Chiba Jets

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Chiba Jets Funabashi
Leagues	B.LEAGUE PREMIER
Founded	2005; 21 years ago (2005)
History	Chiba Jets (2005–2017) Chiba Jets Funabashi (2017–present)
Arena	LaLa Arena Tokyo-Bay
Capacity	11,000
Location	Funabashi, Chiba
Team colors
Main sponsor	Kintaro Home
Team manager	Yuta Ikeuchi
Head coach	Kovács Adrián
Ownership	Mixi
Championships	1 B.League 5 Emperor's Cup 2 East Asia Super League
Conference titles	4 B.League Eastern Conference
Retired numbers	2 (0)(11)
Website	Official site
Home Away

Chiba Jets Funabashi (千葉ジェッツふなばし, Chiba Jettsu Funabashi), more commonly known as the Chiba Jets, are a Japanese professional basketball team based in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture. Owned by Mixi, the team competes in the B.League Premier, the highest division of the B.League, as a member of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at LaLa Arena Tokyo-Bay.

The Jets also won the East Asia Super League (EASL) in 2024, and an exhibition season title in 2017. The 2024 championship was won behind season MVP Yuki Togashi, who scored 20 points in the final against Seoul SK Knights. They have also won five Emperor's Cups.

Arenas

The Jets currently play in the Funabashi Arena in Funabashi, but are expected to move to the Arena Tokyo Bay, which is scheduled to open in spring 2024.

Honours

Season by season

Roster

Chiba Jets Funabashi roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age F 1 Yuta Watanabe (C) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 32 – (1994-10-13)13 October 1994 G 2 Yuki Togashi 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) 33 – (1993-07-30)30 July 1993 G/F 4 Naoki Tashiro (C) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 33 – (1993-06-24)24 June 1993 PG 5 Riku Segawa 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 20 – (2006-08-14)14 August 2006 SG 6 Bruce Kanno 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 23 – (2003-05-06)6 May 2003 SG 8 Brandon Randolph  1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 29 – (1997-09-02)2 September 1997 SF 12 Ren Kanechika 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 23 – (2003-03-11)11 March 2003 SF 13 Kotaro Fukami 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 18 – (2008-08-25)25 August 2008 SF 17 Takumi Sato 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 24 – (2001-12-18)18 December 2001 SF 19 Nate Williams 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – (1999-02-12)12 February 1999 C 22 Nyika Williams 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 39 – (1987-07-09)9 July 1987 F/C 24 Matt Costello (C) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 33 – (1993-08-05)5 August 1993 F 25 Gaku Arao 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 39 – (1987-01-15)15 January 1987 PF 26 L.G. Gill 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1994-12-24)24 December 1994 SF 28 Kai Sugawara 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 23 – (2003-02-28)28 February 2003 G/F 31 Shuta Hara 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 32 – (1993-12-17)17 December 1993 PF 32 Luke Maye 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 29 – (1997-03-07)7 March 1997	Head coach Adrián Kovács Assistant coach(es) Shinya Ogawa Miguel Zapata Atsushi Inagaki Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 10 October 2026

Individual awards

• East Asia Super League Final MVP
  • Yuki Togashi (2024)
• East Asia Super League Best Five
  • Yuki Togashi (2024)
  • John Mooney (2024)
• League Final MVP
  • Sebas Saiz (2021)
• League MVP
  • Yuki Togashi (2019)
• League Best Five
  • Yuki Togashi (2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023,2024)
  • Shuta Hara (2023)
  • Christopher Smith (2023)
• League 2nd TEAM
  • John Mooney (2024)
  • Yuki Togashi (2025)
• League Best 6th Man
  • Christopher Smith (2022,2023)
  • Tyler Stone (2017)
• Defensive Player of the Year
  • Shuta Hara (2023,2025)
• League Assist leader
  • Yuki Togashi (2020,2022)
• League Rebound leader
  • John Mooney (2024)
• League Steal leader
  • Michael Parker (2018)
• League 3point pct leader
  • Kosuke Ishii (2019)
• League Rookie of the Year
  • Ren Kanechika (2024)
• League MIP
  • Riku Segawa (2025)
• League Coach of the Year
  • Atsushi Ōno (2021)
• Emperor's Cup MVP
  • Yuki Togashi (2019,2023,2024)

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:

- Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team.

Coaches

• Eric Gardow（2011-12）
• Shinji Tomiyama（2012-13）
• Reggie Geary（2013-15）
• Željko Pavličević（2015-2016.3）
  • Hiroki Sato（acting、2016）
• Atsushi Ono（2016-22）
• John Patrick（2022-24）
• Trevor Gleeson（2024-2026）
• Kovács Adrián（2026-）

Arenas

• LaLa arena TOKYO-BAY
• Funabashi Arena
• Chiba Port Arena

Practice facilities

They practice at the 「ROCK ICE BASE」 in Yachiyo.

References

External links

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• Official site

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