Alvark Tokyo

Alvark Tokyo
Alvark Tokyo logo
LeaguesB.League
Founded1948; 76 years ago (1948)
HistoryToyota Pacers
1948–2000
Toyota Alvark
2000–2016
Alvark Tokyo
2016–present
ArenaArena Tachikawa Tachihi
Komazawa Gymnasium
Head coachDainius Adomaitis
Championships3 JBL Super League
1 Japan Basketball League
2 B.League
1 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Websitehttps://www.alvark-tokyo.jp/
3rd jersey
Team colours
3rd
Toyota Alvark team in 2009

Alvark Tokyo is a Japanese professional basketball team located in Tokyo. The team, which is sponsored by Toyota, currently plays in the Japanese B.League. Until 2000, the team was known as the Toyota Pacers. Founded as Toyota Pacers in 1948, the club won two consecutive JBL Super League league titles in 2006 and 2007.

In July 2015, it was announced that the team would compete in the first division of the new Japan Professional Basketball League, which commenced from October 2016.[1]

As of 2020, the team has been the reigning back-to-back champion of the B.League, Japan's top basketball league.[2]

  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. ^ Kaz Nagatsuka (12 May 2020). "Daiki Tanaka named B. League MVP". The Japan Times. Accessed 25 May 2020.