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is a Japanese professional basketball team based in Okinawa City, Okinawa. They compete in the
* Hilton Armstrong
* Chris Ayer
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B.League
The B.League is a professional men's basketball league that began in Japan in September 2016. 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 w ...
, the top-tier professional basketball league of Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
.
Honours
Domestic
*bj league
The was a professional basketball league in Japan that began in November 2005 as a six-team league. The league was operated as a competitor to the established Japan Super League which was run by the Japan Basketball Association, the official go ...
champions: 4
**2009, 2012, 2014, 2016
*Conference champions: 6
**2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
Continental
* ABA Club Championship **3rd: 2011Players
Coaches
* Hernando Planells (2007–08) *Dai Oketani
is the Head coach of the Ryukyu Golden Kings in the Japanese B.League. Head coaching record
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* Koto Toyama
* Tsutomu Isa
*Norio Sassa
is the former Head coach of the Ryukyu Golden Kings in the Japanese B.League
The B.League is a professional men's basketball league that began in Japan in September 2016. The league is operated by the Japan Professional Basketball League and ...
* Hiroki Fujita
Seasons
B.League
The B.League is a professional men's basketball league that began in Japan in September 2016. 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 w ...
Notable players
* Hilton Armstrong
* Chris Ayer
*Ira Brown
Ira Demon Brown (born August 3, 1982) is a Japanese-American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Osaka Evessa of the Japanese B.League. He had also spent three years with the Hirachi/Shibuya Sunrockers, as well as two year ...
* Draelon Burns
* Mo Charlo
* Takatoshi Furukawa
* Lamont Hamilton
* Takumi Ishizaki
* Anthony Kent ( it)
* George Leach
* Anthony McHenry
*Jeff Newton
Jeffrey Hassan Newton (born January 4, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player for Ryukyu Golden Kings of the Bj League. He played college basketball for Indiana University
Indiana University (IU) is a system of public u ...
*Evan Ravenel
Evan Ravenel (born November 24, 1989), nicknamed E, is an American professional basketball player for Altiri Chiba of the B3 League.
College career
He began his collegiate career at Boston College, and was transferred to the Ohio State Bucke ...
*Bryan Simpson
Bryan Simpson is an American singer-songwriter from Fort Worth, Texas, who is based out of Nashville, Tennessee. Simpson is best known for his solo output as The Whistles & The Bells, his work as a founding member of Cadillac Sky, and the so ...
* Dillion Sneed
* Reyshawn Terry
* Kibwe Trim
* Terrance Woodbury
Arenas
* Okinawa Arena *Okinawa City Gymnasium
Okinawa City Gymnasium is an arena in Okinawa, Okinawa, Japan. It is the home arena of the Ryukyu Golden Kings of the B.League
The B.League is a professional men's basketball league that began in Japan in September 2016. The league is operat ...
*Ginowan City Gymnasium
Ginowan City Gymnasium is an arena in Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea ...
See also
*2014–15 Ryukyu Golden Kings season
Roster
Results
Standings
Statistics
References
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Ryukyu Golden Kings seasons ...
References
External links
* Basketball teams in Japan Sports teams in Okinawa Prefecture 2007 establishments in Japan {{Asia-basketball-team-stub