japan Basketball Association, the official governing body of basketball in Japan. Over the next ten years the league saw continual expansion, with at least one new team joining every season, reaching 24 teams divided into two conferences in its final season in 2015–16. Turkish Airlines was the major sponsor of the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons.
Nicholas Adam DeWitz is an American former professional basketball player.
Kevin Randolph Coble is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Sendai 89ers of the bj league. A former member of the Northwestern Wildcats basketball team, he led them in scoring and rebounding as a freshman, sophomore and junior during the 2006–07, 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons, but suffered a Lisfranc fracture and redshirted during his true senior season. Following the 2008–09 All-Big Ten Conference regular season, he was named a second-team All-conference selection by both the coaches and the media. He was also named Big Ten men's basketball player of the week during the season. He was an honorable mention All-Big Ten selection following the 2007–08 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season. On July 27, 2010, Coble decided not to play basketball for his senior year, choosing instead to focus on graduating in December 2010.
The Sendai 89ers (仙台89ERS) are a Japanese professional basketball team that compete in the first division of the B.League. They are based in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. The team name is based on the city's founding year, 1889.
Honoo Hamaguchi is a Japanese basketball coach. He originates from Oshima Island. As of 2011 Hamaguchi had been a part of the Japanese basketball league longer than most of the other coaches of Japanese basketball teams had been a part. Ed Odeven of The Japan Times said that Hamaguchi works for success but does not seek attention despite being in a social media era.
Miyagi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Miyagi Prefecture has a population of 2,265,724 and has a geographic area of 7,282 km2 (2,812 sq mi). Miyagi Prefecture borders Iwate Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefecture to the northwest, Yamagata Prefecture to the west, and Fukushima Prefecture to the south.
Robert Pierce is an American former professional basketball coach. He was the head coach for Sun Rockers Shibuya (1997-2001), Shiga Lakestars (2008-2010), Akita Northern Happinets (2010-2011), and the Sendai 89ers (2011-2013) in Japan and a former college basketball assistant coach for University of Southern California. He can speak English, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese and Korean languages. Currently he is a Director of Instruction for the Five-Star Sports China, coaches the international school of Beijing men's basketball team, and serves for the Miami Heat of the NBA as the scout in China.
Xebio Arena Sendai (ゼビオアリーナ仙台) is an arena in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. It is the home arena of the Sendai 89ers of the B.League, Japan's professional basketball league.
Josh Peppers is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Sendai 89ers of the B.League in Japan. He is going to get Japanese citizenship.
Justin Burrell is an American professional basketball player for Sendai 89ers of the B.League. He played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm from 2007 to 2011.
Hamilton Gary Kotera is a Japanese professional basketball player who last played for Sendai 89ers in Japan. He played college basketball for the Miami Hurricanes.
Theo Hiroki Fujita is the head coach of the Sendai 89ers in the Japanese B.League.
Toshihiro Goto is the former Head coach of the Sendai 89ers in the Japanese B.League.
Takeo Mabashi is a Japanese professional basketball head coach and former player.
Jerome Tillman is an American professional basketball player for Akita Northern Happinets in Japan. He played collegiate basketball at Ohio University. He averaged 15.9 points and 8.2 rebounds per game with Sendai 89ers during the 2019-20 season. Tillman signed with Toyotsu Fighting Eagles Nagoya on June 29, 2020.
Volodymyr Gerun is a Ukrainian professional basketball player for Sendai 89ers of the B.League.
