Kumamoto Volters
Japanese professional basketball team
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| Conference | West | ||
| Division | Second | ||
| Leagues | B.League | ||
| Founded | 2012 | ||
| Arena | Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium | ||
| Capacity | 4,110 | ||
| Main sponsor | Nisikawa Group,Kumamoto | ||
| Head coach | Jeff Hironaka | ||
| Website | www | ||
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Kumamoto Volters (熊本ヴォルターズ, Kumamoto Vorutāzu) is a Japanese professional basketball team in Kumamoto, Kumamoto. The team competes in the B.League.[1] The team name "Volters" is a coined term using "VOLCANO," meaning volcano, and "WATER," meaning water, symbolizing the abundant water sourced from Mount Aso in Kumamoto as well as the volcano itself.
Kumamoto Volters have experienced one district championship in the B.League's second division and have advanced to the promotion playoffs to the first division five times.
Volters hosted the B.League All-star Game in 2018.
Roster
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Kouto Tooyama
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Notable players
- Lamont Jones (2013 - 14)
- Thomas Baudinet (2014)
- Garlon Green (2014 - 15)
- Cyril Aware (2014 - 15)
- Josha Warren (2014 - 15)
- DeVaughn Washington (2015 -16)
- Joshua Crawford (2015 -16)
- Tshilidzi Nephawe (2015 - 16, 2018 - 19)
- Paul Butorac (2016 - 17)
- Reggie Warren (2016 -17)
- Josh Duinker (2017 - 19)
- Terrance Woodbury (2017 - 18, 2022 - 24 )
- Jordan Vandenberg (2017 -18)
- Joel James (2017 - 18)
- Chehales Tapscott (2018 - 19)
- Bobby Jones (2019)
- Gavin Ware (2019 - 20)
- David Weaver (2019 -20)
- Jahmar Thorpe (2019)
- Marqus Blakely (2020)
- Daniel Orton (2020)
- Chris Olivier (2020)
- Marvelle Harris (2020 -21)
- Evan Ravenel (2020 - 21)
- David Doblas (2020 - 21)
- Shaheed Davis (2021)
- Jordan Hamilton (2021 - 22)
- L.J. Peak (2021 - 22)
- Ben Lawson (2021 - 23)
- Kyle Barone (2021)
- Kevin Kotzur (2022 - 23)
- Aaron White (2023 - 24)
Coaches
- Norm deSilva (2013 - 14)
- Sinji Tomiyama (2014)
- Yosinori Simizu (2014 - 16)
- Takayuki Yasuda (2016 - 19)
- Nenad Vučinić (2019 - 20)
- Osamu Okada (es) (2020 - 21)
- Donald Beck (2021 - 22)
- Kouto Tooyama (2022 - 24)
- Jeff Hironaka (2024 - )
Arenas
- Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium
- "Nursepower" Arena
- Yatusiro "Toyooka-tiken" Arena
- Masiki Town Generel Gymnasium
- Kikuyou Town General Gymnasium
- Minamata City General Gymnasium
- "ecowin" Uto Arena
- Kousi City General Center "Vivre"
- Kikuti City General Gymnasium
- Tamana City General Gymnasium
- Hitoyosi Sports Palace
References
- ^ B.League (10 October 2016). "B.LEAGUE". Retrieved 10 October 2016.
External links
- Kumamoto Volters on X
- Weekly Volters
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