Levanga Hokkaido
Professional basketball team in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
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Levanga Hokkaido is a Japanese professional basketball team based in the city of Sapporo on the island of Hokkaido. The team competes in the B.League Premier, the highest division of the B.League, as a member of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Hokkai Kitayell.
Basketball Club Hokkaido
Levanga Hokkaido
| Levanga Hokkaido | ||||
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| Leagues | B.League | |||
| Founded | 2006 | |||
| History | Rera Kamuy Hokkaido Basketball Club Hokkaido Levanga Hokkaido | |||
| Arena | Hokkai Kitayell | |||
| Capacity | 8,000 | |||
| Location | Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan | |||
| Team colors | Chartreuse and Sapphire | |||
| Main sponsor | Eagle Pachinko | |||
| President | Takehiko Orimo | |||
| Website | www | |||
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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, 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. It took its current name, Levanga Hokkaido, in August 2011.[2]
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 also plays some home games at the Asahikawa City General Gymnasium, Otaru City Gymnasium, Hakodate Arena, Obihiro City General Gymnasium and 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
- ABA Club Championship
- Runner-up: 2008
Roster
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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.
Chris Ayer
Jordan Bachynski
Joevan Catron- Brian Fitzpatrick
Makoto Kato (fr)
Tilo Klette- Jai Lewis
Christian Maråker- Keijuro Matsui
- Daniel Miller
Alex Murphy- Tyler Newton
- Takehiko Orimo
- Chad Posthumus
Dwight Ramos- Justin Reynolds
- Ryōta Sakurai
- Kohei Sekino
- Jahmar Thorpe
- Jerome Tillman
- Marc Trasolini
- Jameel Watkins
- Thomas Welsh
- Greg Whittington
- Daiji Yamada
Coaches
- Tomoya Higashino
- Joe Bryant (2010–11)
- Yoshinori Kaneta
- Torsten Loibl
- Scott Berry
- Juan Manuel Hurtado Pérez (2013–14)
- Kota Mizuno
- José Neto
- Tomohide Utsumi
- Yuta Miyanaga
- Kenichi Sako
Average regular season home game attendance
Practice facilities
