Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka

The Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka is a Japanese professional basketball team, playing in the second division of the B.League. They are based in Fukuoka Prefecture and were coached by Joe Bryant, the father of Kobe Bryant, in 2015.

Notable players


• 🇬🇧 Matthew Bryan-Amaning

• 🇯🇵 Kohei Aoki

• 🇺🇸 Isaiah Armwood

• Julius Ashby

• 🇺🇸 Marlyn Bryant

• 🇺🇸 Brian Butch

• 🇯🇵 Haimo Chen

• 🇺🇸 Peter Cornell

• 🇺🇸 Jermaine Dearman

• 🇺🇸 Michael Gardener

• 🇺🇸 Jordan Glynn

• 🇺🇸 Gary Hamilton

• 🇨🇿 Ivan Höger

• 🇺🇸 John Humphrey

• 🇺🇸 Eric Jacobsen

• 🇺🇸 Zane Johnson

• 🇯🇲 Jerome Jordan

• 🇺🇸 Cooper Land

• 🇺🇸 Bingo Merriex

• 🇺🇸 Kevin Palmer

• 🇯🇵 Michael Parker

• 🇺🇸 Josh Peppers

• 🇺🇸 Corey Santee

• 🇺🇸 Marcus Session

• 🇯🇵 Kazuhiro Shoji

• Greg Slaughter

• 🇯🇵 Keisuke Takabatake

• 🇯🇵 Akitomo Takeno

• 🇺🇸 Seth Tarver

• 🇯🇵 Rintaro Tokunaga

Head coaches

 * Toshihiro Goto
 * Carl John Neumann (2007–09)
 * Tadaharu Ogawa (2009–12)
 * Atsushi Kanazawa (2012–13, 2016–17)
 * Mack Tuck (2013)
 * Kimitoshi Sano (2013–14)
 * James Duncan (2014)
 * Ken Hamanaka (2014)
 * Joe Bryant (2015)
 * Tomohiro Moriyama (2015–16)
 * Takatoshi Ishibashi (2016)
 * Josep Clarós (2016, 2020–21)
 * Kentaro Hori (2017)
 * Ryuji Kawai (2017–18)
 * Bob Nash (2018–19)
 * Iurgi Caminos (2019–20)
 * Eiki Umezaki (2021–22)
 * Taiki Yoshinaga (2022)
 * Moncho López (2022–present)

Arenas



 * Teriha Sekisui House Arena
 * Fukuoka Citizens Gymnasium
 * Iizuka Daiichi Gymnasium
 * Kitakyushu City General Gymnasium
 * Kurume Arena
 * Okawa Citizens Gymnasium
 * Mizuma General Gymnasium