Toyota Alvark Tokyo

Toyota Alvark Tokyo
Leagues	National Basketball League
History	1948-present
Head coach	Don Beck
Website	Official site

Toyota Alvark

Toyota Alvark Tokyo is a Japanese professional basketball team located in Tokyo and sponsored by Toyota. Until 2000, the team was known as the Toyota Pacers. The team currently plays in the National Basketball League. It previously won two JBL Super League league titles in 2006 and 2007.

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

Current roster

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

• F/C Gaku Arao 198 cm (6'6) 1987
• G Yusuke Okada 185 cm (6'1) 1984
• F Charles O'Bannon 198 cm (6'6) 1975
• F Michael Takahashi 198 cm (6'6) 1974
• F Yutaka Saito 194 cm (6'5) 1980
• G Satoshi Miyata 180 cm (5'11) 1978
• F Hayato Kantake 194 cm (6'5) 1986
• F/C Masahiko Saido 195 cm (6'5) 1983
• G Shonaka Takeki 180 cm (5'11) 1984

Notable former players

• Satoru Furuta
• Kei Igarashi
• Yusuke Okada
• Yuta Tabuse
• Takuma Watanabe

References

1. "JPBLの「1部～3部階層分け発表記者会見」について" [Regarding the JPBL's "Division 1-3 Assignment Press Conference"] (in Japanese). Nishinomiya Storks. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

External links

• Historical Finishes
• Team Profile