The Kawasaki Brave Thunders are a
Japan
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ese professional
basketball
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team located in
Kanagawa
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the KantÅ region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the List of Japanese prefectures by population, second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-dens ...
, Japan. The team currently competes in 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 ...
.
The team was the 2016 Champion of the now dissolved Japanese
National Basketball League.
Brave Thunders ride momentum to wrap up NBL title
Kaz Nagatsuka, ''The Japan Times''. 5 June 2016, accessed 11 July 2016.
Several of its players have played for a diverse set of international senior national teams.
Roster
Notable players
:To appear in this section a player must have either:
- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team.
Arenas
*Todoroki Arena
Todoroki Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the Todoroki Park in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 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 ...
* Tokkei Security Hiratsuka General Gymnasium
Practice facilities
They practice at the Toshiba Komukai Gymnasium in Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki
is one of the 7 wards of the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 153,255 and a density of 15,250 persons per km2. The total area was 10.05 km2.
Geography
Saiwai Ward is locat ...
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References
External links
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Presentation at Asia-basket.com
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Basketball teams in Japan
Basketball teams established in 1950
Sports clubs and teams in Kanagawa Prefecture
1950 establishments in Japan
B.League teams