Nagoya Diamond Dolphins

Nagoya Diamond Dolphins
Conference	West
Division	First
Leagues	B.League
Founded	1950 (1950)
Arena	Dolphins Arena
Capacity	7,407
Location	Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Team colors	Red
President	Yuki Yamashita[1]
Head coach	Shawn Dennis
Ownership	Nagoya Diamond Dolphins Co., Ltd. (Mitsubishi Electric)
Championships	none
Website	nagoya-dolphins.jp
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The Nagoya Diamond Dolphins (名古屋ダイヤモンドドルフィンズ, Nagoya Daiyamondo Dorufinzu) are a professional basketball team that competes in the first division of the Japanese B.League.^[2] Prior to their entry into the B.League in September 2016, the club was the corporate team of Mitsubishi Electric.

In 2020, the Diamond Dolphins became the first top-tier professional Japanese sports club to sign on to the "Sport for Climate Action Framework" led by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.^[1]

The club was formed in 1950 at Mitsubishi Electric's Nagoya factory and entered the second division of Japan's top league in 1973.^[3] The club's women's team had previously entered the women's competition of the national corporate basketball league (全国実業団バスケットボールリーグ) upon the league's formation in 1967. Now known as the Mitsubishi Electric Koalas, they continue to compete in the Women's Japan Basketball League.

The men's team was promoted to the first division after winning the second division title in 1984.^[3] They finished runners-up in the first division on four occasions, in 1986, 1987, 1989 and 2006. They won the All-Japan Basketball Emperor's Cup in 1989 and 1990.^[4]

The team has undergone several name changes during its history:

• 1950-2000: Mitsubishi Electric Nagoya
• 2000-2007: Melco Dolphins
• 2007-2013: Mitsubishi Electric Diamond Dolphins
• 2013-2016: Mitsubishi Electric Diamond Dolphins Nagoya

Nagoya Diamond Dolphins roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age PG 2 Takumi Saito 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 30 – (1995-08-11)11 August 1995 PG 3 Takato Kato 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 26 – (2000-01-15)15 January 2000 SF 4 Hiyuu Ozawa 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 21 – (2004-10-04)4 October 2004 CG 5 Isaiah Murphy 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 27 – (1998-04-10)10 April 1998 PG 7 Yuto Imanishi 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 19 – (2006-05-16)16 May 2006 F 8 Tenketsu Harimoto 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 34 – (1992-01-08)8 January 1992 SF 11 Aaron Henry (basketball) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 26 – (1999-08-30)30 August 1999 SG 12 Taito Nakahigashi 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 33 – (1992-06-18)18 June 1992 G/F 14 Takuma Sato 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 30 – (1995-05-10)10 May 1995 C 15 Alan Williams 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 33 – (1993-01-28)28 January 1993 SF 17 Eita Wakano 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 18 – (2007-06-13)13 June 2007 CG 21 Makoto Kamata 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 25 – (2000-09-19)19 September 2000 SF 23 Jake Koki Holtz 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 24 – (2002-01-03)3 January 2002 SG 27 Yuito Haruta 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) 18 – (2007-11-13)13 November 2007 G/F 30 Keita Imamura 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 30 – (1996-01-25)25 January 1996 PF/C 34 Kyle Richardson 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 34 – (1991-04-17)17 April 1991 F/FC 43 Scott Eatherton 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 34 – (1991-12-26)26 December 1991	Head coach Shawn Dennis[5] Assistant coach(es) Hirohisa Takada Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2025.7.25

• Masato Fukushima
• Masahiro Fujita
• Antonio Lang (2010–14)
• Trifon Poch Lopez (2014–15)
• Reggie Geary (2015-2017)
• Shingo Kajiyama
• Hirohisa Takada (asst)

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.

• Dolphins Arena
• Park Arena Komaki