Nippon Tornadoes Top News
Japanese athletes pursue NBA dream in Washington - King 5 News Seattle (05/24/13)
Japan basketball challenge - to the world from the Japanese players in NBA Northwest - The North American Post (09/29/12)
Japanese players, coaches gaining experience overseas - Japan Times (07/13/12)
Learn more about our Japan Nippon Tornadoes, catch up on the Dream 7 Blog - Dream 7 Japan (06/25/12)
IBL to Feature Japanese Team in 2012 - usbasket.com (04/10/12)

  2013 Schedule
Friday May 10th 7:00PM Japan Nippon Tornadoes @ Bellingham Slam 78 - 161 L
Friday May 17th 7:00PM Japan Nippon Tornadoes @ Bellingham Slam 83 - 130 L
Sunday May 19th 5:00PM Japan Nippon Tornadoes @ Kitsap Admirals 112 - 92 W
Saturday May 25th 7:00PM Japan Nippon Tornadoes @ Vancouver Volcanoes 104 - 137 L
Monday May 27th 5:00PM Salem Sabres @ Japan Nippon Tornadoes 116 - 103 L
Saturday June 1st 7:00PM Japan Nippon Tornadoes @ Salem Sabres 114 - 135 L
Sunday June 2nd 5:00PM Japan Nippon Tornadoes @ Vancouver Volcanoes 105 - 118 L
Friday June 7th 7:00PM Japan Nippon Tornadoes @ Portland Chinooks 92 - 185 L
Saturday June 8th 7:00PM Japan Nippon Tornadoes @ Salem Sabres 120 - 159 L
Sunday June 9th 5:00PM Portland Chinooks @ Japan Nippon Tornadoes 157 - 102 L
Tuesday June 11th 7:00PM Olympia Reign @ Japan Nippon Tornadoes 161 - 117 L
Saturday June 15th 7:00PM Portland Chinooks @ Japan Nippon Tornadoes 141 - 83 L
Sunday June 16th 5:00PM Bellingham Slam @ Japan Nippon Tornadoes 142 - 106 L
Tuesday June 18th 7:00PM Japan Nippon Tornadoes @ Portland Chinooks 92 - 142 L
Thursday June 20th 7:00PM Olympia Reign @ Japan Nippon Tornadoes South Puget Sound Community College
Wednesday June 26th 7:00PM Seattle Flight @ Japan Nippon Tornadoes Pierce College - Health Education Center Gym
Thursday June 27th 7:00PM Japan Nippon Tornadoes @ Portland Chinooks Eastmoreland Courts
Friday June 28th 7:00PM Japan Nippon Tornadoes @ Salem Sabres Chemeketa Community College - Building 7
Sunday June 30th 5:00PM Japan Nippon Tornadoes @ Vancouver Volcanoes O Connell Sports Complex

  2013 Roster
# Player Name Height College or Last Pro Position Games Points Rebounds Assists
3 Shusei Ishii 5'11" Saitama (bj-League) Guard 6 10.1 3.3 5.5
5 Sean Carter 6'9" Final Gendik (Turkey) Forward 7 7.4 6.4 1.7
6 Tatsuhiko Toshino 6'2" Gunma (bj-League) Guard 1 9.0 4.0 0.0
9 Daishi Hayakawa 6'7" Oita Heat Devils (BJ League) Forward 1 6.0 8.0 2.0
10 Anthony Kelly 6'6" University of Washington Forward 3 12.3 9.0 1.3
23 Kunishige Ito 5'7" Human Basketball Academy Guard 10 3.3 0.9 0.7
25 Justin Nagashima 6'1" International High School Guard 7 1.2 1.2 0.5
34 Glen Hollins 6'5" Cascade College Forward 10 17.2 10.0 1.8
37 Marcus Bradford 6'4" Columbia College Guard 9 34.2 9.2 1.4
73 Satoshi Hisayama 6'1" Yokohama BC - bj-League Guard 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shusei Ishii
Sean Carter
Tatsuhiko Toshino
Daishi Hayakawa

Anthony Kelly
Kunishige Ito
Justin Nagashima
Glen Hollins

Marcus Bradford
Satoshi Hisayama

  Contact Information
Owner Tatsumi Nishida
Head Coach Ryutaro Onodera
Assistant Coach Tatsumi Nishida
Assistant Coach Ryuta Shiono

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