Hiroshima Dragonflies

Hiroshima Dragonflies
Hiroshima Dragonflies
Conference	West
Division	1st
Leagues	B.League; East Asia Super League
Founded	2013; 12 years ago
History	Hiroshima Dragonflies; (2014–present)
Arena	Hiroshima Sun Plaza
Capacity	6,052
Location	Hiroshima Prefecture
Team colors	Teal, Orange, Brown, White ;
Head coach	Shogo Asayama
Ownership	Nova Holdings
Championships	1 B.League (2024); 1 EASL (2025)
Website	hiroshimadragonflies.com

The Hiroshima Dragonflies (in Japanese: 広島ドラゴンフライズ) are a professional basketball team based in Hiroshima, Japan. In October 2014 they commenced competing in the Western Conference of the Japanese National Basketball League.^[1] In September 2016 they joined the B.League, the NBL's successor league, and currently play in the first division's Western Conference. The Dragonflies have won the B.League championship once, in 2024.^[2] They also won the East Asia Super League (EASL) in 2025.

History

Foundation

In April 2014, following the announcement that the former Japan Basketball League would be restructured as the National Basketball League, a group was launched to support the formation of a professional basketball team in Hiroshima.^[3] In May 2014 the group received support from the prefectural basketball association ^[4] and an application to join the NBL was submitted in July.^[5] In August 2014 the application was approved^[6] and the name Hiroshima Dragonflies was decided.^[7] In October 2014 an operating company Hiroshima Dragonflies Corporation (株式会社広島ドラゴンフライズ) was established.

Championship (2024)

On May 29, 2024, the Dragonflies won their first-ever B1 League championship after they defeated the Ryukyu Golden Kings 2–1 in the finals.^[2]

The Dragonflies won the 2024–25 East Asia Super League.^[8]

Team

Head coach

The inaugural head coach of the Dragonflies was Kenichi Sako, a former Japanese national player. It was the first coaching role for Sako, who was known as "Mr. Basketball" during his playing career that ended in 2011.^[9]

The team has not been able to retain a coach during the 2017–2018 season, and players have been filling in to the team's detriment.

Roster

Hiroshima Dragonflies roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
G	0	Ryo Terashima	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	27 – (1997-10-23)23 October 1997
F/C	1	Masato Ichikawa	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	23 – (2001-09-20)20 September 2001
G	3	Naoto Tsuji	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	35 – (1989-08-08)8 August 1989
G	5	Isaiah Murphy	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	27 – (1998-04-10)10 April 1998
F	7	Seiya Funyu	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	31 – (1993-12-15)15 December 1993
F/C	8	Kerry Blackshear Jr.	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	28 – (1997-01-28)28 January 1997
G	10	Toshiki Kamisawa	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	26 – (1998-06-02)2 June 1998
PG	12	Takuto Nakamura	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	24 – (2001-03-03)3 March 2001
F	23	Ryo Sadohara	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	25 – (1999-10-24)24 October 1999
F/C	24	Nick Mayo	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	27 – (1997-08-18)18 August 1997
G	30	Ryo Yamazaki	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	24 – (2000-09-25)25 September 2000
G/F	34	Keijiro Mitani	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	23 – (2001-06-15)15 June 2001