Japan Basketball League

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Japan Basketball League
Founded2007
First season 2007–08
Folded2013
CountryFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Confederation FIBA Asia (Asia)
Number of teams8
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toJBL2
Last champions Aisin SeaHorses (4th title)
Most championships Aisin SeaHorses (4)
Website jbl.or.jp/ (Archived)

The Japan Basketball League (JBL) was a professional basketball league in Japan. It made up the top-tier of basketball in Japan alongside the bj league, Japan's other basketball competition, with no promotion and relegation between bj and the JBL.

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The JBL was composed of two divisions, the JBL (Division 1, formerly JBL Super League ) and the JBL2 (Division 2, formerly Japan League).

In June 2012, the Japan Basketball Association announced the establishment of the National Basketball League (NBL) as the topflight professional league in Japan. The 2012–13 season was the last JBL season as JBL teams joined the NBL.

History

The Japan Basketball League was formed after the JBL Super League, which was held from 2001 to 2007, was disbanded. The new Japan Basketball League started with the 2007–08 season with 7 teams of the JBL Super League (Aisin SeaHorses, Hitachi SunRockers, Mitsubishi Electric Diamond Dolphins, OSG Phoenix, Panasonic Super Kangaroos, Toshiba Red Thunders, Toyota Alvark), and one team from another league, Rera Kamuy Hokkaido. [1] [2]

List of champions

SeasonRegular season championFinals championSeriesRunner-up
2007–08 [2] Aisin SeaHorses Aisin SeaHorses 3–2 Toyota Alvark
2008–09 [3] Aisin SeaHorses Aisin SeaHorses 3–1 Hitachi SunRockers
2009–10 [4] Aisin SeaHorses Link Tochigi Brex 3–0 Aisin SeaHorses
2010–11 [5] Aisin SeaHorses No winner (league discontinued due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami)
2011–12 [6] Aisin SeaHorses Toyota Alvark 3–1 Aisin SeaHorses
2012–13 [7] Aisin SeaHorses Aisin SeaHorses 3–2 Toshiba Brave Thunders

Award winners

Regular season MVP

J. R. Sakuragi won the Regular season MVP award 3 times in a row Sakuragi jr.jpg
J. R. Sakuragi won the Regular season MVP award 3 times in a row
SeasonMVPTeam
2007–08 Flag of Japan.svg Shinsuke Kashiwagi [2] Aisin SeaHorses
2008–09 Flag of Japan.svg Kosuke Takeuchi [3] Aisin SeaHorses
2009–10 Flag of Japan.svg Kosuke Takeuchi [4] (2×) Aisin SeaHorses
2010–11 Flag of Japan.svg J. R. Sakuragi [5] Aisin SeaHorses
2011–12 Flag of Japan.svg J. R. Sakuragi [6] (2×) Aisin SeaHorses
2012–13 Flag of Japan.svg J. R. Sakuragi [7] (3×) Aisin SeaHorses

Finals MVP

SeasonMVPTeam
2007–08 Flag of Japan.svg Shinsuke Kashiwagi [2] Aisin SeaHorses
2008–09 Flag of Japan.svg Kosuke Takeuchi [3] Aisin SeaHorses
2009–10 Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Tabuse [4] Link Tochigi Brex
2010–11No winner (playoffs not played) [5]
2011–12 Flag of the United States.svg Philip Ricci [6] [8] Toyota Alvark
2012–13 Flag of Japan.svg J. R. Sakuragi [7] Aisin SeaHorses

Statistical leaders

Top scorers

Takuya Kawamura led the league in scoring for 4 consecutive seasons Kawamura takuya.jpg
Takuya Kawamura led the league in scoring for 4 consecutive seasons
SeasonPlayerTeamPPG
2007–08 Flag of the United States.svg Marquis Estill [2] [9] OSG Phoenix 24.9
2008–09 Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Kawamura [3] [10] Link Tochigi Brex 20.4
2009–10 Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Kawamura [11] [12] (2×) Link Tochigi Brex 20.5
2010–11 Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Kawamura [5] [13] (3×) Link Tochigi Brex 19.3
2011–12 Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Kawamura [6] [14] (4×) Link Tochigi Brex 20.4
2012–13 Flag of the United States.svg Nick Fazekas [7] [15] Toshiba Brave Thunders 21.6

Rebounding leaders

SeasonPlayerTeamRPG
2007–08 Flag of the United States.svg Marquis Estill [2] [9] OSG Phoenix 16.0
2008–09 Flag of the United States.svg Cory Violette [16] Toshiba Brave Thunders 11.0
2009–10 Flag of Japan.svg Kosuke Takeuchi [11] [12] Aisin SeaHorses 11.4
2010–11 Flag of Japan.svg Joji Takeuchi [5] [13] Hitachi SunRockers 12.2
2011–12 Flag of Japan.svg J. R. Sakuragi [14] [17] Aisin SeaHorses 12.0
2012–13 Flag of Japan.svg J. R. Sakuragi [7] [15] (2×) Aisin SeaHorses 12.5

Assists leaders

SeasonPlayerTeamAPG
2007–08 Flag of the United States.svg Cliff Hawkins [2] [9] OSG Phoenix 7.5
2008–09 Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Tabuse [10] [16] Link Tochigi Brex 5.6
2009–10 Flag of Japan.svg Shinsuke Kashiwagi [11] [12] Aisin SeaHorses 4.1
2010–11 Flag of Japan.svg J. R. Sakuragi [5] [13] Aisin SeaHorses 3.9
2011–12 Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Kawamura [14] [17] Link Tochigi Brex 4.5
2012–13 Flag of Japan.svg J. R. Sakuragi [7] [15] (2×) Aisin SeaHorses 4.4

Steals leaders

SeasonPlayerTeamSPG
2007–08 Flag of the United States.svg Cliff Hawkins [2] [9] OSG Phoenix 2.3
2008–09 Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Tabuse [10] [16] Link Tochigi Brex 2.3
2009–10 Flag of Japan.svg Toshihiro Sato [4] [11] Hitachi SunRockers 2.9
2010–11 Flag of Japan.svg Shinsuke Kashiwagi [13] [18] Aisin SeaHorses 2.1
2011–12 Flag of Japan.svg Toshihiro Sato [14] [17] (2×) Hitachi SunRockers 1.7
2012–13 Flag of Japan.svg Tomokazu Abe [7] [15] Levanga Hokkaido 2.1

Blocks leaders

SeasonPlayerTeamBPG
2007–08 Flag of Japan.svg Kosuke Takeuchi [9] Aisin SeaHorses 1.8
2008–09 Flag of Japan.svg Kosuke Takeuchi [3] [10] (2×) Aisin SeaHorses 1.7
2009–10 Flag of Japan.svg Kosuke Takeuchi [11] [12] (3×) Aisin SeaHorses 2.0
2010–11 Flag of Japan.svg Kosuke Takeuchi [5] [13] (4×) Aisin SeaHorses 1.7
2011–12 Flag of Japan.svg Joji Takeuchi [6] [14] Hitachi SunRockers 1.5
2012–13 Flag of the United States.svg Jameel Watkins [7] [15] Panasonic Trians 2.1

Clubs

The playoff final game between the Aisin SeaHorses and the Toshiba Brave Thunders in 2013 2012-2013 playoff final aisin-toshiba 20130420.jpg
The playoff final game between the Aisin SeaHorses and the Toshiba Brave Thunders in 2013

The teams that played in JBL's last season in 2012–13 were: [19]

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