SeaHorses Mikawa

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Seahorses Mikawa
Leagues	B.League
Founded	1947; 79 years ago (1947)
History	Aisin Seiki Aisin Seiki Aisin SeaHorses Aisin SeaHorses Aisin SeaHorses Mikawa SeaHorses Mikawa
Arena	Wing Arena Kariya
Capacity	2,376
Location	Kariya
Head coach	Ryan Richman
Championships	6
Website	go-seahorses.jp
Home Away

Seahorses Mikawa is a Japanese professional basketball team based in Kariya, Aichi Prefecture and sponsored by Aisin. 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 Wing Arena Kariya.

The team was founded in 1947. The team originally played in the National Basketball League. In July 2015 it was announced that the team will compete in the first division of the new Japan Professional Basketball League, which commenced in October 2016.

History

Throughout the past decade, the team has been led by head coach Kimikazu Suzuki and naturalized big man J. R. Sakuragi, who led the SeaHorses to decades of success, including numerous titles in Japan's prime basketball league.

Championships

• JBL Super League: 5

2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2013

• Challenge Cup: 1

2007

• Emperor's Cup: 2

2009, 2013

Current roster

Seahorses Mikawa roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age F 1 Thomas Kennedy 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 39 – (1987-05-17)17 May 1987 G 3 Shinsuke Kashiwagi 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 44 – (1981-12-22)22 December 1981 F 5 Masayoshi Nimmo 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 21 – (2005-09-23)23 September 2005 G 7 Satoshi Nagano 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 31 – (1995-07-09)9 July 1995 F 10 Jake Layman 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 32 – (1994-03-07)7 March 1994 G 11 Yoshiaki Kubota 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 29 – (1997-10-05)5 October 1997 G/F 13 Yutaro Suda 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 34 – (1992-01-03)3 January 1992 G/F 18 Ryogo Sumino 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 30 – (1996-06-14)14 June 1996 G 19 Yudai Nishida 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 27 – (1999-03-13)13 March 1999 F 21 Kosuke Hashimoto 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 33 – (1993-05-06)6 May 1993 G/F 24 Kenshin Urabe 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 31 – (1995-04-05)5 April 1995 F 27 Kosuke Ishii 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 39 – (1987-09-29)29 September 1987 PF 30 Aaron White 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 34 – (1992-09-10)10 September 1992 C 32 Avi Schafer 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 28 – (1998-01-28)28 January 1998 F/C 54 Davante Gardner 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 35 – (1991-09-02)2 September 1991	Head coach Ryan Richman Assistant coach(es) Aiki Okubo Dan Tacheny Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 1 March 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 at any time. - Played at least one official regular season game in the NBA.

Arenas

• Wing Arena Kariya
• Okazaki Central Park General Gymnasium
• Sky Hall Toyota

Practice facilities

• Aisin Seiki Gymnasium

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aisin SeaHorses Mikawa.

• Official website
• Historical Finishes^{[dead link]}
• Team Profile