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  • The top Japanese rebounder is ...
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  • Respect for his peers
  • Best Five teams - 2005-06 to present
  • By the numbers
  • Not good enough
  • Poignant comments
  • JBL vs. bj-league and the problems both face
  • The way it is
  • Kawachi's impact
  • More memorable quotes
  • Photo gallery
2014-15 team rosters
(As of Feb. 26, 2015)
Note: coaches' tenures reflect number of seasons in that position, but not all were hired at the start of a season.)

EASTERN CONFERENCE
Akita Northern Happinets

Coach Makoto Hasegawa (first season)
1 PG Shoya Uchimura
2 G Ryosuke Mizumachi
5 SG Shigehiro Taguchi
8 PG Akitomo Takeno
11 F Noriyuki Sugasawa
14 F Yuto Otsuka
15 F Richard Roby
23 F Deshawn Stephens
33 SF Kenta Tateyama 
41 F Ruben Boykin
45 F/C Travon Bryant
52 G Yoshifumi Nakajima
Left team: C Tyran Walker

Aomori Wat's
Coach Koju Munakata (second season)
1 G/F Makoto Sawaguchi
3 F Yuta Kojima
7 G Yuki Kitamuki
8 G Daichi Shimoyama
11 PG Yuki Yamaguchi
12 F Daisuke Takaoka
13 C Paul Williams
14 SG Kenichi Takahashi
15 F Takahiro Shimoyama
24 G Satoshi Ishitani
32 F Kyle Richardson
42 F Gyno Pomare
F Gordon Klaiber
Left team: F Damian Saunders

Fukushima Firebonds
Coach Hiroki Fujita (first season)
1 F Takumi Masuko
2 C/F Terrance Shannon
3 G Akihiro Onaga
4 G Masaya Karimata
9 F Atsushi Nogami
21 F Shota Kanno
32 F Edward Morrris
34 F/C James Hughes
35 PG Shinya Murakami
92 G Tomoyuki Shinzato

Gunma Crane Thunders
Coach Charlie Parker (first season)
0 SG Masashi Obuchi
3 G Andre Murray
5 G Kenya Tomori
10 F Masanobu Ito
13 G Yosuke Sugawara
20 PF/C Daniel Northern Jr.
21 SG Yutaka Suzuki
23 SG Yusuke Kodera
27 G Daiki Kobayashi
32 F Carlos Dixon
33 C Melvin Ely
36 SG Takagi Yuya
54  F Samuel Sawaji (Green) Jr.
Left team: G Marcus Morrison

Iwate Big Bulls 
Coach Dai Oketani (third season)
5 F Shinya Chiba
8 G Masato Tsukno
9 G Jun Nakanishi 
10 F Scootie Randall
F 12 Hayato Kantake
21 F Lawrence Blackledge
31 C Abdullahi Kuso
32 G/F Wayne Arnold
33 G Tsubasa Yonamine 
34 SG Shota Onodera

Niigata Albirex BB
Coach Fujitaka Hiraoka (second season)
1 F Thomas Kennedy
3 G/F Russell Carter
5 G/F Yuki Sato
11 PG Takamichi Fujiwara
13 SG Shuhei Komatsu
15 PF/C Patrick Sullivan
18 PG Ryota Kato
23 SG Kimitake Sato
32 SF Yuichi Ikeda
44 C/F Stephan Van Treese
51 G Hirotaka Kondo
89 G Yohei Sakai
Left team: F Adrian Moss

Saitama Broncos
Coach Kazuaki Shimoji (first season)
2 PG Takato Hara
13 PG Shigeki Ido
15 G Junya Masumoto
20 F Gary Johnson
23 F Yuki Sasaki
24 SG/F Shun Otsuka
32 C Nyika Williams
37 G Kosuke Yahata
68 G Koji Nagata
Left team: F Jon Ekey, C Marko Cukic, F Ari Stewart, F Brian Ormon

Sendai 89ers
Coach Shuto Kawachi (second season)
0 C Jeral Davis
1 G Kejuan Johnson
4 PG Takehiko Shimura
5 SG Ryo Tanaka
6 F Manato Kikuchi
10 F Sotaro Kaneko 
11 SG Yasuhiko Wada
14 PG Fumiya Sato
33 G Hirohisa Takada
41 F Wendell White
44 F/C Adrian Moss
Left team: C Dillion Sneed, F DeAngelo Hamilton

Shinshu Brave Warriors
Coach Ryuji Kawai (second season)
0 G Fumiaki Hanano
2 G Yoshitomo Shiina
6 PG Takato Saito

7 F/C DeVaughn Washington
9 F Patrick Sanders
10 F/C Carl Hall
13 SG Tatsuhiko Toshino
22 G Takahiro Ueda

23 F Terrence Jennings
24 G Dai Suzuki
25 F Shoji Nakanishi 
33 G Masamune Tate
34 C Mohamed Abukar
45 G/F Junki Kano 
Left team: G Jermaine Dixon, F/C Carl Hall

Tokyo Cinq Reves
Coach Motofumi Aoki (third season)
1 G Isamu Omori
2 G Yuta Kurihara
3 F Chris Brown
4 G/F Jemal Farmer 
6 F Kenji Kanai
9 SF Kento Sakka
10 F Akihito Inoue
21 Yusuke Shimoda
31 F Yuichi Shidama
37 G Yuji Ide
44 F/C Zane Knowles
45 C Will Foster
Left team: G Ron Hale III, F Michael Hart

