The Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka is a Japanese professional basketball team, playing in the second division of the B.League. They are based in Fukuoka Prefecture and were coached by Joe Bryant, the father of Kobe Bryant, in 2015.
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| Conference | West | ||
| Division | Second | ||
| Leagues | B.League | ||
| Founded | 2005 | ||
| History | Fukuoka Red Falcons 2005–2006 Fukuoka BB Boys 2006–2007 Rizing Fukuoka 2007–2016 Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka 2016–present | ||
| Arena | Teriha Sekisui House Arena | ||
| Capacity | 5,042 | ||
| Location | Fukuoka, Fukuoka | ||
| Main sponsor | Abitashion | ||
| President | Yasunori Kanda | ||
| Team manager | Jun Nakanishi | ||
| Head coach | Moncho López | ||
| Championships | B3 Champions (2016–17) B2 Champions (2017–18) | ||
| Conference titles | Western Conference Champions (2012–13) | ||
| Retired numbers | 1 (11) | ||
| Website | r-zephyr | ||
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Roster edit
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Notable players edit
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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Matthew Bryan-Amaning
Kohei Aoki
Isaiah Armwood
Julius Ashby- Marlyn Bryant
- Brian Butch
- Haimo Chen
- Peter Cornell
- Jermaine Dearman
- Michael Gardener
- Jordan Glynn
- Gary Hamilton
Ivan Höger- John Humphrey
- Eric Jacobsen
- Zane Johnson
Jerome Jordan- Cooper Land
- Bingo Merriex
- Kevin Palmer
- Michael Parker
- Josh Peppers
- Corey Santee
- Marcus Session
- Kazuhiro Shoji
Greg Slaughter- Keisuke Takabatake
- Akitomo Takeno
- Seth Tarver
- Rintaro Tokunaga
Head coaches edit
- Toshihiro Goto
- Carl John Neumann (2007–09)
- Tadaharu Ogawa (2009–12)
- Atsushi Kanazawa (2012–13, 2016–17)
- Mack Tuck (2013)
- Kimitoshi Sano (2013–14)
- James Duncan (2014)
- Ken Hamanaka (2014)
- Joe Bryant (2015)
- Tomohiro Moriyama (2015–16)
- Takatoshi Ishibashi (2016)
- Josep Clarós (2016, 2020–21)
- Kentaro Hori (2017)
- Ryuji Kawai (2017–18)
- Bob Nash (2018–19)
- Iurgi Caminos (2019–20)
- Eiki Umezaki (2021–22)
- Taiki Yoshinaga (2022)
- Moncho López (2022–present)
Arenas edit
References edit
External links edit
- Rizing Fukuoka at Asia-Basket.com
- Team official website
- Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka on Twitter
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