Shinshu Brave Warriors

The Shinshu Brave Warriors is a professional basketball team that competes in the first division of the Japanese B.League.[1] The team was formed in 2011 and as of the 2016-17 season played in the Central Division (Naka-chiku) of the B2 League. The team name comes from a desire to show the tradition of the Nagano prefecture, formerly called Shinshu. And to liken the players to the ninja and samurai warriors who fought and trained in the area in times past. Their official home is in Chikuma City, just south of the prefectural capital of Nagano City, however games are sometimes played in Nagano itself or in other nearby cities such as Matsumoto.

Shinshu Brave Warriors
ConferenceCentral
Division1st
LeaguesB.League
Founded2011
ArenaWhite Ring (arena)
Capacity7,000
LocationChikuma, Nagano
Head coachMichael Katsuhisa
Websitewww.b-warriors.net
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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).

Roster
Shinshu Brave Warriors roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.Name
PG 5 Edward Yamamoto
PG Hiroaki Takei (C)
F 7 Yusuke Inoue
G 8 Tatsuya Nishiyama
G 12 Louis Kurihara
PF 15 Takuya Sato
PG 17 Ryo Iida
PG 19 Yuta Osaki
SF 21 Takumi Masuko
C 24 Josh Hawkinson
F 27 Yang Jaemin
SF 31 Toshiya Mitsui
F 34 Ryumo Ono
C 50 Wayne Marshall
F 55 Anthony McHenry
Head coach

Michael Katsuhisa

Assistant coach(es)

Jo Kurino

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured
Updated: 2020

Notable players

Coaches

Arenas
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References

http://basketball.asia-basket.com/team/Japan/Shinshu_Brave_Warriors_Nagano/15967

  1. B.League (3 October 2016). "Bリーグ". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
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