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Professional basketball team in Akita, Japan
Akita Northern Happinets
Conference
East
Division
First
Leagues
B.League
Founded
2010; 14 years ago (2010)
History
bj league (2010–2016) B.League (2016–present)
Arena
CNA Arena Akita
Location
Akita, Akita
Team colors
Pink, Gold, Black [1]
President
Yuki Mizuno (fr)[2][3]
Head coach
Kenzo Maeda
Conference titles
2 bj league Eastern Conference champions (2014, 2015)
Website
Happinets.com
Home
Away
Third
The Akita Northern Happinets are a Japanese professional basketball team based in Akita that competes in the Eastern Conference of the First Division of the B.League.[4] The team was formed as an expansion team of the bj league in 2010[5] and found success for the first time in 2013–14, finishing their fourth season as league runners-up.[6] They went on to finish as runners-up for the second year in a row in 2014–15 and in third place in 2015–16, the final season of the bj league.[7]
^"チームプロフィール".
^Suzuki, Norihiko (5 September 2018). "Greetings from the President's Office - The Ability to Continue Growing your Dream" (PDF).
^"Value Sight - 秋田初の"おらほ" のプロチーム誕生" (PDF). Future Sight (in Japanese). 2012. pp. 14 & 15.
^Nagatsuka, Kaz (31 July 2015). "First wave of teams allocated for new hoop league". JapanTimes.co.jp. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
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