{{Short description|Professional basketball team in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan}} {{Infobox basketball club | name = San-en NeoPhoenix | color1 = #fff | color2 = #E60012 | color3 = #FDD000 | logo = SAN-EN NeoPhoenix.jpg | founded = {{Start date and age|1965}} | leagues = B.League | history = OSG<br />OSG Higashimikawa<br />Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix<br />San-en NeoPhoenix | arena = Toyohashi City General Gymnasium | location = The eastern Mikawa, Aichi and Shizuoka | colors = Red, White<br />{{color box|#F72F1E}} {{color box|White}} | owner = | president = | ret_nums = '''1''' (3) | coach = Atsushi Ōno | championships = 3 | h_body = E60012 | h_pattern_b = _SAN-EN NEOPHOENIX 22-23 HOME | h_shorts = E60012 | h_pattern_s = _SAN-EN NEOPHOENIX 22-23 HOME | a_body = ffff | a_pattern_b = _SAN-EN NEOPHOENIX 22-23 AWAY | a_shorts = ffff | a_pattern_s = _SAN-EN NEOPHOENIX 22-23 AWAY | 3_body = 000000 | 3_pattern_b = _SAN-EN NEOPHOENIX 22-23 3rd | 3_shorts = 000000 | 3_pattern_s = _SAN-EN NEOPHOENIX 22-23 3rd | 3_title = Third | website = {{URL|https://www.neophoenix.jp/}} }} The {{nihongo|'''San-en NeoPhoenix'''|三遠ネオフェニックス|San'en Neofenikkusu}} are a Japanese professional basketball team based in the eastern Mikawa and Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture region of central Japan. The team competes in the B.League Premier, the highest division of the B.League, as a member of the Western Conference. The team plays its home games at Toyohashi City General Gymnasium.
The team was founded in 1965, as the company team of the OSG Corporation, a Toyokawa-based machine parts manufacturer. It remained a local team in Aichi prefecture until 1995, when it first participated in the All-Japan Professional Basketball Championships. It joined the Japan Basketball League (JBL) in 1999, winning the Second Division championship in 2000. “Higashimikawa” was added to the team name in 2007, when its home stadium was moved to Toyohashi. It ended the 2007 season in third place.
From 2008, the Higashimikawa Phoenix joined the new bj league, and the following year, “Hamamatsu” was added to the team name to emphasize the compound franchise among Toyohashi, Hamamatsu, and the surrounding districts and the team was legally registered as an independent corporation under the name of “Phoenix Communications”. The team signed the noted Chinese basketball star, Sun Mingming, in 2008.<ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.asia-basket.com/player.asp?Cntry=JPN&PlayerID=77346&AmNotSure=1 | title= MING MING SUN basketball profile | publisher= AFP | date= 2009 | access-date= 2009-03-11}}</ref>
In July 2015, the team announced its participation in the inaugural season of Japan's professional basketball league which debuted in 2016, competing in the first division.<ref name="Nishinomiya">{{cite web |url=http://www.storks.jp/2015.07.30/press/18364/ |title=JPBLの「1部～3部階層分け発表記者会見」について |trans-title=Regarding the JPBL's "Division 1-3 Assignment Press Conference" |language=ja |publisher=Nishinomiya Storks |date=30 July 2015 |access-date=11 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091026/http://www.storks.jp/2015.07.30/press/18364/ |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref> Prior to joining the league, the club accordingly changed its name to "San-en NeoPhoenix", and began playing their home games in Toyohashi.
