San-en NeoPhoenix

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San-en NeoPhoenix
Leagues	B.League
Founded	1965; 61 years ago (1965)
History	OSG OSG Higashimikawa Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix San-en NeoPhoenix
Arena	Toyohashi City General Gymnasium
Location	Toyohashi, Aichi
Team colors	Red, White
Head coach	Atsushi Ōno
Championships	3
Retired numbers	1 (3)
Website	www.neophoenix.jp
Home Away Third

The San-en NeoPhoenix (三遠ネオフェニックス, San'en Neofenikkusu) are a Japanese professional basketball team based in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture. The team competes in the B.League Premier, the highest division of the B.League, as a member of the Western Conference. The team plays its home games at Toyohashi City General Gymnasium.

History

The team was founded in 1965, as the company team of the OSG Corporation, a Toyokawa-based machine parts manufacturer. It remained a local team in Aichi prefecture until 1995, when it first participated in the All-Japan Professional Basketball Championships. It joined the Japan Basketball League (JBL) in 1999, winning the Second Division championship in 2000.

“Higashimikawa” was added to the team name in 2007, when its home stadium was moved to Toyohashi. It ended the 2007 season in third place.

From 2008, the Higashimikawa Phoenix joined the new bj league, and the following year, “Hamamatsu” was added to the team name to emphasize the compound franchise among Toyohashi, Hamamatsu, and the surrounding districts and the team was legally registered as an independent corporation under the name of “Phoenix Communications”. The team signed the noted Chinese basketball star, Sun Mingming, in 2008.

In July 2015, the team announced its participation in the inaugural season of Japan's professional basketball league which debuted in 2016, competing in the first division. Prior to joining the league, the club accordingly changed its name to "San-en NeoPhoenix", and began playing their home games in Toyohashi.

Honours

• League champions: 3
  • 2009
  • 2010
  • 2015

Current roster

San-en NeoPhoenix roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age F Vitto Brown 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1995-07-13)13 July 1995 F 1 Yante Maten 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 30 – (1996-08-14)14 August 1996 G 5 Sota Oura 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 28 – (1997-12-23)23 December 1997 C 8 Atsuya Ota 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 42 – (1984-06-04)4 June 1984 SF 10 Hirotaka Yoshii G 11 Hisashi Moriguchi 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 27 – (1999-09-14)14 September 1999 F 14 Kosuke Kanamaru 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 37 – (1989-03-08)8 March 1989 F 15 Tatsumi Yu 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 25 – (2001-07-09)9 July 2001 F/C 23 David Dudzinski 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 34 – (1992-05-26)26 May 1992 G 24 Ryusei Sasaki 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 30 – (1996-05-02)2 May 1996 G 29 Kazuki Hosokawa 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 28 – (1997-11-17)17 November 1997 G 32 Morihisa Yamauchi 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 36 – (1990-03-23)23 March 1990	Head coach Atsushi Ōno Assistant coach(es) Hiroyuki Maeda Taishiro Shimizu Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 24 July 2026

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 or one NBA game at any time.

Coaches

• Kazuo Nakamura
• Ryuji Kawai
• Tomoya Higashino
• Hiroki Fujita
• Brian Rowsom
• Shuto Kawachi
• Branislav Vićentić
• Atsushi Ōno

Arenas

• Toyohashi City General Gymnasium
• Hamamatsu Arena
• Green Arena

Practice facilities

• OSG Gymnasium

External links

• Official website

Notes