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Saitama – The Kawasaki Brave Thunders captured their first Emperor’s Cup in seven years on Saturday.
But it’s the way in which they did so that will hopefully serve as a confidence builder toward their ultimate goal winning the B. League.
When thinking of the Brave Thunders, stars such as Nick Fazekas, Ryusei Shinoyama and Naoto Tsuji, who together have anchored the team for much of the last decade, quickly come to mind.
But the team didn’t have to lean on those players in order to win the Emperor’s Cup.
“It was huge for us to know that what we’ve done all year hasn’t been wrong,” point guard and captain Shinoyama said after Kawasaki’s 76-60 win over the Utsunomiya Brex in Saturday’s final. “And we feel like we are going to get even better from here then on. The Emperor’s Cup title will make us believe we can achieve what we want.
Mar 13, 2021
Saitama – The Kawasaki Brave Thunders captured their first Emperor’s Cup title in seven years on Saturday, taking the crown with a 76-60 win over the Utsunomiya Brex in the All-Japan Championship men’s final in front of a crowd of 4,738 at Saitama Super Arena.
The Kanagawa Prefecture club, which lost against the Sunrockers Shibuya in the gold medal game last year, won the annual single-elimination tournament for the fourth time.
“We’re extremely happy that we were able to play against a great team in front of this crowd while we’re going through a tough situation,” Kawasaki head coach Kenji Sato said after the game, referring to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Mar 1, 2021
Yokohama – Teenage phenom Yuki Kawamura wrapped up his second stint in the B. League with the Yokohama B-Corsairs over the weekend and admitted this had been the most underwhelming season of his promising young career.
Speaking during a news conference following a 92-65 loss to the Kawasaki Brave Thunders on Saturday at Yokohama International Swimming Pool, the 19-year-old said it had been a “difficult season” and that he didn’t feel like he’d met his own high expectations.
The 172-cm point guard stunned Japanese basketball observers last year with his eye-opening performances for the San-en NeoPhoenix. He was able to compete in the B. League through the league’s early-entry system, which allows players under 22 years of age to spend up to three months with a team during a given season.