Toyama Grouses
Coach Bob Nash (third season)
0 G Tatsunori Fujie
3 G Kamezaki Mitsuhiro
6 G/F Daichi Tanaka
9 G Takeshi Mito
13 PG Atsushi Inagaki
15 F Jamelle Horne
31 SG Masashi Joho
33 SG Yoshihiko Toshino
34 C/F Sam Willard
41 G Jermaine Dixon
47 PF Joe Werner
Left team: F Keyon Carter

Yokohama B-Corsairs 
Coach Michael Katsuhisa (second season)
3 SG Masayuki Kabaya
7 SF Ryuichi Horikawa
11 SG Yosuke Saito
13 G Kenji Yamada
15 G Warren Niles
22 F/C Carl Hall
32 F Yosuke Maeda
33 F Dzaflo Larkai
37 G Seiji Kono
50 C Wayne Marshall
73 SG Satoshi Hisayama
Left team: F Khyle Marshall

WESTERN CONFERENCE
Bambitious Nara

Coach Ryutaro Onodera (first season)
1 PG Tatsuya Suzuki
2 G James Rahon
7 F Emanuel Nagashima
10 G Takuro Ito
11 F Chehales Tapscott
14 G Ryo Inagaki
16 G Taishi Kasahara
18 F Jumpei Honda
21 SG Ryo Yamazaki
42 F/C Michael St. John
Left team: G Andre Murray

Kyoto Hannaryz
Coach Honoo Hamaguchi (fourth season)
0 G/F Kyosuke Setoyama
2 PF Reggie Warren
3 G Yusuke Masuda
7 F Takuya Komoda
8 PG Sunao Murakami
9 G Shun Watanuki
12 F David Palmer
17 PG Hikaru Kusaka
32 F Ryan Forehan-Kelly
33 G/F Shingo Utsumi
42 F Kevin Kotzur

Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix
Coach Tomoya Higashino (third season)
1 G Shinnosuke Oishi
3 G Masahiro Oguchi
5 PF Olu Ashaolu
6 F Jermaine Green
7 G Hiroki Furuhashi
8 C Atsuya Ota
9 SF Toshifumi Kawamitsu
11 SG Shingo Okada
20 G Nile Murry
22 F Mo Charlo
47 G Tasuku Namizato

Oita HeatDevils
Coach Yukinori Suzuki (fourth season)
1 G Taishiro Shimizu
2 PG Naoto Takushi
5 PF Kellen Thornton
6 PG Demetri McCamey
7 SG Manabu Umemiya
9 SG Yusuke Takamatsu
10 F Kazuya "J." Hatano
14 C Todd O'Brien
19 G Reo Bando
34 PG Hiroki Oshiro
43 SF Drew Barham

91 G Yuto Okumoto

Osaka Evessa
Coach Shunsuke Todo (second season)
0 PG Yutaro Nishi
1 SG Shota Konno
2 PF/C Gary Hamilton
3 G Haruyuki Ishibashi
15 SF/SG Seth Tarver
18 SG/F Takuya Soma
23 F Joshua Dollard
32 PG Shunki Hatakeyama
45 SG Naoto Nakamura
50 C Jon Kreft
91 C Hirotaka Sato

Rizing Fukuoka
Coach Joe Bryant (named bench boss on Dec. 29)
1 SG Hajime Ono
7 G Minoru Kimura
8 C Yoshifume Sano
11 G Cohey Aoki
13 G Yoshimasa Ohara
19 G Rintaro Tokunaga
20 C Kirk Van Slyke
22 F Josh Peppers
31 G Keisuke Takabatake
35 G/F John "Helicopter" Humphrey
99 F Cyrus Tate
Left team: F Cooper Land, F Greg Logins
Left: Head coach James Duncan fired on Dec. 29


Ryukyu Golden Kings
Coach Tsutomu Isa (second season)
2 G Draelon Burns
3 G Narito Namizato
4 C Anthony Kent
5 F Anthony McHenry
6 G Shigeyuki Kinjo
8 F Hiromasa Omiya
9 SG Naoto Kosuge
13 G Shota Tsuyama
14 G Ryuichi Kishimoto
32 G Morihisa Yamauchi
40 Shinji Arashiro
54 C Kibwe Trim 

Shiga Lakestars
Coach Koto Toyama (first season)
0 F Ray Nixon
1 SG Yu Okada
4 F Jeff Parmer
5 PG Shinya Ogawa
7 F Yusuke Inoue
9 SG Shuto Mizoguchi
13 PG Ryota Kobayashi
14 F Terrrance Woodbury
21 G Masahiro Kano
22 G Rintaro Takeda
23 PG Yutaka Yokoe
30 SG Yuki Suzuki
54 C Chris Holm

Shimane Susanoo Magic
Coach Tomohiro Moriyama (named bench boss on Nov. 9)
1 PG Edward Yamamoto
4 G Joe Chapman
9 F/C Bingo Merriex
11 F Wesley Witherspoon
20 G Satoshi Kawai
21 SG Yasuhisa Hikino
23 F Isiah Brown
32 G Jun Abe
33 PG Takafumi Arashiro
41 F Shuichi Takada
44 G/F Masaomi Toi
55 SG Tatsuhiro Yokoo
Left: Head coach Reggie Hanson (fired on Nov. 9); PF James Padgett

Takamatsu Five Arrows
Coach Kenzo Maeda (fourth season)
0 G/F Hiroyuki Kikuchi
4 G/F Dexter Lyons
6 G Daiki Horita
17 C B.J. Puckett
18 PG Makoto Kita
19 G/F Justin Watts
22 PG Masaaki Suzuki
24 SG Kazuki Yamashita
25 G Tsubasa Yonezawa
34 PG Koki Yabuuchi
55 F Andrais Thornton
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