Alvark Tokyo is a Japanese professional

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team located in

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. The team, which is sponsored by

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, currently plays in the Japanese

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. Until 2000, the team was known as the Toyota Pacers. Founded as Toyota Pacers in 1948, the club won two consecutive JBL Super League league titles in 2006 and 2007. In July 2015, it was announced that the team would compete in the first division of the new

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, which commenced from October 2016. As of 2020, the team has been the reigning back-to-back champion of the

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Honours

Domestic

**Champions (2): 2018, 2019 * National Basketball League **Runner-up (1): 2015 *

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**Champions (1): 2011 * JBL Super League **Champions (3): 2001, 2005, 2006 **Runner-up (1): 2002 **3rd place (1): 2004 *Japan League Division I **Runner-up (1): 1996 **3rd place (1): 1991

Continental

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**Champions (1): 2019 **Runner-up (1): 2018

Players

Current roster

Notable players

Head coaches

Shuji Ono is the former head coach for Toyota Alvark, Hitachi SunRockers and Earthfriends Tokyo Z in Japan. Head coaching record , - , style="text-align:left;", Aichi Gakusen University , style="text-align:left;", 1988-2001 , 300, , 258, , 42, , ...

: 2000–2005 * John Patrick: 2005–2006 * Torsten Loibl: 2006–2008 *

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;", ...

: 2008–2010 * Donald Beck: 2010–2015 * Takuma Ito: 2015–2017 *

Luka Pavićević Luka Pavićević ( sr-cyr, Лука Павићевић; born 17 June 1968) is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player. Most recently, he served as the head coach for Alvark Tokyo of the Japanese B.League. A point guard, P ...

: 2017–2022 *

Dainius Adomaitis Dainius Adomaitis (born 19 January 1974) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and the head coach for Alvark Tokyo of Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of t ...

: 2022–present

Practice facilities

They have their own gymnasium
Toyota Motors Fuchu Sports Center
in Kitayamacho, Fuchu, Tokyo.

References

External links

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Team Profile
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