The Sendai 89ers (仙台89ERS) are a Japanese professional

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team that compete in the first division of the B.League. They are based in

Sendai is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, the largest city in the Tōhoku region. , the city had a population of 1,091,407 in 525,828 households, and is one of Japan's 20 designated cities. The city was founded in 1600 by the ''daimyō'' Date M ...

Miyagi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Miyagi Prefecture has a population of 2,305,596 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Miyagi Prefecture borders Iwate Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefecture to the n ...

. The team name is based on the city's founding year, 1889.

Current roster

Coaches

Honoo Hamaguchi (born in December 1971Odeven, Ed." ''The Japan Times''. Monday March 14, 2011. Retrieved on September 28, 2012.) is a Japanese basketball coach. He originates from Oshima Island. As of 2011 Hamaguchi had been a part of the Japanese basketball le ...

(2005–11) * Bob Pierce (2011–13) *

Takeo Mabashi is a Japanese professional basketball head coach and former player. Head coaching record , - , style="text-align:left;", Sendai 89ers , style="text-align:left;", 2013 , 18, , 7, , 11, , , , style="text-align:center;", 7th in Eastern, , , - ...

Shuto Kawachi is the assistant coach of the San-en NeoPhoenix in the Japanese B.League. Career statistics , - , align="left" , 2008-09 , align="left" , Hamamatsu , 8 , , , , 2.1, , .400 , , .333 , , .000 , , 0.5 , , 0.1, , 0.5 , , 0.0 , , ...

* Toshihiro Goto *

Daisuke Takaoka is the assistant coach of the Toyama Grouses in the Japanese B.League. Head coaching record , - , style="text-align:left;", Sendai 89ers , style="text-align:left;", 2018 , 32, , 8, , 24, , , , 4th in B2 Eastern, , , -, , -, , -, , , - , ...

* Dai Oketani *

Hiroki Fujita is the head coach of the Sendai 89ers in the Japanese B.League. Head coaching record , - , style="text-align:left;", Gunma Crane Thunders , style="text-align:left;", 2013-14 , 32, , 10, , 22, , , , style="text-align:center;", 10th in Ea ...

Notable players

Attendance

Average regular season home game attendance

Total attendance at regular season games

Arenas

* Xebio Arena Sendai * Kamei Arena Sendai * Minamisanriku Town General Gymnasium

Practice facilities

Haleo Dome

Homepage
*Meisen Basketball Laboratory

Academy Director

* Makoto Kato ( fr)

References

External links

Team website
Basketball teams in Japan Basketball teams established in 2005 Sports teams in Sendai 2005 establishments in Japan {{Asia-basketball-team-stub