Shiga Lakes (滋賀レイクス), officially Shiga Lakestars, is a Japanese men's

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team playing in the Western Conference of the B.League. They are based in the

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 th ...

Arenas

* Shiga Daihatsu Arena * Ukaruchan Arena * Moriyama Citizens Gymnasium * Proceed Arena Hikone * Hikone Citizens Sports Center * YMIT Arena

Practice facilities

Shiga Bank Gymnasium

Coaches

* Bob Pierce (2008–10) * Takatoshi Ishibashi * Hirokazu Nema *

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(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 *

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* Marshall Brown * Brandon Fields *

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* * Gary Hamilton * Chris Holm *

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* Shinya Ogawa * Lamar Rice *

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* Hirotaka Sato * David Weaver * Terrance Woodbury * Luke Zeller

References

Shiga Lakestars
at Asia-basket.com
Team webpage

External links

* Basketball teams in Japan Sports clubs and teams in Shiga Prefecture Basketball teams established in 2008 2008 establishments in Japan {{Japan-sport-team-stub