Shinshu Brave Warriors

Shinshu Brave Warriors
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ConferenceEastern
DivisionSecond
LeaguesB.League
Founded2011 (2011)
ArenaMashima General Sports Arena
Capacity7,000
LocationNagano
Head coachMichael Katsuhisa
Websiteb-warriors.net
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Team colours
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The Shinshu Brave Warriors (信州ブレイブウォリアーズ, Shinshū Bureibuuoriāzu) are a Japanese professional basketball team based in Naganao, Nagano Prefecture.[1] The team most recently competed in the second division of the B.League. Starting from the 2026–27 season, the team will compete in the B.League Premier, the league's highest division, as a member of the Western Conference.[2] The team plays its home games at Mashima General Sports Arena.

The team's name refers to the traditional name for Nagano Prefecture, Shinshu, and the region's history of "warriors," such as those of the Sanada clan, the Togakushi Ninja, Kiso Yoshinaka, and the Battles of Kawanakajima.[1]

The team logo uses three colours; blue (called Warrior Blue), silver (called Japan Alps Silver) and yellow (called Obasute Moon Yellow). It shows the full name of the team with a depiction of the Japanese Alps mountain range (which runs through Nagano) and a basketball shown as a moon coming over the mountains.

Mascot

The team mascot is a bear like creature called "Burea". When pronounced sound like blair or blayer. It probably comes from a combination of Brave and Warriors; Bra-ior. Japanese tend to pronounce the -er as a long a when using English words. His design includes white for the winter snow, crescent moons for eyes and an apple for the nose (Nagano is known for its apples).[3]

Roster

Shinshu Brave Warriors roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Age
F 3 Japan Eliet Donley 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1996-12-11)11 December 1996
F 4 Japan Taichi Kodama 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 26 – (2000-06-17)17 June 2000
G 5 Japan Fuki Yamamoto 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 28 – (1998-08-09)9 August 1998
F 7 United States Stanton Kidd 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 34 – (1992-03-18)18 March 1992
G 11 Japan Kaito Ishikawa 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 35 – (1990-11-30)30 November 1990
G 12 Japan Louis Kurihara 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 29 – (1996-11-03)3 November 1996
F 13 Japan Matthew Aquino 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 29 – (1996-09-28)28 September 1996
G 14 Japan Kyosuke Hoshino 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 27 – (1999-06-01)1 June 1999
F 21 Ivory Coast Deon Thompson 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 37 – (1988-09-16)16 September 1988
G 30 Guam Takumi Simon 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 26 – (2000-03-10)10 March 2000
F 31 Japan Kazuya Mitsui 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 32 – (1994-06-02)2 June 1994
G 46 Japan Shusuke Ikuhara 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 32 – (1994-05-24)24 May 1994
C 50 United States Wayne Marshall 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 40 – (1986-01-07)7 January 1986
PF United States Mike Daum 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 30 – (1995-10-30)30 October 1995
Head coach

Michael Katsuhisa

Assistant coach(es)

Satoshi Hisayama
Yusuke Inoue

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 23 January 2023

Notable players

Coaches

Arenas

References

  1. 1 2 "チームプロフィール". b-warriors.net (in Japanese). Retrieved December 30, 2025.
  2. ↑ "クラブ". bleague.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved December 30, 2025.
  3. ↑ "公認キャラクター「ブレアー親子」卒業のお知らせ".
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