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2012-13 ROSTERS, as of Oct. 19, 2012

EASTERN CONFERENCE
Iwate Big Bulls

Coach: Dai Oketani (first year)

2011-12 record: 19-33

0 Dillion Sneed C

1 Makoto Sawaguchi G/F

3 Haruyuki Ishibashi PG

5 Shinya Chiba F

7 Reggie Okosa F

8 Masato Tsukino G

9 Naoto Nakamura G

13 Yoshiaki Yamamoto PG

14 Kenichi Takahashi SG

21 Lawrence Blackledge F

32 Carlos Dixon F

Akita Northern Happinets

Coach: Kazuo Nakamura (second year)

2011-12 record: 28-24

1 Dion Harris PG/F

2 Ryosuke Mizumachi PG

4 Makoto Hasegawa PG

5 Shigehiro Taguchi SG

7 Yoshimune Sano C

10 Kazuhiro Shoji F

11 Yuki Yamaguchi G

12 Yuki Kikuchi F

14 Makoto Kato F

21 Jordan DeMercy F

23 Anthony Kent C

34 T.J. Cummings F

54 Samuel Sawaji Jr. F

Sendai 89ers

Coach: Bob Pierce (second year)

2011-12 record: 25-27

0 Sam Coleman PF

4 Takehiko Shimura PG

5 Karron Clarke F

7 Takuya Komoda F

8 Daichi Shimoyama SG

9 Atsushi Nogami F

12 Daisuke Takaoka F

17 Hikaru Kusaka PG

21 Yasuaki Arai SG

34 Sam Willard F/C

44 Kevin Coble F

Niigata Albirex BB

Coach: Matt Garrison (second year)

2011-12 record: 28-24

5 Rodney Webb F

13 Shuhei Komatsu G

15 Hirotaka Kondo PG

20 Nile Murry G

23 Kimitake Sato SG

30 Takahiro Misawa PG

32 Yuichi Ikeda SF

35 Yuki Sato G/F

41 Marquise Gray PF/C

54 Chris Holm C

Toyama Grouses

Coach: Bob Nash (first year)

2011-12 record: 25-27

0 Tatsunori Fujie F

3 Mitsuhiro Kamezaki G

5 Malcolm White F

7 Ryuichi Horikawa SF

9 Takeshi Mito G

23 Jeremy Jacob F

31 Masashi Joho SG

41 Angel Garcia PF/C

50 Ira Brown F

Shinshu Brave Warriors

Coach: Taketoshi “Big Bashi” Ishibashi

2011-12 record: 18-34

1 Takanori Goya G

2 Jermaine Green G/F

3 Yuki Matsubara PG

4 D’Mario Curry G/F

6 Takato Saito PG

11 Yosuke Saito SG

12 Tadashi Utsunomiya 12

32 Edward Morris PF/C

50 Wayne Marshall C

Gunma Crane Thunders

Coach: Tadashi Hayashi (fired on Oct. 29; team was 0-8 at that point)

Replacement coach: Ryan Blackwell, named new boss on Nov. 1.

Expansion team

5 Kenya Tomori G

8 Ryo Tanaka G

10 Noriyuki Sugasawa F

11 Shingo Okada G

15 Keishiro Tsutsumi PG

17 Daiki Uematsu G

21 Yutaka Suzuki SG

32 Nyika Williams C

33 Tatsuhiko Toshino SG

44 Lewis Witcher PF/C

50 Damien Brown SF/PF

55 Thomas Granado PF

91 Yuto Okumoto G

Saitama Broncos

Coach: Tracy Williams (first season)

2011-12 record: 16-36

1 Shusei Ishii G

3 Takuma Yamashiro PG

7 Yuki Kitamuki SG

8 Antwan Scott F

16 Genki Kuroiwa G

17 Kosuke Yahata G

23 Yuki Nobuhira F

32 Randy Orr PF/C


33 Dameion Baker F

35 John “Helicopter” Humphrey SG/SF

39 Mikiya Fukuda G/F

57 Masahide Haraguchi F

Chiba Jets

Coach: Shinji Tomiyama (first season)

2011-12 record: 18-34

0 Hiroki Sato SG

1 Shota Isshiki G

9 Kensuke Tanaka G

12 Masaya Karimata G

13 D’Andre Bell G

18 Reina Itakura F

19 Tomoya Nakamura F

31 Takaki Ishida SG

34 Joe Werner PF

35 Marquin Chandler F

45 Serge Angounou F

Tokyo Cinq Reves

Coach: Motofumi Aoki

Expansion team

3 Yuta Kurihara G

5 Takuro Ito G

10 Akihito Inoue F

11 Cohey Aoki PG

15 Chris Sasaki G

16 Jonathan Jones C

18 Ilija Milutinovic F/C

21 Rasheem Barrett G

33 Hirohisa Takada G

43 Jared Carter C

Yokohama B-Corsairs

Coach: Reggie Geary (second season)

