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
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ConferenceCentral
Division1st
LeaguesB.League
Founded2011 (2011)
ArenaWhite Ring (arena)
Capacity7,000
LocationChikuma, Nagano
Head coachMichael Katsuhisa
Websitewww.b-warriors.net
3rd jersey
Team colours
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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).[2]

Roster
Shinshu Brave Warriors roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
G 0 Philippines Rhon Jhay Abarrientos 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 24 – (1999-09-14)14 September 1999
F 3 Japan Eliet Donley 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 26 – (1996-12-11)11 December 1996
F 4 Japan Taichi Kodama 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 23 – (2000-06-17)17 June 2000
G 5 Japan Fuki Yamamoto 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 25 – (1998-08-09)9 August 1998
F 7 United States Stanton Kidd 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1992-03-18)18 March 1992
G 11 Japan Kaito Ishikawa 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 32 – (1990-11-30)30 November 1990
G 12 Japan Louis Kurihara 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 26 – (1996-11-03)3 November 1996
F 13 Japan Matthew Aquino 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 27 – (1996-09-28)28 September 1996
G 14 Japan Kyosuke Hoshino 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 24 – (1999-06-01)1 June 1999
F 21 Ivory Coast Deon Thompson 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 35 – (1988-09-16)16 September 1988
G 30 Japan Takumi Simon 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 23 – (2000-03-10)10 March 2000
F 31 Japan Kazuya Mitsui 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – (1994-06-02)2 June 1994
G 46 Japan Shusuke Ikuhara 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 29 – (1994-05-24)24 May 1994
C 50 United States Wayne Marshall 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 37 – (1986-01-07)7 January 1986
Head coach

Michael Katsuhisa

Assistant coach(es)

Satoshi Hisayama
Yusuke Inoue

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 23 January 2023

Notable players

Coaches

Arenas

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.
  2. "公認キャラクター「ブレアー親子」卒業のお知らせ".
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