Iwate Big Bulls
| Iwate Big Bulls | |||
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| Division | Second | ||
| Leagues | B.League | ||
| Founded | 2010 | ||
| History | Bj League (2011–2016) B.League (2016–present) | ||
| Arena | Morioka Takaya Arena | ||
| Capacity | 5,058 | ||
| Location | Morioka, Iwate | ||
| Main sponsor | Kaneman Pachinko | ||
| President | Satoshi Mizuno | ||
| General manager | Shigeru Shinohara | ||
| Head coach | Yukinori Suzuki | ||
| Ownership | Tatsuzawa Gakkan | ||
| Website | bigbulls.jp | ||
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The Iwate Big Bulls (岩手ビッグブルズ, Iwate Bigguburuzu) are a Japanese professional basketball team based in Morioka, Japan. The Big Bulls compete in the second division of the B.League as a member of the Eastern Conference.[1]
The team's name is a reference to Iwate being the largest prefecture in Honshu, and cattle being a well-known symbol of the region.[2]
Roster
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Yuma Yoshida
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Notable players
- Wayne Arnold
- Lawrence Blackledge
- Jamal Boykin
- Brian Carlwell
- Tatsunori Fujie
- Alandise Harris
- Shota Onodera
- Gyno Pomare
- Patrick Sanders
- Makoto Sawaguchi
- Samuel Jr. Sawaji
- Dillion Sneed
- Noriyuki Sugasawa
- Hirohisa Takada
- Kenichi Takahashi
- Jahmar Thorpe
Coaches
- Vlaikidis Vlasios (2011–12)
- Shinji Tomiyama
- Dai Oketani
- Geoffrey Katsuhisa
- Yasunori Ueda
- Donte Hill
- Osamu Okada (es)
- Yuma Yoshida
- Koji Nagata
Arenas
- Morioka Takaya Arena
- Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium
- Kitakami General Gymnasium
- Sea Arena
- Dream Arena Takata
- U Dome
- Hanamaki City General Gymnasium
- Z Arena
- Kamaishi Citizens Gymnasium
- Kuji Citizens Gymnasium
- Takizawa General Park Gymnasium
- Ninohe City General Sports Center
- Kuzumaki Town Social Gymnasium