Kumamoto Volters
Conference	West
Division	Second
Leagues	B.League
Founded	2012
Arena	Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium
Capacity	4,110
Main sponsor	Nisikawa Group,Kumamoto
Head coach	Jeff Hironaka
Website	www.volters.jp
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Kumamoto Volters (熊本ヴォルターズ, Kumamoto Vorutāzu) is a Japanese professional basketball team in Kumamoto, Kumamoto. The team competes in the B.League.^[1] The team name "Volters" is a coined term using "VOLCANO," meaning volcano, and "WATER," meaning water, symbolizing the abundant water sourced from Mount Aso in Kumamoto as well as the volcano itself.

Kumamoto Volters have experienced one district championship in the B.League's second division and have advanced to the promotion playoffs to the first division five times.

Volters hosted the B.League All-star Game in 2018.

Roster

Kumamoto Volters roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name F/C 1 Jamel McLean PG 2 Syuusuke Yamamoto SG 3 Syouta Yamamoto G/F 5 Hiroaki Isono {{{first}}} | {{{first}}} {{{first}}} | {{{first}}} PG 13 Ren Nagasima SG 14 Ryousuke Motomura SG 22 Yuuma Isibasi G/F 30 Terrance Woodbury F/C 33 Aaron White PG 31 Atomu Yamada	Head coach Jeff Hironaka Assistant coach(es) Kouto Tooyama Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 26 June 2024

Notable playersedit

• Lamont Jones (2013 - 14)
• Thomas Baudinet (2014)
• Garlon Green (2014 - 15)
• Cyril Aware (2014 - 15)
• Josha Warren (2014 - 15)
• DeVaughn Washington (2015 -16)
• Joshua Crawford (2015 -16)
• Tshilidzi Nephawe (2015 - 16, 2018 - 19)
• Paul Butorac (2016 - 17)
• Reggie Warren (2016 -17)
• Josh Duinker (2017 - 19)
• Terrance Woodbury (2017 - 18, 2022 - )
• Jordan Vandenberg (2017 -18)
• Joel James (2017 - 18)
• Chehales Tapscott (2018 - 19)
• Bobby Jones (2019)
• Gavin Ware (2019 - 20)
• David Weaver (2019 -20)
• Jahmar Thorpe (2019)
• Marqus Blakely (2020)
• Daniel Orton (2020)
• Chris Olivier (2020)
• Marvelle Harris (2020 -21)
• Evan Ravenel (2020 - 21)
• David Doblas (2020 - 21)
• Shaheed Davis (2021)
• Jordan Hamilton (2021 - 22)
• L.J. Peak (2021 - 22)
• Ben Lawson (2021 - 23)
• Kyle Barone (2021)
• Kevin Kotzur (2022 - 23)

Coachesedit

• Norm deSilva (2013 - 14)
• Sinji Tomiyama (2014)
• Yosinori Simizu (2014 - 16)
• Takayuki Yasuda (2016 - 19)
• Nenad Vučinić (2019 - 20)
• Osamu Okada (es) (2020 - 21)
• Donald Beck (2021 - 22)
• Kouto Tooyama (2022 - 24)
• Jeff Hironaka (2024 - )

Arenasedit

• Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium
• "Nursepower" Arena
• Yatusiro "Toyooka-tiken" Arena
• Masiki Town Generel Gymnasium
• Kikuyou Town General Gymnasium
• Minamata City General Gymnasium
• "ecowin" Uto Arena
• Kousi City General Center "Vivre"
• Kikuti City General Gymnasium
• Tamana City General Gymnasium
• Hitoyosi Sports Palace

Referencesedit

External linksedit

• Kumamoto Volters on X
• Weekly Volters

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