Niigata Albirex BB

Professional basketball team in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

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Niigata Albirex BB

Leagues| B.League
Founded| 1954; 68 years ago (1954)
Arena| City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka
Location| Nagaoka, Niigata
Team colors| Orange and Blue
Main sponsor| Sanko Seika
Championships| None
Website| www.albirex.com

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Active departments of Albirex

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Football
(Men's)|  Football
(Women's)|  Football
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Basketball
(Men's)|  Basketball
(Women's)|  Cheerleading
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Skiing|  Athletics|  Baseball
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Racing|  Snowboarding|  Football
(Affiliate)

Niigata Albirex BB, formally Niigata Albirex Basketball, is a Japanese basketball club. It is based in Nagaoka, Niigata.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Outline
* 1.1 Team name transition
* 2 Roster
* 3 Notable players
* 4 Coaches
* 5 Honors
* 6 Season-by-season records
* 7 Arenas
* 8 Practice facilities
* 9 References
* 10 External links

## Outline[edit]

The club was founded in 1954 as the company team of Daiwa Securities, a Tokyo-based securities brokerage. In 1991, it joined the Japan Basketball League. In 2000, the company club was dissolved after NSG purchased it, and the club was moved before the 2000–2001 season to Niigata and renamed Albirex.

In 2004, it joined the bj league along with five other clubs.

### Team name transition[edit]

* 1954: The Daiwa Securities basketball club
* 1994: The Daiwa Securities Hotblizzards
* 2000: Niigata Albirex
* 2006: Niigata Albirex basketball

## Roster[edit]

Niigata Albirex BB roster

Players | Coaches
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G | 2 |  | Oluwadamilola Yuta Joseph Mosaku | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)  |  |  20 – (2001-12-05)5 December 2001  |
G | 3 |  | Reon Shibuta | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)  |  |  24 – (1998-08-22)22 August 1998  |
F/C | 4 |  | Keve Aluma | 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)  |  |  23 – (1998-12-31)31 December 1998  |
G | 5 |  | Daichi Tomioka | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)  |  |  27 – (1995-02-08)8 February 1995  |
G | 10 |  | Tensho Sugimoto | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)  |  |  24 – (1998-07-20)20 July 1998  |
G | 14 |  | Keigo Kimura | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)  |  |  21 – (2000-11-08)8 November 2000  |
G | 17 |  | Shun Watanuki | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)  |  |  34 – (1987-11-02)2 November 1987  |
F | 25 |  | Rosco Allen | 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)  |  |  29 – (1993-05-05)5 May 1993  |
F | 32 |  | Yuichi Ikeda | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)  |  |  39 – (1983-07-13)13 July 1983  |
G | 34 |  | Zen Endo | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)  |  |  23 – (1998-11-05)5 November 1998  |
F | 65 |  | Shogo Tamaki | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)  |  |  26 – (1996-08-30)30 August 1996  |

Head coach

Fujitaka Hiraoka

Assistant coach(es)

Takamitsu Fujiwara

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* Injured

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* Roster

## Notable players[edit]

* Dokun Akingbade
* Zach Andrews
* Wayne Arnold
* David Benoit
* Jared Berggren
* Suleiman Braimoh
* Paul Butorac
* Russell Carter
* Bennet Davis
* Mark Davis
* Nick Davis
* Nick DeWitz
* Ronald Draper
* Austin Dufault
* Davante Gardner
* Lamont Hamilton
* Reggie Hamilton
* Makoto Hasegawa
* Ben Handlogten
* Charles Hinkle
* Chris Holm
* Kei Igarashi
* Issa Konare
* George Leach
* Tyrone Levett
* Erron Maxey
* Eric McArthur
* Ryosuke Mizumachi
* Tod Murphy
* Chris Oliver
* Ryan Reid
* Kazuhiro Shoji
* Andre Smith
* Greg Stolt
* Patrick Sullivan
* Michael Takahashi
* Akitomo Takeno
* Antoni Wyche

## Coaches[edit]

* Osamu Kuraishi
* Matt Garrison
* Fujitaka Hiraoka
* Kazuo Nakamura
* Kazuhiro Shoji
* Shogo Fukuda

## Honors[edit]

* Japan Basketball League Div.2
* Champions (2) : 2000/2001, 2001/2002
* bj league
* Runners-up (1) : 2005/2006
* Asia Professional Basketball Invitation Tournament
* 4th Place (1) : 2006

## Season-by-season records[edit]

Year | League | Division | Regular Season | Semifinal | Final | Finish

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Win | Lose | Place | Win | Lose | Win | Lose
2000 | JBL | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2nd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Champions
2001/2002 | JBL | 14 | 0 | 1st | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Champions
2002/2003 | JBL Super League | 2 | 9 | 6th | \
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2003/2004 | 9 | 19 | 8th | \
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2004/2005 | 8 | 20 | 7th | \
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Season | League | Regular Season | Finish | Average Crowd
Win | Lose | Win% | GB | Place
2005/2006 | bj league | 29 | 11 | .725 | 2.0 | 2nd | Runners-up | \-
2006/2007 | 25 | 15 | .625 | 4.0 | 2nd | 4th | 3,008
2007/2008 | 26 | 18 | .591 | 3.0 | East 3rd | 6th | 3,259
2008/2009 | 24 | 28 | .462 | 12.0 | East 4th |  | \-

Key:

* Win%: Winning percentage
* GB: Games behind

## Arenas[edit]

* City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka
* Niigata City Higashi General Sports Center
* Region Plaza Joetsu

## Practice facilities[edit]

* Nakanoshima Gymnasium

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Niigata Albirex basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details-asia-basket". eurobasket.com. Eurobasket LLC.

## External links[edit]

* Official web site (in Japanese)

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Albirex Group

Football
Albirex Niigata
Albirex Niigata Singapore
Albirex Niigata Phnom Penh
Albirex Niigata Ladies

Basketball
Niigata Albirex BB
Niigata Albirex BB Rabbits
Cheerleading
Albirex Cheerleaders

Skiing & Snowboarding
Team Albirex Niigata
Track & Field
Niigata Albirex Running Club

Baseball
Niigata Albirex
Motorsport
Albirex Racing Team

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