Alvark Tokyo
| Alvark Tokyo | ||||
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| Leagues | B.League | |||
| Founded | 1948 | |||
| History | Toyota Pacers 1948–2000 Toyota Alvark 2000–2016 Alvark Tokyo 2016–present | |||
| Arena | Arena Tachikawa Tachihi Komazawa Gymnasium | |||
| Head coach | Dainius Adomaitis | |||
| Championships | 3 JBL Super League 1 Japan Basketball League 2 B.League 1 FIBA Asia Champions Cup | |||
| Website | https://www.alvark-tokyo.jp/ | |||
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Alvark Tokyo is a Japanese professional basketball team located in Tokyo. The team, which is sponsored by Toyota, currently plays in the Japanese B.League. Until 2000, the team was known as the Toyota Pacers. Founded as Toyota Pacers in 1948, the club won two consecutive JBL Super League league titles in 2006 and 2007.
In July 2015, it was announced that the team would compete in the first division of the new Japan Professional Basketball League, which commenced from October 2016.[1]
As of 2020, the team has been the reigning back-to-back champion of the B.League, Japan's top basketball league.[2]
Honours
Domestic
- B.League
- Champions (2): 2018, 2019
- National Basketball League
- Runner-up (1): 2015
- Japan Basketball League
- Champions (1): 2011
- JBL Super League
- Champions (3): 2001, 2005, 2006
- Runner-up (1): 2002
- 3rd place (1): 2004
- Japan League Division I
- Runner-up (1): 1996
- 3rd place (1): 1991
Continental
- FIBA Asia Champions Cup
- Champions (1): 2019
- Runner-up (1): 2018
Players
Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Notable players
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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Tomoo Amino- Seiya Ando
Jeff Ayres- Yudai Baba
- Clif Brown
- Wilbert Brown
- Louis Campbell
- Satoru Furuta
- Diante Garrett
- Jeff Gibbs
- Keishi Handa
- Tenketsu Harimoto
- Juaquin Hawkins
- Tom Hovasse
- Kei Igarashi
- Reina Itakura
- Brendan Lane
- Todd Lindeman
- Ricardo Marsh
- Keijuro Matsui
- Drew Naymick
- Charles O'Bannon
- Yusuke Okada
- Ryumo Ono
- Takehiko Orimo
- Doron Perkins
- Trent Plaisted
- Philip Ricci
- Satoshi Sakumoto
- Ryōta Sakurai
- Kazuhiro Shoji
- Richard Solomon
- Yuta Tabuse
- Michael Takahashi
- Joji Takeuchi
- Kosuke Takeuchi
- Daiki Tanaka
- Stephen Thompson
- Devin Uskoski
- Jawad Williams
- Howard Wright
- Daiji Yamada
Milko Bjelica
Head coaches
- Shuji Ono: 2000–2005
- John Patrick: 2005–2006
Torsten Loibl: 2006–2008- Koju Munakata: 2008–2010
- Donald Beck: 2010–2015
- Takuma Ito: 2015–2017
- Luka Pavićević: 2017–2022
Dainius Adomaitis: 2022–present
Practice facilities
They have their own gymnasium, Toyota Motors Fuchu Sports Center in Kitayamacho, Fuchu, Tokyo.
References
- ^ "JPBLの「1部～3部階層分け発表記者会見」について" [Regarding the JPBL's "Division 1-3 Assignment Press Conference"] (in Japanese). Nishinomiya Storks. 30 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ Kaz Nagatsuka (12 May 2020). "Daiki Tanaka named B. League MVP". The Japan Times. Accessed 25 May 2020.
