Ryukyu Golden Kings

Ryukyu Golden Kings
Ryukyu Golden Kings
Leagues	B.League
Founded	2007; 18 years ago
Arena	Okinawa Arena
Capacity	10,000
Location	Okinawa, Okinawa Prefecture
Team colors	Champagne Gold, Steel Blue and Pearl Red ;
Main sponsor	Zenhoren
President	Tatsuro Kimura
Head coach	Dai Oketani
Championships	1 B.League; 4 bj League
Conference titles	6 bj League Western Conference
Retired numbers	1 (50)
Website	goldenkings.jp

The Ryukyu Golden Kings (琉球ゴールデンキングス, Ryūkyū Gōruden Kingusu) are a Japanese professional basketball team based in Okinawa, Okinawa Prefecture. They compete in the B.League, the top-tier professional basketball league of Japan.^[1]

The Golden Kings have won the Japanese national title five times, as they won the bj league four times (2009, 2012, 2014, 2016) and the B.League once (2023). They were also losing B.League finalists once (2022).^[2]^[3]

Honours

Domestic

B.League champions: 1
- 2022–23
bj league champions: 4
- 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016

Continental

ABA Club Championship
- 3rd: 2011
East Asia Super League champions:
- 2018

Players

Ryukyu Golden Kings roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
PG	3	Tatsuya Ito	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	30 – (1994-11-26)26 November 1994
SF	4	Vic Law	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	29 – (1995-12-19)19 December 1995
F	8	Yoshiya Uematsu	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	26 – (1998-12-18)18 December 1998
G	10	Hayate Arakawa	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	28 – (1997-07-25)25 July 1997
F	12	Keve Aluma	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	26 – (1998-12-31)31 December 1998
G	14	Ryuichi Kishimoto	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	35 – (1990-05-17)17 May 1990
G	15	Yoshiyuki Matsuwaki	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	28 – (1997-05-15)15 May 1997
G	18	Masahiro Waki	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	23 – (2002-03-11)11 March 2002
G	34	Shota Onodera	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	30 – (1994-11-06)6 November 1994
C	45	Jack Cooley	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	34 – (1991-04-12)12 April 1991
C	53	Alex Kirk	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	33 – (1991-11-14)14 November 1991

Head coach

Dai Oketani

Assistant coach(es)

Takahiro Morishige
Kensuke Hosaka
Anthony McHenry
Keith Richardson

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: October 5, 2024

Coaches

Seasons

B.League

^[4]

Season	Result	Regular Season Record (W-L)	Playoff Record
2016-2017	QuarterFinals	29-31	0-2
2017-2018	SemiFinals	42-18	2-3
2018-2019	SemiFinals	40-20	3-3
2019-2020	N/A	27-14	Playoffs cancelled (COVID-19)
2020-2021	SemiFinals	40-16	3-3
2021-2022	Finals	49-7	4-2
2022-2023	Champions	48-12	6-0
2023-2024	Finals	41-19	5-4

Key
	Champions
	Losing Finalists
	Made the Playoffs

Notable players

Arenas

References

^ "JPBLの「1部～3部階層分け発表記者会見」について" [Regarding the JPBL's "Division 1-3 Assignment Press Conference"] (in Japanese). Nishinomiya Storks. 30 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
^ "2022-23シーズン優勝のご報告". 琉球ゴールデンキングス (in Japanese). 28 May 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
^ "Ryukyu Golden Kings sweep Chiba Jets for first B. League title". The Japan Times. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
^ "順位表 - B.LEAGUE（Bリーグ）公式サイト". B.LEAGUE（Bリーグ）公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 September 2017.