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Ukaruchan Arena
Ukaruchan Arena is an arena in Otsu, Shiga, Japan. It is the home arena of the Shiga Lakestars of the B.League The B.League is a men's professional basketball league in Japan. The league is operated by the Japan Professional Basketball League and was formed as a result of a merger between the National Basketball League that was operated by the FIBA-affi ..., Japan's professional basketball league. Facilities *Main building - 1,890m2(45m×42m) *Annex - 858m2(33m×26m) *Sports square *Running course - 180m *Conference room References Basketball venues in Japan Indoor arenas in Japan Shiga Lakes Sports venues in Shiga Prefecture Buildings and structures in Ōtsu Sports venues completed in 1973 1973 establishments in Japan {{japan-stadium-stub ...
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands—Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu—and List of islands of Japan, thousands of smaller islands, covering . Japan has a population of over 123 million as of 2025, making it the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh-most populous country. The capital of Japan and List of cities in Japan, its largest city is Tokyo; the Greater Tokyo Area is the List of largest cities, largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37 million inhabitants as of 2024. Japan is divided into 47 Prefectures of Japan, administrative prefectures and List of regions of Japan, eight traditional regions. About three-quarters of Geography of Japan, the countr ...
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Shiga Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan in the Kansai region of Honshu. Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,398,972 as of 1 February 2025 and has a geographic area of . Shiga Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the north, Gifu Prefecture to the northeast, Mie Prefecture to the southeast, and Kyoto Prefecture to the west. Ōtsu is the capital and largest city of Shiga Prefecture, with other major cities including Kusatsu, Nagahama, and Higashiōmi. Shiga Prefecture encircles Lake Biwa, the largest freshwater lake in Japan, and 37% of the total land area is designated as Natural Parks, the highest of any prefecture. Shiga Prefecture's southern half is located adjacent to the former capital city of Kyoto and forms part of Greater Kyoto, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Japan. Shiga Prefecture is home to Ōmi beef, the Eight Views of Ōmi, and Hikone Castle, one of four national treasure castles in Japan. History Shiga was known as Ōmi Province or Gōshū bef ...
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Daktronics Logo
Daktronics, Inc. is an American company based in Brookings, South Dakota, that designs, manufactures, sells, and services video displays, scoreboards, digital billboards, dynamic message signs, sound systems, and related products. It was founded in 1968 by two South Dakota State University professors. History Daktronics was founded in 1968 by Al Kurtenbach and Duane Sander, professors of electrical engineering at South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota. The name is a portmanteau of "Dakota" and "electronics". The company wanted to get into the medical instrument field, but the company's founders found that field too large for them, so they changed their focus to providing electronic voting systems for state legislatures; their first client was for the State of Utah's legislature. Shortly after, South Dakota State University's wrestling coach, Warren Williamson reached out to the company and asked them to devise a better scoreboard for wrestling. The result was ...
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Shiga Lakestars
Shiga Lakes (滋賀レイクス), officially Shiga Lakestars, is a Japanese men's basketball team playing in the Western Conference of the B.League. They are based in the Shiga Prefecture. Arenas * Shiga Daihatsu Arena * Ukaruchan Arena * Moriyama Citizens Gymnasium * Proceed Arena Hikone * Hikone Citizens Sports Center * YMIT Arena Practice facilitiesShiga Bank Gymnasium Coaches * Bob Pierce (2008–10) * Takatoshi Ishibashi * Hirokazu Nema *Al Westover (2011–13) * Chris Boettcher (2013–14) * Koto Toyama (2014–17) * Shawn Dennis (2017-2021) * Luis Guil (2021–2022) * Takayuki Yasuda (2022-) Roster Notable players * Alfred Aboya * Wayne Arnold *Craig Brackins * Marshall Brown * Brandon Fields * D'or Fischer * * Gary Hamilton * Chris Holm *Julian Mavunga * Shinya Ogawa * Lamar Rice *Omar Samhan Omar Hassan Samhan (born November 3, 1988) is an American-Egyptian professional former basketball player. He played college basketball for Saint Mary's C ...
