Sendai 89ers Rosters

2023-2024 Sendai 89ers Roster

# Player Pos Height Weight Age Birth City NBA Draft Status Nationality
96 Masato Abe G 5-10 - 16 N/A 2029 NBA Draft Eligible Japan
13 Ryo Abe PG 6-0 169 28 Chiba 2017 NBA Draft, Undrafted Japan
14 Yasunori Aoki G 5-11 185 28 Hamamatsu 2017 NBA Draft, Undrafted Japan
45 Nathan Boothe C 6-9 240 30 Gurnee (IL) 2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
52 Volodymyr Herun C 6-10 250 29 Dnipropetrovsk 2015 NBA Draft, Undrafted Ukraine
91 Masaharu Kataoka G 6-3 188 38 Sendai 2007 NBA Draft, Undrafted Japan
0 Ryota Kobayashi PG 5-10 170 32 Niigata 2013 NBA Draft, Undrafted Japan
Erik Murphy FC 6-10 240 33 South Kingstown (RI) 2013 Rnd 2 Pick 19 United States
Finland
6 Taiki Okada PG 5-10 - 24 N/A 2021 NBA Draft, Undrafted Japan
7 Keita Sawabe G 6-0 176 28 N/A 2017 NBA Draft, Undrafted Japan
- Watanabe Shota PG 5-11 - 30 N/A 2015 NBA Draft, Undrafted Japan
25 Rashawn Thomas F 6-8 230 29 Oklahoma City (OK) 2017 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
- DeVaughn Washington F 6-8 225 34 Virginia Beach (VA) 2011 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
21 Ryu Watanabe G 6-3 - 23 N/A 2022 NBA Draft, Undrafted Japan
9 Jae-Min Yang F 6-7 205 24 Seoul 2021 NBA Draft, Undrafted South Korea

2023-2024 Sendai 89ers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters W. Shota R. Abe J. Yang N. Boothe V. Herun
Rotation R. Kobayashi Y. Aoki   R. Thomas  
Rotation   R. Watanabe      
Rotation   M. Kataoka      
Lim PT K. Sawabe        
Lim PT M. Abe        

Recent Sendai 89ers History

Season League Record Placement
2023-2024 Japanese B.League 20-26 N/A
2022-2023 Japanese B.League 19-41 21st
2016-2017 Japanese B.League 14-48 18th

2023-2024 Sendai 89ers Front Office

Staff Member Position
Hiroki Fujita Head Coach
Shigeyuki Kinjo Assistant Coach
Yoshiro Ochiai Assistant Coach