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Chiba Jets Funabashi
Leagues	B.League
Founded	2005; 19 years ago (2005)
History	Chiba Jets (2005–2017) Chiba Jets Funabashi (2017–present)
Arena	LaLa arena TOKYO-BAY
Capacity	11,000
Location	Funabashi, Chiba
Team colors
Main sponsor	Kintaro Home
Team manager	Yuta Ikeuchi
Head coach	Trevor Gleeson
Ownership	Mixi
Championships	1 B.League 5 Emperor's Cup 2 East Asia Super League
Conference titles	4 B.League Eastern Conference
Retired numbers	1 (0)
Website	Official site
Home Away

Chiba Jets Funabashi (Japanese: 千葉ジェッツふなばし) is a Japanese professional basketball team located in Funabashi, Chiba. The team joined the JBL Super League in 2005 and currently competes in the B.League, which they have won in 2021. Owned by Mixi, they have also won five Emperor's Cups.

The Jets also won the East Asia Super League (EASL) in 2024, and an exhibition season title in 2017. The 2024 championship was won behind season MVP Yuki Togashi, who scored 20 points in the final against Seoul SK Knights.

Arenas

The Jets currently play in the Funabashi Arena in Funabashi, but are expected to move to the Arena Tokyo Bay, which is scheduled to open in spring 2024.

Honours

Domestic

• B.League
  • Champions (1): 2020–21
  • Runner-up (3): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2022–23
  • Conference Champions (4): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22 ,2022–23
• Emperor's Cup
  • Champions (5): 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024
  • Runner-up (1): 2022

Continental

• East Asia Super League
  • Champions (1): 2023–24
  • Super 8 Winners (1): 2017

Season by season

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Chiba Jets Funabashi roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Age SG 00 Aima Sekiya 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 18 – (2006-09-08)8 September 2006 F 1 Yuta Watanabe 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 30 – (1994-10-13)13 October 1994 G 2 Yuki Togashi (C) 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) 31 – (1993-07-30)30 July 1993 G 3 Asato Ogawa 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 23 – (2001-08-23)23 August 2001 G/F 4 Naoki Tashiro 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 31 – (1993-06-24)24 June 1993 G 6 Bruce Kanno 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 21 – (2003-05-06)6 May 2003 C 7 Michael Ou 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 25 – (1999-03-07)7 March 1999 G 9 Hikaru Futagami 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 25 – (1999-04-13)13 April 1999 F 10 D. J. Hogg 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 28 – (1996-09-03)3 September 1996 G 11 Fumio Nishimura 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 38 – (1986-09-24)24 September 1986 F 12 Ren Kanechika 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 21 – (2003-03-11)11 March 2003 F/C 13 Johnathan Williams 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 29 – (1995-05-22)22 May 1995 F 22 Marcus Kaishu Tobin 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 23 – (2001-03-07)7 March 2001 F 25 Gaku Arao 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 37 – (1987-01-15)15 January 1987 G/F 31 Shuta Hara 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 31 – (1993-12-17)17 December 1993 F/C 33 John Mooney (C) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 26 – (1998-03-20)20 March 1998 G/F 34 Chris Smith 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 30 – (1994-03-08)8 March 1994	Head coach Trevor Gleeson Assistant coach(es) Shinya Ogawa Atsushi Inagaki Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster

Individual awards

• East Asia Super League Final MVP
  • Yuki Togashi (2024)
• East Asia Super League Best Five
  • Yuki Togashi (2024)
  • John Mooney (2024)
• League Final MVP
  • Sebas Saiz (2021)
• League MVP
  • Yuki Togashi (2019)
• League Best Five
  • Yuki Togashi (2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023,2024)
  • Shuta Hara (2023)
  • Christopher Smith (2023)
• League 2nd TEAM
  • John Mooney (2024)
• League Best 6th Man
  • Christopher Smith (2022,2023)
  • Tyler Stone (2017)
• Defensive Player of the Year
  • Shuta Hara (2023)
• League Assist leader
  • Yuki Togashi (2020,2022)
• League Rebound leader
  • John Mooney (2024)
• League Steal leader
  • Michael Parker (2018)
• League 3point pct leader
  • Kosuke Ishii (2019)
• League Rookie of the Year
  • Ren Kanechika (2024)
• League Coach of the Year
  • Atsushi Ōno (2021)
• Emperor's Cup MVP
  • Yuki Togashi (2019,2023,2024)

Notable players

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.

• Serge Angounou
• Gaku Arao
• Hilton Armstrong
• Marquin Chandler
• Brian Cook
• Gavin Edwards
• Pape Faye
• Tony Gaffney
• Reina Itakura
• Shunsuke Itō
• DeQuan Jones
• George Leach
• Leo Lyons
• Yusuke Okada
• Ryumo Ono
• Rick Rickert
• Clint Chapman
• Tyler Stone
• Yuki Togashi
• Alan Wiggins
• Trey McKinney-Jones
• Sebas Saiz
• Shannon Shorter
• Josh Duncan
• John Mooney
• Christopher Smith
• Vic Law
• Ira Brown
• D. J. Stephens
• Xavier Cooks
• Yuta Watanabe

Coaches

• Eric Gardow（2011-12）
• Shinji Tomiyama（2012-13）
• Reggie Geary（2013-15）
• Željko Pavličević（2015-2016.3）
  • Hiroki Sato（acting、2016）
• Atsushi Ono（2016-22）
• John Patrick（2022-24）
• Trevor Gleeson（2024-）

Arenas

• LaLa arena TOKYO-BAY
• Funabashi Arena
• Chiba Port Arena

Practice facilities

They practice at the 「ROCK ICE BASE」 in Yachiyo.

References

1. "JPBLの「1部～3部階層分け発表記者会見」について" [Regarding the JPBL's "Division 1-3 Assignment Press Conference"] (in Japanese). Nishinomiya Storks. 30 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
2. "ミクシィ、Bリーグ千葉ジェッツの実質オーナーに". 14 April 2019.
3. "EASL Champions Chiba Jets Celebrate a Perfect Season". East Asia Super League. 2024-03-11. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
4. "Schedule | EASL". www.easl.basketball. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
5. A new live music and sport arena is opening in Tokyo Bay Timeout. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
6. 千葉ジェッツ専用練習場、ロックアイスベースの魅力 月バス.com. Retrieved March 19, 2022.

External links

• Official site

• Chiba Jets
• Basketball teams in Japan
• Basketball teams established in 2005
• 2005 establishments in Japan
• Sports clubs and teams in Chiba Prefecture
• Funabashi
• East Asia Super League teams
• B.League teams