== Honours == *'''League champions: 3''' **2009 **2010 **2015
==Current roster== {{Basketball roster nationality note}} {{Basketball roster header|team=San-en NeoPhoenix | color1 = #FFFFFF| bg1 = #E60012 | color2 = #000000 | bg2 = #FDD000 | wt = n}} <!-- list of players --> {{player3 | num =1 | nat = USA | name = Yante Maten | pos = F | m=2.01 | year=1996 | month=8 | date=14 }} {{player3 | num =5 | nat = JPN | name = Sota Oura | pos = G | m=1.82 | year=1997 | month=12 | date=23 |link=:ja:大浦颯太}} {{player3 | num =8 | nat = JPN | name = Atsuya Ota | pos = C | m=2.06 | year=1984 | month=6 | date=4 }} {{player3 | num =10 | nat = JPN | name = Hirotaka Yoshii | pos = SF| }} {{player3 | num =11 | nat = JPN | name = Hisashi Moriguchi | pos = G | m=1.77 | year=1999 | month=9 | date=14 }} {{player3 | num =14 | nat = JPN | name = Kosuke Kanamaru | pos = F | m=1.92 | year=1989 | month=3 | date=8 }} {{player3 | num =15 | nat = JPN | name = Tatsumi Yu | pos = F | m=1.97 | year=2001 | month=7 | date=9 }} {{player3 | num =23 | nat = USA | name = David Dudzinski | pos =F/C| m=2.05 | year=1992 | month=5 | date=26 }} {{player3 | num =24 | nat = JPN | name = Ryusei Sasaki | pos = G | m=1.80 | year=1996 | month=5 | date=2 |link=:ja:佐々木隆成}} {{player3 | num =29 | nat = JPN | name = Kazuki Hosokawa | pos = G | m=1.87 | year=1997 | month=11 | date=17 |link=:ja:細川一輝}} {{player3 | num =32 | nat = JPN | name = Morihisa Yamauchi | pos = G | m=1.75 | year=1990 | month=3 | date=23 |link=:ja:山内盛久 }} <!-- end list of players --> {{Basketball roster footer | head_coach = {{flagicon|JPN}} Atsushi Ōno | asst_coach = {{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroyuki Maeda <br /> {{flagicon|JPN}} Taishiro Shimizu | roster_url = https://www.neophoenix.jp/roster/players/ | accessdate = 22 December 2022 }}
==Notable players== :'''To appear in this section a player must have either:''' - Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
- Played at least one official international match for his senior national team or one NBA game at any time. {{columns-list|colwidth=22em | *{{flagicon|JPN}} Hirotaka Yoshii *{{flagicon|USA}} Wayne Arnold *{{flagicon|USA}} Damone Brown *{{flagicon|USA}} Josh Childress *{{flagicon|USA}} Mo Charlo *{{flagicon|USA}} Robert Dozier *{{flagicon|USA}} Marquis Estill *{{flagicon|USA}} Kevin Galloway *{{flagicon|USA}} Michael Gardener *{{flagicon|USA}} Jerald Honeycutt *{{flagicon|USA}} Tim James *{{flagicon|USA}} Paul Afeaki Khoury *{{flagicon|UKR}} Viacheslav Kravtsov *{{flagicon|CIV}} Hervé Lamizana *{{flagicon|USA}} Dan Langhi *{{flagicon|USA}} Dior Lowhorn *{{flagicon|USA}} Cartier Martin *{{flagicon|CHN}} Sun Mingming *{{flagicon|CAN}} Scott Morrison *{{flagicon|UGA}} Stanley Ocitti *{{flagicon|JPN}} Atsuya Ota *{{flagicon|USA}} Tim Parham *{{flagicon|USA}} Gyno Pomare *{{flagicon|PHI}} Thirdy Ravena *{{flagicon|USA}} Richard Roby *{{flagicon|USA}} Addison Spruill *{{flagicon|USA}} Deshawn Stephens *{{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Webster *{{flagicon|USA}} Wendell White *{{flagicon|USA}} Terrance Woodbury *{{flagicon|GER}} Elias Harris }}
==Coaches== *{{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuo Nakamura *{{flagicon|JPN}} Ryuji Kawai *{{flagicon|JPN}} Tomoya Higashino *{{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroki Fujita *{{flagicon|USA}} Brian Rowsom *{{flagicon|JPN}} Shuto Kawachi *{{flagicon|SRB}} Branislav Vićentić *{{flagicon|JPN}} Atsushi Ōno
==Arenas== *Toyohashi City General Gymnasium *Hamamatsu Arena *Green Arena
==Practice facilities== thumb|right|150px|OSG Gymnasium *[https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC%E4%BD%93%E8%82%B2%E9%A4%A8/@34.8353231,137.3918457,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6004cc6dec8da6bb:0x917861b7ad807e4f!8m2!3d34.8353231!4d137.3940344 OSG Gymnasium]
== External links == *{{official|https://www.neophoenix.jp/}}
==Notes== {{reflist}}
{{Japanese B.League}}
Category:San-en NeoPhoenix Category:Basketball teams established in 1965 Category:Basketball teams in Japan Category:Sports clubs and teams in Shizuoka Prefecture Category:1965 establishments in Japan