Levanga Hokkaido

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Levanga Hokkaido
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Leagues B.League
Founded2006;19 years ago (2006)
HistoryRera Kamuy Hokkaido
Basketball Club Hokkaido
Levanga Hokkaido
Arena Hokkai Kitayell
Capacity8,000
Location Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Team colors Chartreuse and Sapphire
  
Main sponsor Eagle Pachinko
President Takehiko Orimo
Website www.levanga.com
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Levanga Hokkaido is a Japanese professional basketball team based in the city of Sapporo on the island of Hokkaido. The club was founded in 2006 as Rera Kamuy Hokkaido, this name comes from the language of the Ainu, an ethnic group indigenous to Hokkaido, and means "god of the winds". [1] The franchise changed its name twice in 2011; the first when the club's parent company was kicked out of the league due to financial woes in the season. The team ended the season with a league-backed management group and a new moniker, calling itself Basketball Club Hokkaido. And finally, took its current name Levanga Hokkaido, in August 2011. [2]

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The team debuted in the Japan Basketball League in the 2007–2008 season and is one of only three teams in the league not owned by a major Japanese manufacturing company.

Levanga plays its home games mainly at the Hokkai Kitayell, but, as the team represents the entire Hokkaido Prefecture, also plays some home-games at the Asahikawa City General Gymnasium , Otaru City Gymnasium, Hakodate Arena , Obihiro City General Gymnasium & Kushiro Shitsugen no Kaze Arena.

The club was 200 million yen in debt in March 2017, [3] [4] but has since paid it off. [5]

Honours

Continental

Roster

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

Levanga Hokkaido roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
F/C 1 Flag of Japan.svg Danieldan Nnanna 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)28 – (1997-06-02)2 June 1997
G/F 2 Flag of the Philippines.svg Dwight Ramos 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)27 – (1998-09-02)2 September 1998
G 4 Flag of Japan.svg Shuto Terazono 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)31 – (1994-06-28)28 June 1994
G 7 Flag of Japan.svg Tsukasa Nakano 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)28 – (1996-10-28)28 October 1996
G/F 11 Flag of Japan.svg Ryota Sakurai  (C)1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)42 – (1983-03-13)13 March 1983
G 15 Flag of Japan.svg Ren Shimatani 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)25 – (2000-07-28)28 July 2000
G 17 Flag of Japan.svg Shun Watanuki 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)37 – (1987-11-02)2 November 1987
F/C 21 Flag of Cyprus.svg Darral Willis 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)29 – (1996-01-21)21 January 1996
F 24 Flag of the United States.svg De'Mon Brooks 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)33 – (1992-05-28)28 May 1992
G 37 Flag of Japan.svg Ko Takahashi 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)23 – (2002-02-13)13 February 2002
C 40 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Welsh 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)29 – (1996-02-03)3 February 1996
G 66 Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Matsushita 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)26 – (1999-05-02)2 May 1999
G/F 81 Flag of Japan.svg Kohei Sekino 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)31 – (1994-08-01)1 August 1994
Head coach

Flag of Japan.svg Ryutaro Onodera

Assistant coach(es)

Flag of Japan.svg Taku Saito
Flag of Japan.svg Fuminori Aiura
Flag of Japan.svg Tomohiro Takeda

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
Updated: 24 January 2023

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team or one NBA game at any time.

Coaches

Average regular season home game attendance

Practice facilities

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Kaminishi Village

References

  1. ↑ Kane Kumagai, Translated by Yongdeok Cho (Noir) (2006). "Ainu for Beginners". UniLang. Archived from the original on December 9, 2008. Retrieved October 23, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Name change". japantimes. 2011. Retrieved 1 Jan 2017.
  3. ↑ Hokkaido Shimbun (6 August 2015). "債務超過解消と本拠地確保 ＮＢＬ北海道、新Ｌ１部入りの鍵". Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  4. ↑ Yomiuri Shimbun (3 March 2017). "レバンガ、２億円債務超過 Ｂ１資格継続審議". Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "株式会社レバンガ北海道（第8期）決算報告について". レバンガ北海道. 22 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "レバンガ北海道公式練習場契約発表会見実施のご報告". レバンガ北海道. 21 January 2020.
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