Toyama Grouses

The Toyama Grouses (富山グラウジーズ,Toyama Guraujīzu) are a Japanese basketball team, playing in the second division of the B.League. They are based in Toyama Prefecture.

Toyama Grouses
Conference	Central
Division	First
Leagues	B.League
Founded	2005; 20 years ago (2005)
Arena	Toyama City Gymnasium
Capacity	4,650
Location	Toyama, Toyama
Main sponsor	Izak
Championships	none
Conference titles	Eastern Conference Champions (2016)
Website	grouses.jp
Home Away

Head coaches

• Masato Fukushima
• Takatoshi Ishibashi
• Charles Johnson (2009–10)
• Kohei Eto
• Kazuaki Shimoji
• Bob Nash (2012–17)
• Miodrag Rajković (2017–18)
• Don Beck
• Honoo Hamaguchi

Roster

Toyama Grouses roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age F 0 Ryumo Ono 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 37 – (1988-01-06)6 January 1988 G 3 Yoshiyuki Nozaki 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 25 – (2000-02-08)8 February 2000 F 4 Troy Murphy Jr. 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 22 – (2002-11-12)12 November 2002 G 9 Takeshi Mito 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 40 – (1985-04-23)23 April 1985 G 10 Shuto Kishinaga 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 25 – (2000-08-11)11 August 2000 G 11 Naoki Uto 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 34 – (1991-06-11)11 June 1991 F/C 15 AJ Edu 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 25 – (2000-01-01)1 January 2000 G 16 Takashi Ito 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 35 – (1990-02-14)14 February 1990 F 20 Shunsuke Ueda 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 25 – (1999-09-18)18 September 1999 F 22 Myles Hesson 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 35 – (1990-06-05)5 June 1990 F 23 Novar Gadson 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 35 – (1989-12-17)17 December 1989 G/F 24 Koyo Takahashi 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 31 – (1994-06-16)16 June 1994 C 25 Ivan Buva 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 34 – (1991-05-06)6 May 1991 G/F 44 Eo Java Yoneyama 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 23 – (2002-01-29)29 January 2002 G 71 Hiroki Higashi 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 30 – (1995-06-24)24 June 1995	Head coach Honoo Hamaguchi Assistant coach(es) Daisuke Takaoka Koki Yabuuchi Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 7 April 2023

Notable players

Former logo

• Uka Agbai
• Earl Barron
• Jamar Brown
• Ira Brown
• Dwight Ramos
• Babacar Camara
• Brandon Cole
• Tatsunori Fujie
• Ángel García
• Brock Gillespie
• Josh Gross
• Takatoshi Ishibashi
• Nate James
• Masashi Joho
• Makoto Kato (fr)
• Yuto Otsuka
• Dexter Pittman
• Clint Chapman
• Devin Searcy
• Djibril Thiam
• Larry Turner
• Drew Viney
• Jerod Ward
• Sam Willard
• Terrence Woodyard

Arenas

• Toyama City Gymnasium
• Toyama Prefectural General Sports Center
• Toyama Seibu Sports Center

References

• Toyama Grouses at Asia-basket.com

External links

• Toyama Grouses on Twitter