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Toray Arrows (women's Volleyball Team)
is a women's volleyball team based in Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan. It plays in V.League Division 1. The club was founded in 2000. The owner of the team is Toray Industries. The jersey number of the team is the order of the age (excluding foreigners). Honours V.League/V.Premier *Champions (4): 2007-08, 2008–09, 2009–10 and 2011–12 *Runners-up (4): 2003-2004, 2010-11, 2012-13, 2018-2019, 2020–21 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship *Champions (4): 2002, 2004, 2009 and 2010 *Runners-up (2): 2012 and 2014 Empress's Cup *Champions (2): 2007-08, 2011 *Runners-up (2): 2010, 2012 ; Domestic Sports Festival (Volleyball) *Champions (2): 2007. 2011 *Runners-up (4): 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012 League results Players Current squad 2024-2025 Squad as of December 2024 * Head coach: Akira Koshiya Former players Domestic players ; *Yuko Sano (2000-2004) * Nene Tomita (2001-2008) * Hisako Mukai (2000-2008) * Erika Araki (2003-2008) * Yuka Higashiyama (2005-2009) * Kotomi ...
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Arena
An arena is a large enclosed venue, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, Music, musical performances or Sport, sporting events. It comprises a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators, and may be covered by a roof. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the lowest point, allowing maximum visibility. Arenas are usually designed to accommodate a multitude of spectators. Background The word derives from Latin ', a particularly fine-grained sand that covered the floor of ancient arenas such as the Colosseum in Rome, Italy, to absorb blood.. The term ''arena'' is sometimes used as a synonym for a very large venue such as Pasadena's Rose Bowl stadium, Rose Bowl, but such a facility is typically called a ''stadium''. The use of one term over the other has mostly to do with the type of event. Football (be it Association football, association, Rugby football, rugby, Gridiron football, gridiron, Australian ...
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Ukaruchan Arena
Ukaruchan Arena is an arena in Otsu, Shiga, Japan. It is the home arena of the Shiga Lakestars of the B.League The B.League is a men's professional basketball league in Japan. The league is operated by the Japan Professional Basketball League and was formed as a result of a merger between the National Basketball League that was operated by the FIBA-affi ..., Japan's professional basketball league. Facilities *Main building - 1,890m2(45m×42m) *Annex - 858m2(33m×26m) *Sports square *Running course - 180m *Conference room References Basketball venues in Japan Indoor arenas in Japan Shiga Lakes Sports venues in Shiga Prefecture Buildings and structures in Ōtsu Sports venues completed in 1973 1973 establishments in Japan {{japan-stadium-stub ...
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Basketball Venues In Japan
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's Basket (basketball), hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a Backboard (basketball), backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A Field goal (basketball), field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the 3 point line, three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one, two or three one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (Overtime (sports), overtime) is mandated. Players advance the ball by boun ...
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Indoor Arenas In Japan
Indoor(s) may refer to: *the interior of a building *Indoor environment, in building science, traditionally includes the study of indoor thermal environment, indoor acoustic environment, indoor light environment, and indoor air quality *Built environment, the human-made environment that provides the setting for human activity *Indoor athletics *Indoor games and sports See also * * * Indore (other) * Inside (other) Inside may refer to: Film * ''Inside'' (1996 film), an American television film directed by Arthur Penn and starring Eric Stoltz * ''Inside'' (2002 film), a Canadian prison drama film * ''Inside'' (2006 film), an American thriller film starri ... * The Great Indoors (other) {{disambiguation ...
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Shiga Lakes
Shiga Lakes (滋賀レイクス), officially Shiga Lakestars, is a Japanese men's basketball team playing in the Western Conference of the B.League. They are based in the Shiga Prefecture. Arenas * Shiga Daihatsu Arena * Ukaruchan Arena * Moriyama Citizens Gymnasium * Proceed Arena Hikone * Hikone Citizens Sports Center * YMIT Arena Practice facilitiesShiga Bank Gymnasium Coaches * Bob Pierce (2008–10) * Takatoshi Ishibashi * Hirokazu Nema *Al Westover (2011–13) * Chris Boettcher (2013–14) * Koto Toyama (2014–17) * Shawn Dennis (2017-2021) * Luis Guil (2021–2022) * Takayuki Yasuda (2022-) Roster Notable players * Alfred Aboya * Wayne Arnold *Craig Brackins * Marshall Brown * Brandon Fields * D'or Fischer * * Gary Hamilton * Chris Holm *Julian Mavunga * Shinya Ogawa * Lamar Rice *Omar Samhan *Hirotaka Sato is a Japanese former professional basketball player for Kanazawa Samuraiz of the B.League in Japan. He played college basketball for Senshu ...
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