Ibaraki Robots

The Ibaraki Robots (茨城ロボッツ, Ibaraki Robottsu) are a Japanese professional basketball team based in Mito, Japan. They compete in the Eastern Conference of the First Division of the Japanese B.League.^[2] The team's name originates from its initial location in Tsukuba, Japan, which is well known for its scientific research laboratories and promotes itself as the "City of Robots."^[3]

Ibaraki Robots
Conference	East
Division	First
Leagues	B.League
Founded	2013
History	Tsukuba Robots 2013–2015 Cyberdyne Tsukuba Robots 2015–2016 Cyberdyne Ibaraki Robots 2016–2019 Ibaraki Robots 2019–present
Arena	Adastria Mito Arena
Capacity	5,000
Location	Mito, Ibaraki
Main sponsor	Adastria Globis Corporation K'S Holdings Corporation
General manager	Daisuke Nishimura
Head coach	Richard Glesmann
Ownership	Yoshito Hori Globis Corporation[1]
Website	www.ibarakirobots.win
Home Away

Roster

Ibaraki Robots roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name F 1 Thomas Kennedy 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 38 – (1987-05-17)17 May 1987 G 2 Damilola Mosaku 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 23 – (2001-12-05)5 December 2001 F 5 Max Hisatake 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 27 – (1998-04-10)10 April 1998 F 7 Shugo Asai 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 24 – (2000-12-08)8 December 2000 F 8 Henry Ellenson 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 28 – (1997-01-13)13 January 1997 C 9 Angus Brandt 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 35 – (1989-10-26)26 October 1989 F 11 Chehales Tapscott 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 34 – (1990-07-12)12 July 1990 G/F 12 Reita Matsumoto 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 25 – (1999-09-18)18 September 1999 G 13 Kohei Nakamura 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 28 – (1996-09-16)16 September 1996 G/F 17 Hayato Yamaguchi 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 26 – (1998-10-01)1 October 1998 G 18 Keitaro Ohba 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 22 – (2002-12-21)21 December 2002 F/C 21 Eric Jacobsen 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 31 – (1994-06-02)2 June 1994 G 22 Jazz Nakamura 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 28 – (1997-06-18)18 June 1997 PG 25 Atsunobu Hirao (C) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 36 – (1989-04-04)4 April 1989 G/F 29 Keita Tsurumaki 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 29 – (1996-04-24)24 April 1996	Head coach Richard Glesmann Assistant coach(es) Chris Holm Sho Higashijima Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: December 14, 2022

Season by season

Season	League	GP	W	L	%	Finish
2016–17	B2	60	32	28	(.533)	2
2017–18	B2	60	38	22	(.633)	2
2018–19	B2	60	35	25	(.583)	3
2019–20	B2	49	26	21	(.553)	3
2020–21	B2	57	41	16	(.719)	2
2021–22	B1	54	16	38	(.296)	10
2022–23	B1	60	23	37	(.383)	6
2023–24	B1	60	12	48	(.200)	8
2024–25	B1	56	13	43	(.232)	7

Notable players

• Toarlyn Fitzpatrick
• Chukwudiebere Maduabum
• Yusuke Okada
• Juan Pattillo
• Justin Reynolds
• Rick Rickert
• Hirotaka Sato
• Logan Stutz
• Yuki Yamaguchi

Robots

Coaches

• Donte Hill
• Keita Iwashita
• Fujitaka Hiraoka
• Kenji Okamura
• Tony Garbelotto
• Richard Glesmann

Arenas

• Adastria Mito Arena
• Lily Arena Mito
• Tsukuba Capio
• Hitachi City Ikenokawa Sakura Arena
• Kamisu Bousai Arena

Practice facilities

They practice at the M-Spo Arena in Minamimachi 3chome, Mito.　M-SpoFacebook^[4]