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
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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

Sendai 89ers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. 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) 24 – (1999-06-22)22 June 1999 G 13 Ryo Abe 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 28 – (1995-05-04)4 May 1995 G 14 Yasunori Aoki 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 28 – (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	Head coach Hiroki Fujita Assistant coach(es) Yoshiro Ochiai Shigeyuki Kinjo Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: October 12, 2023

Coaches

• Honoo Hamaguchi (2005–11)
• Bob Pierce (2011–13)
• Takeo Mabashi
• Shuto Kawachi
• Toshihiro Goto
• Daisuke Takaoka
• Dai Oketani
• Hiroki Fujita

Notable players

Attendance

Average regular season home game attendance

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Total attendance at regular season games

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Arenas

• Xebio Arena Sendai
• Kamei Arena Sendai
• Minamisanriku Town General Gymnasium

Practice facilities

• Haleo Dome - Homepage
• Meisen Basketball Laboratory

Academy Director

• Makoto Kato ( fr)

References

External links

• Team website (in Japanese)

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