Levanga Hokkaido

Levanga Hokkaido
Levanga Hokkaido
Leagues	B.League
Founded	2006; 18 years ago
History	Rera Kamuy Hokkaido; Basketball Club Hokkaido; Levanga Hokkaido
Arena	Hokkai Kitayell
Location	Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Team colors	Chartreuse and Sapphire ;
Main sponsor	Eagle Pachinko
President	Takehiko Orimo
Website	www.levanga.com

Levanga Hokkaido is a Japanese professional basketball team based in the city of Sapporo on the island of Hokkaido. The club was founded in 2006 as Rera Kamuy Hokkaido, this name comes from the language of the Ainu, an ethnic group indigenous to Hokkaido, and means "god of the winds".^[1] The franchise changed its name twice in 2011; the first when the club's parent company was kicked out of the league due to financial woes in the season. The team ended the season with a league-backed management group and a new moniker, calling itself Basketball Club Hokkaido. And finally, took its current name Levanga Hokkaido, in August 2011.^[2]

The team debuted in the Japan Basketball League in the 2007–2008 season and is one of only three teams in the league not owned by a major Japanese manufacturing company.

Levanga plays its home games mainly at the Hokkai Kitayell, but, as the team represents the entire Hokkaido Prefecture, also plays some home-games at the Asahikawa City General Gymnasium, Otaru City Gymnasium, Hakodate Arena, Obihiro City General Gymnasium & Kushiro Shitsugen no Kaze Arena.

The club was 200 million yen in debt in March 2017,^[3]^[4] but has since paid it off.^[5]

Honours

Continental

ABA Club Championship
- Runner-up: 2008

Roster

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

Levanga Hokkaido roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
F/C	1	Danieldan Nnanna	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	27 – (1997-06-02)2 June 1997
G/F	2	Dwight Ramos	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	26 – (1998-09-02)2 September 1998
G	4	Shuto Terazono	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	30 – (1994-06-28)28 June 1994
G	7	Tsukasa Nakano	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	28 – (1996-10-28)28 October 1996
G/F	11	Ryota Sakurai (C)	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	41 – (1983-03-13)13 March 1983
G	15	Ren Shimatani	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	24 – (2000-07-28)28 July 2000
G	17	Shun Watanuki	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	37 – (1987-11-02)2 November 1987
F/C	21	Darral Willis	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	28 – (1996-01-21)21 January 1996
F	24	De'Mon Brooks	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	32 – (1992-05-28)28 May 1992
G	37	Ko Takahashi	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	22 – (2002-02-13)13 February 2002
C	40	Thomas Welsh	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	28 – (1996-02-03)3 February 1996
G	66	Yuta Matsushita	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	25 – (1999-05-02)2 May 1999
G/F	81	Kohei Sekino	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	30 – (1994-08-01)1 August 1994

Head coach

Ryutaro Onodera

Assistant coach(es)

Taku Saito
Fuminori Aiura
Tomohiro Takeda

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 24 January 2023

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team or one NBA game at any time.