Niigata Albirex BB

Niigata Albirex BB
Niigata Albirex BB logo
Leagues B.League
Founded 1954
Arena City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka
Location Nagaoka, Niigata
Team colors Orange and Blue
Main sponsor Sanko Seika
Championships 2
Website www.albirex.com

The Niigata Albirex BB (新潟アルビレックスBB (Nīgata Aubirekkusu BB)) are a professional basketball team based in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, Japan that compete in the first division of the Japanese B.League.

Outline

The club was founded in 1954 as the company team of Daiwa Securities, a Tokyo-based securities brokerage. In 1991, it joined the Japan Basketball League. In 2000, the company club was dissolved after NSG purchased it, and the club was moved before the 2000–2001 season to Niigata and renamed Albirex.

In 2004, it joined the bj league along with five other clubs.

Team name transition

  • 1954: The Daiwa Securities basketball club
  • 1994: The Daiwa Securities Hotblizzards
  • 2000: Niigata Albirex
  • 2006: Niigata Albirex basketball

Roster

Niigata Albirex BB roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age
G 2 Oluwadamilola Yuta Joseph Mosaku 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 22 – 5 December 2001
G 3 Reon Shibuta 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 25 – 22 August 1998
F/C 4 Keve Aluma 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 25 – 31 December 1998
G 5 Daichi Tomioka 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) 28 – 8 February 1995
G 10 Tensho Sugimoto 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 25 – 20 July 1998
G 14 Keigo Kimura 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 23 – 8 November 2000
G 17 Shun Watanuki 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 36 – 2 November 1987
C 21 Kofi Cockburn 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 24 – 1 September 1999
F 25 Rosco Allen 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 30 – 5 May 1993
F 32 Yuichi Ikeda 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 40 – 13 July 1983
G 34 Zen Endo 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 25 – 5 November 1998
F 65 Shogo Tamaki 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – 30 August 1996
Head coach

Casey Owens

Assistant coach(es)

Takamitsu Fujiwara

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Notable players

Coaches

Honors

  • Japan Basketball League Div.2
    • Champions (2) : 2000/2001, 2001/2002
  • bj league
    • Runners-up (1) : 2005/2006
  • Asia Professional Basketball Invitation Tournament
    • 4th Place (1) : 2006

Season-by-season records

Year League Division Regular Season Semifinal Final Finish
Win Lose Place Win Lose Win Lose
2000 JBL 2 12 2 2nd 1 0 1 0 Champions
2001/2002 JBL 14 0 1st 2 0 2 1 Champions
2002/2003 JBL Super League 2 9 6th --- 6th
2003/2004 9 19 8th --- 8th
2004/2005 8 20 7th --- 7th
Season League Regular Season Finish Average Crowd
Win Lose Win% GB Place
2005/2006 bj league 29 11 .725 2.0 2nd Runners-up -
2006/2007 25 15 .625 4.0 2nd 4th 3,008
2007/2008 26 18 .591 3.0 East 3rd 6th 3,259
2008/2009 24 28 .462 12.0 East 4th -

Key:

Arenas

Practice facilities