Alvark Tokyo

Alvark Tokyo is a Japanese professional basketball team located in Tokyo. The team, which is sponsored by Toyota, currently plays in the Japanese B.League. 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.

Alvark Tokyo
Leagues	B.League
Founded	1948; 75 years ago (1948)
History	Toyota Pacers 1948–2000 Toyota Alvark 2000–2016 Alvark Tokyo 2016–present
Arena	Arena Tachikawa Tachihi Komazawa Gymnasium
Head coach	Dainius Adomaitis
Championships	3 JBL Super League 1 Japan Basketball League 2 B.League 1 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Website	https://www.alvark-tokyo.jp/
Home Away 3rd

Toyota Alvark team in 2009

In July 2015, it was announced that the team would compete in the first division of the new Japan Professional Basketball League, which commenced from October 2016.^[1]

As of 2020, the team has been the reigning back-to-back champion of the B.League, Japan's top basketball league.^[2]

Honours

Domestic

 

Diante Garrett

• B.League
  • Champions (2): 2018, 2019
• National Basketball League
  • Runner-up (1): 2015
• Japan Basketball League
  • 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

• FIBA Asia Champions Cup
  • Champions (1): 2019
  • Runner-up (1): 2018

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Alvark Tokyo roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G 0   Ryoma Hashimoto 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 35 – (1988-05-11)11 May 1988 G 1   Hiryu Okamoto 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 30 – (1993-04-20)20 April 1993 PG 3   Kai Toews 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 25 – (1998-09-17)17 September 1998 F 8   Hirotaka Yoshii 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 25 – (1998-06-04)4 June 1998 G 9   Shuto Ando 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – (1994-06-13)13 June 1994 F 10   Zack Baranski 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 30 – (1992-12-18)18 December 1992 F/C 11   Sebas Saiz 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 29 – (1994-07-05)5 July 1994 C 21   Gen Hiraiwa 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 25 – (1997-12-05)5 December 1997 F/C 22   Ryan Rossiter 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 34 – (1989-09-14)14 September 1989 SF 23   Léonardo Meindl 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 30 – (1993-05-20)20 May 1993 G 25   Kohei Fukuzawa 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 30 – (1993-04-02)2 April 1993 G 75   Taiki Osakabe 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 25 – (1998-07-15)15 July 1998 C 77   Artūras Gudaitis 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 30 – (1993-06-19)19 June 1993	Head coach   Dainius Adomaitis Assistant coach(es)   Uvis Helmanis   Takahiro Mori   Hiroki Iwabe   Ryo Tanaka   Yuki Yamaguchi   Kanji Ikebata   Kodai Taira Legend (C) Team captain   Injured Roster Updated: August 2, 2023

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

•   Tomoo Amino
•   Seiya Ando
•   Jeff Ayres
•   Yudai Baba
•   Clif Brown [de]
•   Wilbert Brown [fr]
•   Louis Campbell
•   Satoru Furuta
•   Diante Garrett
•   Jeff Gibbs
•   Keishi Handa
•   Tenketsu Harimoto
•   Juaquin Hawkins
•   Tom Hovasse
•   Kei Igarashi
•   Reina Itakura [ja]
•   Brendan Lane
•   Todd Lindeman [it]
•   Ricardo Marsh
•   Keijuro Matsui
•   Drew Naymick
•   Charles O'Bannon
•   Yusuke Okada
•   Ryumo Ono
•   Takehiko Orimo
•   Doron Perkins
•   Trent Plaisted
•   Philip Ricci [fr]
•   Satoshi Sakumoto [ja]
•   Ryōta Sakurai [ja]
•   Kazuhiro Shoji
•   Richard Solomon
•   Yuta Tabuse
•   Michael Takahashi
•   Joji Takeuchi
•   Kosuke Takeuchi
•   Daiki Tanaka
•   Stephen Thompson
•   Devin Uskoski [de]
•   Jawad Williams
•   Howard Wright
•   Daiji Yamada
•   Milko Bjelica

Head coaches

•   Shuji Ono: 2000–2005
•   John Patrick: 2005–2006
•   Torsten Loibl: 2006–2008
•   Koju Munakata: 2008–2010
•   Donald Beck: 2010–2015
•   Takuma Ito: 2015–2017
•   Luka Pavićević: 2017–2022
•   Dainius Adomaitis: 2022–present

Practice facilities

 

Toyota Motors Fuchu Sports Center

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

References

1. [Regarding the JPBL's "Division 1-3 Assignment Press Conference"] (in Japanese). Nishinomiya Storks. 30 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
2. Daiki Tanaka named B. League MVP Kaz Nagatsuka (The Japan Times), 12 May 2020. Accessed 25 May 2020.

External links

 

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