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JR East Akita Peckers
JR East Akita Peckers logo
LeaguesJapan Industrial and Commercial Basketball Federation
Founded1947
ArenaAkita Northern Gate Square (practice)
LocationAkita, Akita
Head coachNarihiro Kuromasa
OwnershipEast Japan Railway
Websitewww.jreast.co.jp/akita/branch/jrclub/basketball/index.html

The JR East Akita Peckers are a Japanese semi-professional basketball team based in Akita, Akita that competes in the Japan Industrial and Commercial Basketball Federation .[1][2]

Peckers in 2011

Honors and titles

Japan Industrial and Commercial Basketball Federation Championships

  • Champions (2): 2004, 2005
  • Runners-up (1): 2003

Japan Industrial and Commercial Basketball Federation Competitions

  • Champions (3): 2003, 2004, 2017
  • Runners-up (5): 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009

National Sports Festival of Japan

  • Champions (3): 2017, 2018, 2019

Notable players

  • Kotaro Oya
  • Toru Wakatsuki

COVID-19

17 Peckers players, trainer and their family members have tested positive for Coronavirus in August 2020.[3]

References

  1. ^ Japan Industrial and Commercial Basketball Federation (5 October 2017). "一般社団法人 日本実業団バスケットボール連盟". Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  2. ^ Pacific Air Forces (21 June 2016). "Basketball bolsters bilateral bonds". Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  3. ^ https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASN877J9MN87ULUC00C.html
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