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 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.

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 Japan Shinsuke Kashiwagi[2] Aisin SeaHorses
2008–09 Japan Kosuke Takeuchi[3] Aisin SeaHorses
2009–10 Japan Kosuke Takeuchi[4] (2×) Aisin SeaHorses
2010–11 Japan J. R. Sakuragi[5] Aisin SeaHorses
2011–12 Japan J. R. Sakuragi[6] (2×) Aisin SeaHorses
2012–13 Japan J. R. Sakuragi[7] (3×) Aisin SeaHorses

Finals MVP

Season MVP Team
2007–08 Japan Shinsuke Kashiwagi[2] Aisin SeaHorses
2008–09 Japan Kosuke Takeuchi[3] Aisin SeaHorses
2009–10 Japan Yuta Tabuse[4] Link Tochigi Brex
2010–11 No winner (playoffs not played)[5]
2011–12 United States Philip Ricci[6][8] Toyota Alvark
2012–13 Japan 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 United States Marquis Estill[2][9] OSG Phoenix 24.9
2008–09 Japan Takuya Kawamura[3][10] Link Tochigi Brex 20.4
2009–10 Japan Takuya Kawamura[11][12] (2×) Link Tochigi Brex 20.5
2010–11 Japan Takuya Kawamura[5][13] (3×) Link Tochigi Brex 19.3
2011–12 Japan Takuya Kawamura[6][14] (4×) Link Tochigi Brex 20.4
2012–13 United States Nick Fazekas[7][15] Toshiba Brave Thunders 21.6

Rebounding leaders

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

Assists leaders

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

Steals leaders

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

Blocks leaders

Season Player Team BPG
2007–08 Japan Kosuke Takeuchi[9] Aisin SeaHorses 1.8
2008–09 Japan Kosuke Takeuchi[3][10] (2×) Aisin SeaHorses 1.7
2009–10 Japan Kosuke Takeuchi[11][12] (3×) Aisin SeaHorses 2.0
2010–11 Japan Kosuke Takeuchi[5][13] (4×) Aisin SeaHorses 1.7
2011–12 Japan Joji Takeuchi[6][14] Hitachi SunRockers 1.5
2012–13 United States 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

References

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