The Japan Energy Griffins were a Japanese

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team that played in the Japan Basketball League. They were based in

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Notable players

Shigeaki Abe is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. At the 1976 Summer Olympics, he put up a noteworthy performance of 38 points and 10 assists against Puerto Rico ; abbreviated PR), officially the Common ...

* Yoshihiko Amano * Mike Boyd (basketball, born 1972) *

Corey Gaines Corey Yasuto Gaines (born June 1, 1965) is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He played five seasons in the NBA, and was a four-time Israeli Premier League Assists Leader, in 1999 and in 2001 to 2003. He was also a for ...

* Alfred Grigsby * Kenichi Imaizumi * Takatoshi Ishibashi * Akira Kodama * Mototaka Kohama *

Koju Munakata is the head coach of the Haneda Vickies in the Women's Japan Basketball League. Head coaching record , - , style="text-align:left;", Toyota Alvark , style="text-align:left;", 2008-09 , 35, , 18, , 17, , , , style="text-align:center;", ...

* Kunihiko Nakamura * Setsuo Nara * Tetsurō Noborisaka * Kenji Okamura * Yasukuni Ōshima *

Eric Reveno Eric Wendell Reveno (born March 12, 1966) is an American college basketball coach who is the men's associate head coach for the Stanford Cardinal of the Atlantic Coast Conference and was the former head men's basketball coach at Portland. He was ...

* Hiroshi Saitō * Satoshi Sakumoto * Kiyomi Sato * Masashi Shiga * Shūtarō Shōji * Alex Stivrins *

Kimikazu Suzuki is a Japanese basketball coach and former player. Suzuki is the current head coach of SeaHorses Mikawa. He served as head coach of the Japan national basketball team two times. Suzuki's first term was from 2006 to 2007 while his second one was fr ...

Tomohide Utsumi is a Japanese basketball coach. He coached the Japanese women's national team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team finished eighth. Personal His son, Shingo Utsumi is a professional basketball player for the Kyoto Hannaryz. Head coachin ...

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Coaches

John Patrick (basketball) John Patrick (born February 29, 1968) is an American professional basketball coach and former professional basketball player. He will serve as head coach for New Taipei Kings of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League. Career Patrick attend ...

References

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