Gunma Crane Thunders

Gunma Crane Thunders
Gunma Crane Thunders
Conference	East
Division	1st
Leagues	B.League
Founded	2011
Arena	Ota Citizens Gymnasium
Capacity	1,987
Location	Ota, Gunma
President	Masaaki Arai
Head coach	Kota Mizuno
Ownership	Open House
Website	g-crane-thunders.jp
Home	Away

The Gunma Crane Thunders are a professional basketball team that compete in the first division of the Japanese B.League.^[1] They are based in Ōta, Gunma. It is said that the shape of Gunma Prefecture resembles the shape of a dancing crane. The team's name is a combination of the crane and thunder, which evokes images of "energy" and "speed".^[2]

Coaches

Tadashi Hayashi (2012)
Ryan Blackwell (2012–13)
Hiroki Fujita (2013
Charlie Parker (2014–15)
Hirokazu Nema (2015–16)
Fujitaka Hiraoka (2016–21)
Thomas Wisman (2021–22)
Kota Mizuno (2022–present)

Roster

Gunma Crane Thunders roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
G	1	Koh Flippin	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	28 – (1996-05-20)20 May 1996
F	2	Tomoki Hoshino	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	27 – (1997-11-05)5 November 1997
F	3	Michael Parker	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	42 – (1981-12-05)5 December 1981
G	4	Trey McKinney-Jones	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	34 – (1990-08-27)27 August 1990
G	7	Kei Igarashi	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	44 – (1980-05-07)7 May 1980
F	8	Allen Hachimura	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	24 – (1999-12-20)20 December 1999
G	9	Naoto Tsuji	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	35 – (1989-09-08)8 September 1989
F	11	Kengo Nomoto (C)	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	32 – (1992-04-25)25 April 1992
G	12	Keigo Kimura	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	24 – (2000-11-08)8 November 2000
G	14	Teru Sugawara	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	26 – (1998-05-27)27 May 1998
G	16	Narito Namizato	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	35 – (1989-08-07)7 August 1989
C	25	Kaleb Tarczewski	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	31 – (1993-02-26)26 February 1993
F	50	Ben Bentil	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	29 – (1995-03-29)29 March 1995