Japan Basketball League

The Japan Basketball League (JBL) was a professional basketball league in Japan. It made up the top-tier of basketball in Japan alongside the bj league, Japan's other basketball competition, with no promotion and relegation between bj and the JBL.

For the current top flight of Japanese basketball, see B.League.
Japan Basketball League
Founded2007
First season2007–08
Folded2013
Country Japan
ConfederationFIBA Asia (Asia)
Number of teams8
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toJBL2
Last championsAisin SeaHorses (4th title)
Most championshipsAisin SeaHorses (4)
Websitejbl.or.jp/ (Archived)

The JBL was composed of two divisions, the JBL (Division 1, formerly JBL Super League) and the JBL2 (Division 2, formerly Japan League).

In June 2012, the Japan Basketball Association announced the establishment of the National Basketball League (NBL) as the topflight professional league in Japan. The 2012–13 season was the last JBL season as JBL teams joined the NBL.

History

The Japan Basketball League was formed after the JBL Super League, which was held from 2001 to 2007, was disbanded. The new Japan Basketball League started with the 2007–08 season with 7 teams of the JBL Super League (Aisin SeaHorses, Hitachi SunRockers, Mitsubishi Electric Diamond Dolphins, OSG Phoenix, Panasonic Super Kangaroos, Toshiba Red Thunders, Toyota Alvark), and one team from another league, Rera Kamuy Hokkaido.[1][2]

List of champions
Season Regular season champion Finals champion Series Runner-up
2007–08[2] Aisin SeaHorses Aisin SeaHorses 3–2 Toyota Alvark
2008–09[3] Aisin SeaHorses Aisin SeaHorses 3–1 Hitachi SunRockers
2009–10[4] Aisin SeaHorses Link Tochigi Brex 3–0 Aisin SeaHorses
2010–11[5] Aisin SeaHorses No winner (league discontinued due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami)
2011–12[6] Aisin SeaHorses Toyota Alvark 3–1 Aisin SeaHorses
2012–13[7] Aisin SeaHorses Aisin SeaHorses 3–2 Toshiba Brave Thunders

Award winners

Regular season MVP
J. R. Sakuragi won the Regular season MVP award 3 times in a row
Season MVP Team
2007–08 Shinsuke Kashiwagi[2] Aisin SeaHorses
2008–09 Kosuke Takeuchi[3] Aisin SeaHorses
2009–10 Kosuke Takeuchi[4] (2×) Aisin SeaHorses
2010–11 J. R. Sakuragi[5] Aisin SeaHorses
2011–12 J. R. Sakuragi[6] (2×) Aisin SeaHorses
2012–13 J. R. Sakuragi[7] (3×) Aisin SeaHorses

Finals MVP
Season MVP Team
2007–08 Shinsuke Kashiwagi[2] Aisin SeaHorses
2008–09 Kosuke Takeuchi[3] Aisin SeaHorses
2009–10 Yuta Tabuse[4] Link Tochigi Brex
2010–11 No winner (playoffs not played)[5]
2011–12 Philip Ricci[6][8] Toyota Alvark
2012–13 J. R. Sakuragi[7] Aisin SeaHorses

Statistical leaders

Top scorers
Takuya Kawamura led the league in scoring for 4 consecutive seasons
Season Player Team PPG
2007–08 Marquis Estill[2][9] OSG Phoenix 24.9
2008–09 Takuya Kawamura[3][10] Link Tochigi Brex 20.4
2009–10 Takuya Kawamura[11][12] (2×) Link Tochigi Brex 20.5
2010–11 Takuya Kawamura[5][13] (3×) Link Tochigi Brex 19.3
2011–12 Takuya Kawamura[6][14] (4×) Link Tochigi Brex 20.4
2012–13 Nick Fazekas[7][15] Toshiba Brave Thunders 21.6

Rebounding leaders
Season Player Team RPG
2007–08 Marquis Estill[2][9] OSG Phoenix 16.0
2008–09 Cory Violette[16] Toshiba Brave Thunders 11.0
2009–10 Kosuke Takeuchi[11][12] Aisin SeaHorses 11.4
2010–11 Joji Takeuchi[5][13] Hitachi SunRockers 12.2
2011–12 J. R. Sakuragi[14][17] Aisin SeaHorses 12.0
2012–13 J. R. Sakuragi[7][15] (2×) Aisin SeaHorses 12.5

Assists leaders
Season Player Team APG
2007–08 Cliff Hawkins[2][9] OSG Phoenix 7.5
2008–09 Yuta Tabuse[10][16] Link Tochigi Brex 5.6
2009–10 Shinsuke Kashiwagi[11][12] Aisin SeaHorses 4.1
2010–11 J. R. Sakuragi[5][13] Aisin SeaHorses 3.9
2011–12 Takuya Kawamura[14][17] Link Tochigi Brex 4.5
2012–13 J. R. Sakuragi[7][15] (2×) Aisin SeaHorses 4.4

Steals leaders
Season Player Team SPG
2007–08 Cliff Hawkins[2][9] OSG Phoenix 2.3
2008–09 Yuta Tabuse[10][16] Link Tochigi Brex 2.3
2009–10 Toshihiro Sato[4][11] Hitachi SunRockers 2.9
2010–11 Shinsuke Kashiwagi[13][18] Aisin SeaHorses 2.1
2011–12 Toshihiro Sato[14][17] (2×) Hitachi SunRockers 1.7
2012–13 Tomokazu Abe[7][15] Levanga Hokkaido 2.1

Blocks leaders
Season Player Team BPG
2007–08 Kosuke Takeuchi[9] Aisin SeaHorses 1.8
2008–09 Kosuke Takeuchi[3][10] (2×) Aisin SeaHorses 1.7
2009–10 Kosuke Takeuchi[11][12] (3×) Aisin SeaHorses 2.0
2010–11 Kosuke Takeuchi[5][13] (4×) Aisin SeaHorses 1.7
2011–12 Joji Takeuchi[6][14] Hitachi SunRockers 1.5
2012–13 Jameel Watkins[7][15] Panasonic Trians 2.1

Clubs
The playoff final game between the Aisin SeaHorses and the Toshiba Brave Thunders in 2013

The teams that played in JBL's last season in 2012–13 were:[19]

JBL

JBL2

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