JR East Akita Peckers

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. ^ "秋田）Jrバスケ部員ら14人感染 県内初のクラスター：朝日新聞デジタル".