Sendai 89ers

Sendai 89ers
Sendai 89ers
Conference	East
Division	1st
Leagues	B.League
History	2005–present
Arena	Xebio Arena Sendai
Capacity	5,700
Location	Sendai
Main sponsor	Haleo
President	David Holton (basketball) [ja]
Team manager	Takehiko Shimura [ja]
Head coach	Hiroki Fujita
Ownership	Body Plus International
Website	www.89ers.jp

The Sendai 89ers (仙台89ERS) are a Japanese professional basketball team that compete in the first division of the B.League. They are based in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. The team name is based on the city's founding year, 1889.^[1]

Current roster

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Sendai 89ers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
G	0	Ryota Kobayashi	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	32 – (1991-09-12)12 September 1991
G	6	Taiki Okada	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	24 – (1999-07-28)28 July 1999
G	7	Keita Sawabe	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	29 – (1995-03-05)5 March 1995
F	9	Jae Min Yang	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	25 – (1999-06-22)22 June 1999
G	13	Ryo Abe	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	29 – (1995-05-04)4 May 1995
G	14	Yasunori Aoki	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	29 – (1995-06-23)23 June 1995
G	15	Shota Watanabe	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	25 – (1998-11-24)24 November 1998
F	21	Ryu Watanabe	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	23 – (2000-10-03)3 October 2000
F/C	25	Rashawn Thomas	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	29 – (1994-08-15)15 August 1994
F/C	45	Nathan Boothe	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	30 – (1994-02-03)3 February 1994
F/C	52	Volodymyr Gerun	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	30 – (1994-03-25)25 March 1994
G	91	Masaharu Kataoka	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	38 – (1985-12-24)24 December 1985