Kimikazu Suzuki
SeaHorses Mikawa
PositionHead coach
LeagueB.League
Personal information
Born (1959-09-26) September 26, 1959 (age 64)
Shibuya, Tokyo
NationalityJapanese
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight192 lb (87 kg)
Career information
High schoolAkita Higashi Junior High School[1]
Noshiro Technical
(Noshiro, Akita)
CollegeHosei University
Coaching career1988–present
Career history
As player:
1982–1988Nippon Mining
As coach:
1988–1995Akita Keizaihoka University
1995–presentAisin SeaHorses Mikawa
2006–2007,
2012–2014		Japan
Career highlights and awards
  • 8x Japanese champions

Kimikazu Suzuki (鈴木貴美一, Suzuki Kimikazu) is a Japanese basketball coach and former player. Suzuki is the current head coach of SeaHorses Mikawa. He served as head coach of the Japan national basketball team two times. Suzuki's first term was from 2006 to 2007 while his second one was from May 2012 until 2014.[2]

Head coaching record

Legend
Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
Team Year G W L W–L% Finish PG PW PL PW–L% Result
Aisin 1994 15 11 4 .733 2nd - - - – Runners-up
Aisin 1995 16 4 12 .250 10th - - - – -
Aisin 1996 16 5 11 .313 11th - - - – -
Aisin 1997 16 5 11 .313 10th - - - – -
Aisin 1998 16 9 7 .563 7th - - - – -
Aisin 1999 16 7 9 .438 3rd - - - – 4th
Aisin 2000 21 13 8 .619 3rd 2 0 2 .000 3rd
Aisin 2001 21 17 4 .810 1st 2 0 2 .000 3rd
Aisin 2002 21 18 3 .857 1st 4 4 0 1.000 JBL Champions
Aisin 2003 28 20 8 .714 1st 5 5 1 .833 JBL Champions
Aisin 2004 28 22 6 .786 1st 6 2 4 .333 Runners-up
Aisin 2005 26 11 15 .423 5th - - - – 5th
Aisin 2006 24 14 10 .583 3rd 2 0 2 .000 3rd
Aisin 2007-08 35 26 9 .743 1st 7 5 2 .714 JBL Champions
Aisin 2008-09 35 24 11 .686 1st 6 5 1 .833 JBL Champions
Aisin 2009-10 42 31 11 .738 1st 5 2 3 .400 Runners-up
Aisin 2010-11 36 26 10 .722 1st - - - – -
Aisin 2011-12 42 31 11 .738 1st 7 3 4 .429 Runners-up
Aisin 2012-13 42 34 8 .810 1st 7 5 2 .714 JBL Champions
Aisin 2013-14 54 40 14 .741 2nd in Western 5 3 2 .600 4th
Aisin 2014-15 54 43 11 .796 1st in Western 8 7 1 .875 NBL Champions
Aisin 2015-16 53 35 18 .660 4th 9 6 3 .667 Runners-up
Mikawa 2016-17 60 46 14 .767 1st in Western 5 3 2 .600 Lost in 2nd round
Mikawa 2017-18 60 48 12 .800 1st in Central 4 2 2 .500 Lost in 2nd round
Mikawa 2018-19 60 31 29 .517 4th in Central - - - – -
Mikawa 2019-20 41 18 23 .439 2nd in Central - - - – -

References

  1. ^ "ホーム - バスケットボール選手データベース". jbaske.com.
  2. ^ "Japan hoops set to hire Hasegawa". The Japan Times. 8 April 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
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