Alvark Tokyo

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Alvark Tokyo
Alvark Tokyo logo
LeaguesB.League
Founded1948; 74 years ago (1948)
HistoryToyota Pacers
1948–2000
Toyota Alvark
2000-2016
Alvark Tokyo
2016–present
ArenaArena Tachikawa Tachihi
Komazawa Gymnasium
Head coachLuka Pavićević
Championships3 JBL Super League
1 Japan Basketball League
2 B.League
1 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Retired numbers1 (7)
Websitehttps://www.alvark-tokyo.jp/
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3rd jersey
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Team colours
3rd
Toyota Alvark team in 2009

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, the club won two consecutive JBL Super League league titles in 2006 and 2007.

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

Continental[]

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
G 1 Japan Genki Kojima
PG 2 United States Jordan Taylor
SF 8 Japan
PF 10 United States Zack Baranski
SF 13 Japan Shohei Kikuchi
C 21 Japan
SG 24 Japan Daiki Tanaka
C 53 United States Alex Kirk
SG 75 Japan
G 9 Japan Shuto Ando
C 11 Spain Sebas Saiz
PF 22 Japan Ryan Rossiter
Head coach

Montenegro Luka Pavicevic

Assistant coach(es)

Dušan Gvozdić
Kota Mizuno
Igor Djaletic


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

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.

Head coaches[]

Shuji Ono 2000–05
John Patrick 2005-06
Torsten Loibl 2006-08
Koju Munakata 2008-10
Donald Beck 2010-15
Takuma Ito 2015-17
Luka Pavićević 2017–present

Practice facilities[]

Toyota Motors Fuchu Sports Center

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

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. 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.

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