Saga Ballooners

Saga Ballooners
Conference	West
Division	B1 League (promoted)
Leagues	B.League
Founded	2018; 6 years ago (2018)
Arena	Saga Prefectural Gymnasium
Location	Saga, Saga
Head coach	Yuta Miyanaga
Website	ballooners.jp
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The Saga Ballooners (Japanese: 佐賀バルーナーズ) is a professional basketball team that competes in the first division of the Japanese B.League.^[1]

Coaches

• Aljosa Bjekovic (2018–2019)
• Luis Guil Torres (2019–2021)
• Yuta Miyanaga (2021–present)

Roster

As of 21 May 2023.

Saga Ballooners roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age G 2 Reynaldo Garcia 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 33 – (1990-05-29)29 May 1990 G 5 Yasuhiro Yamashita 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 38 – (1986-05-19)19 May 1986 G/F 11 Daichi Kuzuhara 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 28 – (1996-02-05)5 February 1996 G 20 Atsuki Kishida 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 28 – (1995-10-28)28 October 1995 F 23 Yoeli Childs 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 26 – (1998-01-13)13 January 1998 G 25 Taiki Sumida 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 24 – (1999-09-28)28 September 1999 G 30 Yusuke Karino 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 34 – (1990-04-18)18 April 1990 F/C 32 Yuki Mitsuhara 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 34 – (1989-12-27)27 December 1989 F 34 Ryota Inoue 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 29 – (1995-04-19)19 April 1995 G 36 Alexander Gaku Aihara 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 24 – (2000-01-05)5 January 2000 F/C 55 Josh Harrellson 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 35 – (1989-02-12)12 February 1989 F 60 Chase Fieler 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 31 – (1992-06-10)10 June 1992	Head coach Yuta Miyanaga Assistant coach(es) Tatsuya Takahashi Satoshi Ishitani Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster

Notable players

• Aljosa Bjekovic
• Trey Gilder
• Gary Hamilton
• Kenny Lawson Jr.
• Marcos Mata
• Nick Washburn
• Rintaro Tokunaga
• Alan Wiggins

Arenas

• Saga Sunrise Park General Gymnasium
• Karatsu City Cultural Gymnasium
• Morodomi Cultural Gymnasium

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