Saitama Broncos

Saitama Broncos
Saitama Broncos
Division	Third
Leagues	B.League
Founded	1982
History	ME Tokorozawa Broncos; (1996-1998); Tokorozawa Broncos; (1998-2000); Saitama Broncos; (2000-present)
Arena	; Urawa Komaba Gymnasium; (capacity:1,374 )
Location	Saitama
Team colors	Red and Black;
President	Toshihiko Narita
Ownership	Jun Ikeda
Championships	2
Website	http://www.saitamabroncos.com/
Home	Away

The Saitama Broncos (さいたまブロンコス, Saitama Buronkosu) is a men's professional basketball club based in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It calls the whole prefecture home and its main home arenas are Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium and Saitama Super Arena in Chūō-ku, Saitama City. It competes in the B.League.

History edit

1982: founded as an amateur Mazda Auto Tokyo (マツダオート東京, Matsuda Ōto Tōkyō, a dealer of Mazda Motor) basketball club.
1983: The nickname Broncos taken from Santa Clara University.
1987: Promoted to Japan Basketball League division 1.
1991: Club renamed to "Ẽfini Tokyo" (アンフィニ東京, Anfini Tōkyō)
1996: The company club was dissolved.
1997: Restarts as a community-based club "ME Tokorozawa Broncos" (ME所沢ブロンコス, Emu-ī Tokorozawa Buronkos). From a lower-tier "Kantō Corporate League" (関東実業団リーグ, Kantō Zitsugyō-dan Rīgu).
1998: Renamed "Tokorozawa Broncos" (所沢ブロンコス, Tokorozawa Buronkos). Promoted to the JBL division 2.
1999: The league reorganisation put the team to the new JBL.
2000: Adds Saitama City to its hometowns. Renamed hiragana "Saitama Broncos" (さいたまブロンコス, Saitama Buronkosu).
2002-03, 2004-05: Wins the premiership in two-peat.
2005: Quits the JBL. Renamed kanji "Saitama Broncos" (埼玉ブロンコス, Saitama Buronkosu). Competes in the bj league as an inaugural member.

Roster edit

Saitama Broncos roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name
PF	0	Grant Sitton
PG	1	Reo Yamazaki
PF	2	Will Creekmore
PG	3	Taketo Kato
G	4	Tomoya Hata
C	6	Ryan Watkins
PF	8	Takashi Igarashi
PG	11	Hikaru Akiyama
SG	14	Fumiya Sato
PF	18	Maxie Esho
SG	21	Akihisa Nohara
SF	28	Ryohei Kawabe
G/F	30	Ryutaro Noguchi
PG	32	Masahiro Okamoto
PG	35	Beni Mpaka Misakabo
PG	44	Aiki Tanno

Head coach

Shugaku Izumi

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 31 March 2023

Notable players edit

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.