Iwate Big Bulls
The Iwate Big Bulls are a Japanese professional basketball team based in Morioka, Japan. The Big Bulls compete in the second division of the B.League as a member of the Eastern Conference.
The team's name is a reference to Iwate being the largest prefecture in Honshu, and cattle being a well-known symbol of the region.
Notable players
- Wayne Arnold
- Lawrence Blackledge
- Jamal Boykin
- Brian Carlwell
- Tatsunori Fujie
- Alandise Harris
- Shota Onodera
- Gyno Pomare
- Patrick Sanders
- Makoto Sawaguchi
- Samuel Jr. Sawaji
- Dillion Sneed
- Noriyuki Sugasawa
- Hirohisa Takada
- Kenichi Takahashi
- Jahmar Thorpe
Coaches
- Vlaikidis Vlasios
- Shinji Tomiyama
- Dai Oketani
- Geoffrey Katsuhisa
- Yasunori Ueda
- Donte Hill
- Osamu Okada
- Yuma Yoshida
- Koji Nagata
Arenas
- Morioka Takaya Arena
- Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium
- Kitakami General Gymnasium
- Sea Arena
- Dream Arena Takata
- U Dome
- Hanamaki City General Gymnasium
- Z Arena
- Kamaishi Citizens Gymnasium
- Kuji Citizens Gymnasium
- Takizawa General Park Gymnasium
- Ninohe City General Sports Center
- Kuzumaki Town Social Gymnasium