BJ League (Basketball Japan League), is a professional basketball league in Japan that began on November 5, 2005, with sponsors such as Spalding and others. This professional basketball league is one of the newer leagues in the world, and is slowly, but surely gaining popularity among Japanese basketball enthusiasts. The league is divided into two conferences, The Eastern Conference, and the Western. It enjoyed it's inaugural All-Star game last year, in 2006. Image:Http://www.tochigi-basketball.net/pro/bj/logo bj.gif
Teams
Eastern Conference
- Sendai 89ERS (Miyagi Prefecture Sendai City)
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- Tokyo Apache (Tokyo)
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- Toyama Grouses (Toyama Prefecture)
Western Conference
- Osaka Evessa (Osaka Prefecture)
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- Takamatsu Five Arrows (Kagawa Prefecture Takamatsu)
- Oita Heart Devils (Oita Prefecture)
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- Rizing Fukuoka (Fukuoka Prefecture)
- Ryukyu Golden Kings (Okinawa Prefecture)
Expansion
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The expansion is continuously done in the bj league, and it aims at two league system by 12 teams. It is easy for the professional sports league about 200 million yen the expense of management a team at 2005-2006 seasons of year, and to do the new entry. The example of taking up in the ground wave whole country broadcasting is few, and the advertising effectiveness is also small though the management risk can be said that it is small because amount is small even if it shows a loss compared with 70-20 billion yen of four billion yen and 20-professional baseball of 1.5 billion yen and management expense 5- J1 of J League and J2. However, because the existence of the team can become a monopoly medium by the region sticking, the cost-effectiveness of there are a local media of the provinces is larger. Therefore, there is a significance of existence in the sphere of the provinces from Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka, and it becomes a reason that the new entry team doesn't concentrate on a specific region either. 2006/2007 The public advertisement of the team that enters newly at 2006-07 seasons begins, therefore there is an inquiry from 20 groups such as Tochigi Prefecture, Yokohama City, Toyama Prefecture, and Kagawa Prefecture, and the expansion is decided. The new entry of two team below was decided.
- Toyama Grouses (Toyama Prefecture)
- Takamatsu Five Arrows (Kagawa PrefectureTakamatsu)
2007/2008 The hometown besides Ibaraki Prefecture, Nagano Prefecture, Gunma Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, Fukuoka Prefecture, and Okinawa Prefecture selects team's that joins newly at 2007-08 seasons from eight groups in total including an undecided two groups now. Hereafter, the new entry of two team was decided.
- Rizing Fukuoka (Fukuoka Prefecture)
- Ryukyu Golden Kings (Okinawa Prefecture)
Others
- The bj league transferring the register after 2008-09 seasons of the JBL-OSG phoenix is examined.
- The bj league participation is examined also in Shimane Prefecture and Shiga Prefecture besides the above-mentioned.
Link
- (Japanese)Bj league Official Web site
- (Japanese)bjtv
