Nippon Tornadoes

The Nippon Tornadoes (日本 颶風) was a team of the International Basketball League that began play in the 2009 season. A representative team from the Japanese Basketball Academy, the Tornadoes were based in Matsuyama, Ehime, but maintain a national identity and played their full 20-game schedule on the road.

Notable players

 * Soichiro Fujitaka
 * Tomoyuki Umeda
 * Joe Wolfinger

Coaches

 * Ryutaro Onodera
 * Shinji Tomiyama (asst)