Fukui Blowinds

The Fukui Blowinds is a Japanese professional basketball club based in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture. The team competes in third division of the B.League.

Fukui Blowinds
Division	Third
Leagues	B.League
Founded	2023; 2 years ago (2023)
Arena	Fukui Prefectural Gymnasium
Capacity	3,975[1]
Location	Fukui, Fukui Prefecture
Team colors	Royal Blue
President	Shinji Yumoto
General manager	Yoshinobu Hasui
Head coach	Tsutomu Isa
Website	https://fukuiblowinds.com

History

On September 7, 2022, the B3 League board of directors ruled that the Fukui Blowinds had passed the first round of eligibility for official competition for the 2023–24 season.^[2] On April 13, 2023, Blowinds passed its final review, and on April 20, the team was selected to join the B3 League.^[3]

Players

Current roster

Fukui Blowinds roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PG 0 Hosoya, Masashi 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 35 – (1989-10-02)2 October 1989 SG 1 Boyd III, Tray 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 26 – (1998-12-08)8 December 1998 SG 6 Hasegawa, Tomonobu 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 34 – (1990-11-09)9 November 1990 G 16 Watanabe, Ryunosuke 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 31 – (1994-08-24)24 August 1994 PG 18 Fujisawa, Naoyuki 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 27 – (1998-06-19)19 June 1998 G/F 21 Mitsuda, Jotaro 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 31 – (1994-04-18)18 April 1994 PF 22 Kosaka, Akihisa 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 33 – (1992-02-22)22 February 1992 G 24 Ogawa, Kyosuke 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 31 – (1994-05-06)6 May 1994 PF 30 Ellis, Perry 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1993-09-14)14 September 1993 F/C 34 Lawson, Ben 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) 30 – (1995-06-12)12 June 1995 SG 73 Tawatari, Shuto 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 35 – (1990-01-06)6 January 1990 G/F 86 Shifuta, Haruto 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 25 – (2000-05-03)3 May 2000	Head coach Tsutomu Isa Assistant coach(es) Mateo Rubio Díaz Takeshi Nakahara Junki Nakahori Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: August 3, 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Arena

Fukui city Gymnasium

Blowinds' home arena is the Fukui Prefectural Gymnasium. In addition, several home games are scheduled to be held at the Fukui City Gymnasium and the Echizen City Aisin Sports Arena.^[4][5]