Levanga Hokkaido
Professional basketball team based in Sapporo, Hokkaido.
Based in Sapporo, the Levanga Hokkaido basketball team plays in the B.League Premier's Eastern Conference and calls Hokkai Kitayell home. Founded in 2006 as Rera Kamuy Hokkaido, a name from the indigenous Ainu language meaning "god of the winds," the club underwent two name changes in 2011. After its parent company was removed from the league due to financial trouble, it briefly became Basketball Club Hokkaido before adopting its current name that August. Debuting in the Japan Basketball League for the 2007–2008 season, it remains one of only three teams in the league not owned by a major Japanese manufacturer.
Quick Facts
- Leagues
- B.League
- Founded
- 2006
- History
- Rera Kamuy Hokkaido
- Basketball Club Hokkaido
- Levanga Hokkaido
- Arena
- Hokkai Kitayell
- Capacity
- 8,000
- Location
- Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- President
- Takehiko Orimo
- Sponsor
- Eagle Pachinko
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