2011-12 record: 31-21

1 Thomas Kennedy F

2 Draelon Burns G

3 Masayuki Kabaya SG

6 Pape Mour Faye C

7 Minoru Kimura PG/SG

13 Kenji Yamada G

15 Takashi Hotta SF

32 Yosuke Maeda F

33 Taketo Aoki F

37 Seiji Kono G

43 Paul Butorac C

73 Satoshi Hisayama SG

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix

Coach: Ryuji Kawai (second season)

2011-12 record: 37-15

1 Shinnosuke Oishi G

2 Yoshitomo Shiina G

3 Masahiro Oguchi G

4 Keisuke Yahata G

7 Timothy Kamishima F

8 Atsuya Ota C

13 Kevin Galloway G/F

21 Jeffrey Parmer F

25 Shoji Nakanishi F

27 Tsubasa Yonezawa G

35 Elbert Fuqua C

Shiga Lakestars

Coach: Al Westover (second season)

2011-12 record: 33-19

0 Ray Nixon F

5 Shinya Ogawa PG

7 Yusuke Inoue F

11 Takamichi Fujiwara PG

12 Alfred Aboya C

13 Shigeki Ido PG

15 Daiki Terashita F

18 Jumpei Honda F

19 Dionisio Gomez F

23 Yutaka Yokoe PG

24 Jumpei Nakama SG

Kyoto Hannaryz 
Coach: Honoo Hamaguchi (second season)

2011-12 record: 34-18

0 Kyosuke Setoyama G/F

2 Jermaine Boyette G

8 Sunao Murakami PG

9 Yu Okada SG

12 David Palmer F

14 Ryo Inagaki G

20 Goki Kitamura G

21 Hayato Kantake F

34 Wayne Arnold G

41 Marcus Cousin C

42 Gyno Pomare F

91 Masaharu Kataoka G

Osaka Evessa 
Coach: Zoran Kreckovic (first season -- fired on Oct. 22; team was 0-4 at that point.)

Replacement coach: Takao Furuya

2011-12 record: 35-17

1 Larry Cox C *

4 Masashi Obuchi G

6 Satoshi Takeda SG

7 Shota Konno G

9 Shun Watanuki G

11 Taizo Kawabe F

13 Takuya Hashimoto SG

14 Andre Coimbra PF

32 Yoshihiro Tachibana SF

41 Syuichi Takada F

45 Nathan Walkup SF

Shimane Susanoo Magic

Coach: Zeljko Pavlicevic (third season)

2011-12 record: 28-24

1 Edward Yamamoto PG

3 Michael Parker F

4 Jeral Davis C

10 B.J. Puckett F/C

20 Brandon Freeman G

21 Yasuhisa Hikino SG

31 Koki Yabuuchi PG

36 Shohei Nakama SG

37 Yuji Ide G

55 Tatsuhiro Yokoo SG

91 Hirotaka Sato C

Takamatsu Five Arrows

Coach: Kenzo Maeda (second season)

2011-12 record: 2-50

1 Isamu Omori G

4 Dexter Lyons G/F

7 Paul Williams C

11 Hiroyuki Kikuchi G/F

13 Yukio Kishimoto G

15 Daisuke Tamura G

20 Makoto Kita PG

22 Masaaki Suzuki PG

23 Yusuke Kodera G

24 Brandon Penn F

32 Robert Johnson F/C

44 Masaomi Toi G/F

Rizing Fukuoka

Coach: Atsushi Kanazawa (second season)

2011-12 record: 33-19

1 Jun Nakanishi G

2 Reggie Warren PF

4 Julius Ashby C

7 Zane Johnson G

8 Akitomo Takeno PG

19 Rintaro Tokunaga G

21 Masahiro Kano G

24 Satoshi Ishitani G

30 Josh Peppers F

31 Keisuke Takabatake G

55 Junya Matsumoto G

Oita HeatDevils

Coach: Yukinori Suzuki (second season)

2011-12 record: 23-29

1 Kohei Mitomo G

2 Naoto Takushi PG

7 Manabu Umemiya G

8 Yuki Takakura G

10 Kazuya “J.” Hatano F

11 Taishiro Shimizu PG

14 Wendell White F

17 Daishi Hayakawa C

28 Masahiro Ohara PG

31 Taj Finger C

33 Matt Lottich PG

44 Cyrus Tate C

Miyazaki Shining Suns

Coach: Junichiro Hongo (first season)

2011-12 record: 22-30

1 Larriques Cunningham G

2 Kazuki Shigenaga G

3 Yuta Kojima SF

7 Donald Little C*

14 Yuto Otsuka F

15 Marshall Brown F

23 Dominique Keller C


25 Thomas Fairley C

34 Hiroki Oshiro PG

41 Takashi Toyota SG

Ryukyu Golden Kings

Coach: Koto Toyama (first season)

2011-12 record: 39-13

5 Anthony McHenry F

6 Shigeyuki Kinjo G

8 Tsubasa Yonamine G

9 Naoto Kosuge G

11 Yoshiki Yamashiro F

30 Terrance Woodbury F

32 Morihisa Yamauchi G

33 Dzaflo Larkai F

37 Narito Namizato G

50 Jeff Newton F/C


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