Gunma Crane Thunders

Conference

East

Division

1st

Leagues

B.League

Founded

2011

Arena

Open House Arena Ota

Capacity

5,000

Location

President

Head coach

Ownership

Website

Home

Away

The Gunma Crane Thunders are a Japanese professional basketball team based in Ōta, Gunma Prefecture. The team competes in the B.League Premier, the highest division of the B.League, as a member of the Eastern Conference.^[1] The team plays its home games at Open House Arena Ota.

It is said that the shape of Gunma Prefecture resembles the shape of a dancing crane. The team's name is a combination of the crane and thunder, which evokes images of "energy" and "speed".^[2]

Coaches

Tadashi Hayashi (2012)
Ryan Blackwell (2012–13)
Hiroki Fujita (2013
Charlie Parker (2014–15)
Hirokazu Nema (2015–16)
Fujitaka Hiraoka (2016–21)
Thomas Wisman (2021–22)
Kota Mizuno (2022–2024)
Kyle Milling (2024–present)

Roster

Gunma Crane Thunders roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Age
G	0	Yuma Fujii	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	34 – (1991-12-23)23 December 1991
G	1	Koh Flippin	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	30 – (1996-05-20)20 May 1996
F	3	Michael Parker	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	44 – (1981-12-05)5 December 1981
G	4	Trey McKinney-Jones	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	35 – (1990-08-27)27 August 1990
F	8	Allen Hachimura	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	26 – (1999-12-20)20 December 1999
G	9	Naoto Tsuji	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	36 – (1989-09-08)8 September 1989
F	11	Kengo Nomoto (C)	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	34 – (1992-04-25)25 April 1992
G	12	Keigo Kimura	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	25 – (2000-11-08)8 November 2000
G	14	Teru Sugawara	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	28 – (1998-05-27)27 May 1998
F	16	Kenny Asano	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	23 – (2002-08-16)16 August 2002
C	25	Kaleb Tarczewski	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	33 – (1993-02-26)26 February 1993
G	29	Kazuki Hosokawa	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	28 – (1997-11-17)17 November 1997
F/C	32	Johannes Thiemann	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	32 – (1994-02-09)9 February 1994