Kawasaki Brave Thunders

Kawasaki Brave Thunders
Kawasaki Brave Thunders
Leagues	B.League
Founded	1950; 74 years ago
History	Toshiba Red Thunders; Toshiba Brave Thunders; Toshiba Brave Thunders Kanagawa; Toshiba Kawasaki Brave Thunders; Kawasaki Brave Thunders
Arena	Todoroki Arena
Capacity	6,500
Location	Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Head coach	Ronen Ginzburg
Ownership	DeNA
Championships	4
Retired numbers	3 (8, 40, 51)
Website	Official website
Home	Away

The Kawasaki Brave Thunders are a Japanese professional basketball team located in Kanagawa, Japan. The team currently competes in the B.League.

The team was the 2016 Champion of the now dissolved Japanese National Basketball League.^[1]

Several of its players have played for a diverse set of international senior national teams.

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Kawasaki Brave Thunders roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
G	0	Yuma Fujii	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	33 – (1991-12-23)23 December 1991
G	7	Ryusei Shinoyama	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	36 – (1988-07-20)20 July 1988
F	11	Keisuke Masuda	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	26 – (1998-01-22)22 January 1998
G	12	Reiya Nozaki	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	29 – (1995-05-08)8 May 1995
F	18	Yuya Kamata	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	34 – (1990-05-11)11 May 1990
F	20	Thomas WImbush	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	31 – (1993-12-08)8 December 1993
G	21	Yuto Nohmi	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	27 – (1997-04-10)10 April 1997
C	22	Nick Fazekas	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	39 – (1985-06-17)17 June 1985
F	25	Rosco Allen	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	31 – (1993-05-05)5 May 1993
F	33	Takumi Hasegawa	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	35 – (1989-07-21)21 July 1989
F/C	35	Jordan Heath	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	33 – (1991-08-20)20 August 1991
G/F	37	Ryo Iida	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	29 – (1995-04-11)11 April 1995

Head coach

Ronen Ginzburg

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: December 28, 2024

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.

Arenas

Practice facilities

35°32′57″N 139°41′17″E / 35.549298°N 139.688032°E / 35.549298; 139.688032

They practice at the Toshiba Komukai Gymnasium in Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki.

References

^ Brave Thunders ride momentum to wrap up NBL title Kaz Nagatsuka, The Japan Times. 5 June 2016, accessed 11 July 2016.

External links

[1] Brave Thunders ride momentum to wrap up NBL title Kaz Nagatsuka, The Japan Times. 5 June 2016, accessed 11 July 2016.

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