Sendai 89ers

Sendai 89ers
Sendai 89ers
Conference	East
Division	First
Leagues	B.League
History	2005–present
Arena	Xebio Arena Sendai
Capacity	5,700
Location	Sendai
Main sponsor	Seven x Seven
President	Takehiko Shimura
Team manager	Nonoka Sakurada
Head coach	Dan Tacheny
Ownership	Kasumigaseki Capital
Website	www.89ers.jp

The Sendai 89ers (仙台89ERS, Sendai Eitinaināzu) are a Japanese professional basketball team based in Sendai. The team competes in the B.League Premier, the highest division of the B.League, as a member of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Xebio Arena Sendai. The team name is based on the year of the city's incorporation, 1889.^[2]

Current roster

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Sendai 89ers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
G	7	Seiya Funyu	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	32 – (1993-12-15)15 December 1993
C	21	Boubacar Toure	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	30 – (1995-12-31)31 December 1995
F	8	Jarrett Culver	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	27 – (1999-02-20)20 February 1999
G	9	Sergio El Darwich	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	30 – (1996-07-25)25 July 1996
F	14	Yusei Sugiura	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	31 – (1995-06-24)24 June 1995
G	15	Shota Watanabe	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	27 – (1998-11-24)24 November 1998
F	75	Soichiro Inoue	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	27 – (1999-05-07)7 May 1999
F/C	45	Nathan Boothe	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	32 – (1994-02-03)3 February 1994
G	3	Kazuma Okajima	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	22 – (2003-10-29)29 October 2003
G	11	Hirohide Araya	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	27 – (1998-12-05)5 December 1998
F	23	Ryota Hanzawa	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	26 – (2000-01-10)10 January 2000
F	24	Kosei Niinuma	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	23 – (2003-03-03)3 March 2003
G	77	Rowa Tanno	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	18 – (2007-10-31)31 October 2007
G	96	Masato Abe	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	18 – (2007-09-06)6 September 2007