Nagoya Diamond Dolphins

The Nagoya Diamond Dolphins (名古屋ダイヤモンドドルフィンズ, Nagoya Daiyamondo Dorufinzu) are a professional basketball team that competes in the first division of the Japanese B.League.^[2] Prior to their entry into the B.League in September 2016, the club was the corporate team of Mitsubishi Electric.

Nagoya Diamond Dolphins
Conference	West
Division	First
Leagues	B.League
Founded	1950; 75 years ago (1950)
Arena	Dolphins Arena
Capacity	7,407
Location	Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team colors	Red
President	Yuki Yamashita[1]
Head coach	Shawn Dennis
Ownership	Nagoya Diamond Dolphins Co., Ltd. (Mitsubishi Electric)
Championships	none
Website	nagoya-dolphins.jp
Home Away

In 2020, the Diamond Dolphins became the first top-tier professional Japanese sports club to sign on to the "Sport for Climate Action Framework" led by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.^[1]

History

The club was formed in 1950 at Mitsubishi Electric's Nagoya factory and entered the second division of Japan's top league in 1973.^[3] The club's women's team had previously entered the women's competition of the national corporate basketball league (全国実業団バスケットボールリーグ) upon the league's formation in 1967. Now known as the Mitsubishi Electric Koalas, they continue to compete in the Women's Japan Basketball League.

The men's team was promoted to the first division after winning the second division title in 1984.^[3] They finished runners-up in the first division on four occasions, in 1986, 1987, 1989 and 2006. They won the All-Japan Basketball Emperor's Cup [ja] in 1989 and 1990.^[4]

Previous names

The team has undergone several name changes during its history:

• 1950-2000: Mitsubishi Electric Nagoya
• 2000-2007: Melco Dolphins
• 2007-2013: Mitsubishi Electric Diamond Dolphins
• 2013-2016: Mitsubishi Electric Diamond Dolphins Nagoya

Current roster

Nagoya Diamond Dolphins roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age F 0 Robert Franks 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 28 – (1996-12-18)18 December 1996 G/F 1 Bobby Ray Parks Jr. 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 32 – (1993-02-19)19 February 1993 G 2 Takumi Saito 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 30 – (1995-08-11)11 August 1995 G 3 Tatsuya Ito 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 30 – (1994-11-26)26 November 1994 F 6 Manato Kikuchi 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 36 – (1989-06-18)18 June 1989 G 7 Yuto Imanishi 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 19 – (2006-05-16)16 May 2006 F 8 Tenketsu Harimoto 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 33 – (1992-01-08)8 January 1992 G/F 11 Yutaro Suda 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 33 – (1992-01-03)3 January 1992 G 12 Taito Nakahigashi 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 33 – (1992-06-18)18 June 1992 G/F 14 Takuma Sato 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 30 – (1995-05-10)10 May 1995 F 17 Eita Wakano 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 18 – (2007-06-13)13 June 2007 G/F 18 Toshihiro Nakatsuka 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 39 – (1986-04-18)18 April 1986 C 34 Joshua Smith 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 33 – (1992-05-14)14 May 1992 F/C 43 Scott Eatherton 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 33 – (1991-12-26)26 December 1991 G 60 Seiga Sakamoto 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 25 – (1999-09-13)13 September 1999	Head coach Shawn Dennis[5] Assistant coach(es) Hirohisa Takada Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2022.10.15

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

Coaches

• Masato Fukushima
• Masahiro Fujita
• Antonio Lang (2010–14)
• Trifon Poch Lopez (2014–15)
• Reggie Geary (2015-2017)
• Shingo Kajiyama
• Hirohisa Takada (asst)

Notable players

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 at any time.

• Hilton Armstrong^[6]
• Jordan Bachynski
• Craig Brackins
• Eric Dawson (2009-2010)
• Heshimu Evans
• Anthony Frederick
• Satoru Furuta
• Tenketsu Harimoto
• Jerald Honeycutt (2006-2008)
• Kei Igarashi
• Takumi Ishizaki
• Reina Itakura
• Shunsuke Itō
• Alex Jensen
• Shinsuke Kashiwagi
• Tom Kleinschmidt
• Brendan Lane
• Amath M'Baye
• Maurice Ndour
• Adam Parada
• Anthony Reed
• Magnum Rolle
• Hirotaka Sato
• Matt Steigenga
• Johnny Taylor
• Stephen Thompson
• Jerome Tillman
• Hiroyuki Tominaga
• David Weaver

Arenas

• Dolphins Arena
• Park Arena Komaki