Yamagata Wyverns
Basketball team in Tendo, Yamagata
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The Yamagata Wyverns is a professional basketball team that competes in the second division of the Japanese B.League.[1] TGI D-Rise served as a development team of the Link Tochigi Brex. TGI stands for Tochigi, Gunma and Ibaraki, three northern Kanto prefectures.
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| Conference | East | ||
| Division | Second | ||
| Leagues | B.League | ||
| Founded | 2009 | ||
| History | TGI D-Rise (2009–2013) Yamagata Wyverns (2013–present) | ||
| Arena | Yamagata Prefectural General Sports Park Gymnasium | ||
| Capacity | 3,976 | ||
| Location | Tendo, Yamagata | ||
| Main sponsor | Vegasvegas Pachinko | ||
| President |  Kazufumi Yoshimura | ||
| Head coach | Miodrag Rajković | ||
| Championships | none | ||
| Website | wyverns.jp | ||
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Roster
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Notable players
- Will Creekmore
- Anthony Elechi
- Torian Graham
- Gary Hamilton
- Stephen Hurt
- Billy Knight
- Chukwudiebere Maduabum
- Billy McShepard
- Yoshifumi Nakajima
- Justin Reynolds
- Magnum Rolle
- Seth Tarver
- Shusuke Yamamoto
TGI D-Rise players
Coaches
- Atsushi Kanazawa
- Koju Munakata
- Joe Cook
- Yuta Ryan Koseki [tl]
- Ryutaro Onodera
- Ryuji Kawai
- Sho Higashijima
- Miodrag Rajković
Arenas
Practice facilities
