Shinshu Brave Warriors
Professional basketball team in Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Shinshu Brave Warriors (信州ブレイブウォリアーズ, Shinshū Bureibuuoriāzu) are a Japanese professional basketball team based in Naganao, Nagano Prefecture.[1] The team most recently competed in the second division of the B.League. Starting from the 2026–27 season, the team will compete in the B.League Premier, the league's highest division, as a member of the Western Conference.[2] The team plays its home games at Mashima General Sports Arena.
| Shinshu Brave Warriors | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Conference | Eastern | |||
| Division | Second | |||
| Leagues | B.League | |||
| Founded | 2011 | |||
| Arena | Mashima General Sports Arena | |||
| Capacity | 7,000 | |||
| Location | Nagano | |||
| Head coach | Michael Katsuhisa | |||
| Website | b-warriors.net | |||
| ||||
The team's name refers to the traditional name for Nagano Prefecture, Shinshu, and the region's history of "warriors," such as those of the Sanada clan, the Togakushi Ninja, Kiso Yoshinaka, and the Battles of Kawanakajima.[1]
Team Logo
The team logo uses three colours; blue (called Warrior Blue), silver (called Japan Alps Silver) and yellow (called Obasute Moon Yellow). It shows the full name of the team with a depiction of the Japanese Alps mountain range (which runs through Nagano) and a basketball shown as a moon coming over the mountains.
Mascot
The team mascot is a bear like creature called "Burea". When pronounced sound like blair or blayer. It probably comes from a combination of Brave and Warriors; Bra-ior. Japanese tend to pronounce the -er as a long a when using English words. His design includes white for the winter snow, crescent moons for eyes and an apple for the nose (Nagano is known for its apples).[3]
Roster
| Shinshu Brave Warriors roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | Coaches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Satoshi Hisayama [ja]
Updated: 23 January 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable players
- Jamal Boykin
- Suleiman Braimoh
- Marcus Cousin
- Jaye Crockett
- Josh Dollard
- Xavier Gibson
- Tyler Hughes [it]
- Terrence Jennings [es]
- Jeroen van der List
- Anthony McHenry
- Chad Posthumus
- Derek Raivio
- Lee Roberts
- Patrick Sanders
- Terrence Shannon [it]
- Nick Washburn [es]
- DeVaughn Washington