Alvark_Tokyo Knowpia

Alvark Tokyo
Alvark Tokyo
Leagues	B.League
Founded	1948; 76 years ago
History	Toyota Pacers; 1948–2000; Toyota Alvark; 2000–2016; Alvark Tokyo; 2016–present
Arena	Arena Tachikawa Tachihi ; Komazawa Gymnasium
Head coach	Dainius Adomaitis
Championships	3 JBL Super League ; 1 Japan Basketball League ; 2 B.League ; 1 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Website	https://www.alvark-tokyo.jp/

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 in 1948, 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 edit

Domestic edit

Diante Garrett

B.League
- Champions (2): 2018, 2019
National Basketball League
- Runner-up (1): 2015
Japan Basketball League
- Champions (1): 2011
JBL Super League
- Champions (3): 2001, 2005, 2006
- Runner-up (1): 2002
- 3rd place (1): 2004
Japan League Division I
- Runner-up (1): 1996
- 3rd place (1): 1991

Continental edit

FIBA Asia Champions Cup
- Champions (1): 2019
- Runner-up (1): 2018

Players edit

Current roster edit

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.	Name	Ht.	Age
G	0	Ryoma Hashimoto	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	35 – (1988-05-11)11 May 1988
G	1	Hiryu Okamoto	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	31 – (1993-04-20)20 April 1993
PG	3	Kai Toews	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	25 – (1998-09-17)17 September 1998
F	8	Hirotaka Yoshii	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	25 – (1998-06-04)4 June 1998
G	9	Shuto Ando	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	29 – (1994-06-13)13 June 1994
F	10	Zack Baranski	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	31 – (1992-12-18)18 December 1992
F/C	11	Sebas Saiz	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	29 – (1994-07-05)5 July 1994
C	21	Gen Hiraiwa	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	26 – (1997-12-05)5 December 1997
F/C	22	Ryan Rossiter	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	34 – (1989-09-14)14 September 1989
SF	23	Léonardo Meindl	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	30 – (1993-05-20)20 May 1993
G	25	Kohei Fukuzawa	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	31 – (1993-04-02)2 April 1993
G	75	Taiki Osakabe	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	25 – (1998-07-15)15 July 1998
C	77	Artūras Gudaitis	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	30 – (1993-06-19)19 June 1993

Head coach

Dainius Adomaitis

Assistant coach(es)

Uvis Helmanis
Takahiro Mori
Hiroki Iwabe
Ryo Tanaka
Yuki Yamaguchi
Kanji Ikebata
Kodai Taira

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: August 2, 2023

Notable players edit

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 edit

Shuji Ono: 2000–2005
John Patrick: 2005–2006
Torsten Loibl: 2006–2008
Koju Munakata: 2008–2010
Donald Beck: 2010–2015
Takuma Ito: 2015–2017
Luka Pavićević: 2017–2022
Dainius Adomaitis: 2022–present

Practice facilities edit

Toyota Motors Fuchu Sports Center

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

References edit

^ "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.
^ Daiki Tanaka named B. League MVP Kaz Nagatsuka (The Japan Times), 12 May 2020. Accessed 25 May 2020.