Toyota Alvark
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Toyota Alvark is a Japanese
professional basketball
team sponsored by Toyota. Until 2000, the team was known as the Toyota Pacers. The team currently plays in the JBL Super League and has won the last two league titles in 2006 and 2007.
Japan
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professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team sponsored by Toyota. Until 2000, the team was known as the Toyota Pacers. The team currently plays in the JBL Super League and has won the last two league titles in 2006 and 2007.
Roster 2009-10
- F Clif Brown 200cm (6'7) 1984
- C/F Satoru Furuta 199cm (6'7) 1971
- G/F Takuma Watanabe 188cm (6'2) 1978
- G Kei IgarashiKei IgarashiKei Igarashi is an Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Toyota Alvark of the JBL Super League....
180cm (5'11) 1980
- F Takayuki Kumagai 190cm (6'3) 1985
- F/C Gaku Arao 198cm (6'6) 1987
- G Yusuke OkadaYusuke OkadaYusuke Okada is an Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Toyota Alvark of the JBL Super League....
185cm (6'1) 1984
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198cm (6'6) 1975
- F Michael Takahashi 198cm (6'6) 1974
- F Yutaka Saito 194cm (6'5) 1980
- G Satoshi Miyata 180cm (5'11) 1978
- F Hayato Kantake 194cm (6'5) 1986
- F/C Masahiko Saido 195cm (6'5) 1983
- G Shonaka Takeki 180cm (5'11) 1984