The is a men's professional
basketball club based in
Tokorozawa,
Saitama Prefecture,
Japan. It calls the whole prefecture home and its main home arenas are Tokorozawa Civic Gymnasium and
Saitama Super Arena in Chūō-ku, Saitama City. It competes in the .
History
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1982: founded as an amateur (a dealer of
Mazda motor) basketball club.
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1983: The nickname Broncos taken from
Santa Clara University.
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1987: Promoted to
Japan Basketball League division 1.
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1991: Club renamed to
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1996: The company club was dissolved.
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1997: Restarts as a communitiy-based club . From a lower-tier .
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1998: Renamed . Promoted to the JBL division 2.
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1999: The league reorganisation put the team to the new JBL.
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2000: Adds
Saitama City to its hometowns. Renamed
hiragana .
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2002-03, 2004-05: Wins the premiership in two-peat.
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2005: Quits the JBL. Renamed
kanji . Competes in the bj league as an inaugural member.
Reference
as 2007-06-06T02:55:59 by S-8500
External Link
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Official (Japanese)