Levanga Hokkaido
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| Leagues | B.League | |||
| Founded | 2006 | |||
| History | Rera Kamuy Hokkaido Basketball Club Hokkaido Levanga Hokkaido | |||
| Arena | Hokkai Kitayell | |||
| Location | Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan | |||
| Team colors | Chartreuse and Sapphire | |||
| Main sponsor | Eagle Pachinko | |||
| President | Takehiko Orimo | |||
| Head coach | Tomohide Utsumi | |||
| Championships | n | |||
| Website | http://www.levanga.com/ | |||
| Uniforms | ||||
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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]
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 is 200 million yen in debt as of March 2017, and this might cause problems in the future.[3][4]
Contents
1 Roster
2 Notable players
3 Coaches
4 Average regular season home game attendance
5 Practice facilities
6 References
7 External links
Roster
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Tsuneo Ueno
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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 (basketball)
Makoto Kato
Tilo Klette
Jai Lewis
Christian Maråker
Keijuro Matsui
Daniel Miller (basketball)
Tyler Newton
Takehiko Orimo
Chad Posthumus
Justin Reynolds
Ryōta Sakurai
Jahmar Thorpe
Jerome Tillman
Marc Trasolini
Jameel Watkins
Greg Whittington
Daiji Yamada
Coaches
- Tomoya Higashino
Joe Bryant (2010-11)- Yoshinori Kaneta
- Torsten Loibl
- Scott Berry (basketball, born 1959)
Juan Manuel Hurtado Pérez (2013-14)
- Kota Mizuno
- José Neto (basketball)
- Tomohide Utsumi
Average regular season home game attendance
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Practice facilities
- Sapporo Shinyo High School Gymnasium
References
^ Kane Kumagai, Translated by Yongdeok Cho (Noir) (2006). "Ainu for Beginners". UniLang. Retrieved October 23, 2008..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "Name change". japantimes. 2011. Retrieved 1 Jan 2017.
^ 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". Retrieved 11 November 2016.
^ Yomiuri Shimbun (3 March 2017). "レバンガ、２億円債務超過 Ｂ１資格継続審議". Retrieved 3 March 2017.
External links
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rera Kamuy Hokkaido. |
- Official Website
- Team Profile
