The Japan Professional Basketball League (Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Chairman: Shinji Shimada, hereinafter referred to as “B.LEAGUE”) will hold the “B.LEAGUE ALL-STAR GAME 2024” on Sunday, January 14, 2024. We would like to inform you of the results of the “SNS voting” for the final spot to participate in “IN OKINAWA”.
As a result of the SNS voting, Nick Fazikas of Kawasaki Brave Thunders qualified for B.BLACK, and Seiya Ando of Shimane Susanoo Magic qualified for B.WHITE. As a result, all the players who will participate in this tournament have been decided. Ticket sales for “B.LEAGUE ALL-STAR GAME WEEKEND 2024 IN OKINAWA” will be from 12:45 on Monday, December 18th through “Ryukyu Golden Kings Fan Club Member Pre-sale” and from 12:45 on Tuesday, December 19th through “Ryukyu Golden Kings Fan Club Member Pre-Sale”. B.LEAGUE ticket sales will begin.
Additionally, in Okinawa Prefecture, it has been decided that “B.LEAGUE ALL-STAR GAME 2024 IN OKINAWA” on Sunday, January 14th will be broadcast on delayed terrestrial TV on Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting. Therefore, we would like to inform you as well.
＜SNS voting to select contestants＞
B.BLACK
Nick Fazikas Player B.WHITE
Seiya Ando player
[Broadcast distribution information]
■Sunday, January 14th “B.LEAGUE ALL-STAR GAME” broadcast distribution
Broadcast: NHK BS / J SPORTS 3 / Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting (delayed broadcast within Okinawa Prefecture only)
Distribution: Basket LIVE / J SPORTS On Demand / Hulu / Amazon Prime Video Channel
B.LEAGUE ALL-STAR GAME 2024 IN OKINAWA “SNS voting” results
●B.BLACK
Rank Player Name Club Votes 1 Nick Fazikas Kawasaki Brave Thunders 8319 2 Naoki Tashiro Ryukyu Golden Kings 1991 3 Yuta Tabuse Utsunomiya Brex 1389 4 Yutaro Suda Nagoya Diamond Dolphins 1123 5 Juntoshi Maki Ryukyu Golden Kings 495
●B.WHITE
Ranking Player name Club Votes received 1 Seiya Ando Shimane Susanoo Magic 3160 2 Naoki Uto Toyama Grouses 1534 3 Masaya Kamata Nagasaki Veruca 997 4 John Mooney Chiba Jets 673 5 Sota Okura Chiba Jets 671
[Event schedule]
＜DAY1: January 12, 2024 (gold)＞
PARK: Eve festival: Artist live, fireworks & drone show, etc. (Details)
＜DAY2：January 13, 2024 (Saturday)＞
ARENA ： B.LEAGUE ASIA RISING STAR GAME
(B.LEAGUE RISING STARS vs B.LEAGUE ASIA ALL-STARS)
G-SHOCK Skills Challenge, Three Point Contest, Dunk Contest
PARK: Public viewing, artist stage, etc.
＜DAY3: January 14, 2024 (Sunday)＞
ARENA ： B.LEAGUE U18 ALL-STAR GAME (B.LEAGUE U18 JADE vs B.LEAGUE U18 HELIOS)
B.LEAGUE ALL‐STAR GAME (B.BLACK vs B.WHITE)
PARK: Public viewing, artist stage, etc.
【venue】
ARENA: Okinawa Arena (DAY2 and 3 only) / PARK: Okinawa City Athletics Stadium
[Special site]
[DAY3: Sunday, January 14, 2024 15:15 B.LEAGUE ALL-STAR GAME]
●B.BLACK (uniform number is B.LEAGUE ALL-STAR GAME uniform number)
Uniform number Selection Player name Club Number of selections 6 Fan vote Shin Hiejima ★ Utsunomiya Brex 7th time in a row in 5 tournaments 14 Fan vote Ryuichi Kishimoto Ryukyu Golden Kings 4th time in 2 tournaments 8 Fan vote Josh Hawkinson Sunrockers Shibuya First selection 30 Fan vote Imamura Kota Ryukyu Golden Kings 2nd consecutive tournament 19 Fan vote Yudai Nishida Seahorse Mikawa 2nd tournament after 2 tournaments 50 B.LEAGUE recommendation Ako Raita Akita Northern Happinets First selection 42 B.LEAGUE recommendation Isaac Fotu Utsunomiya Brex First selection 91 B. LEAGUE recommendation Hirotaka Yoshii Alvark Tokyo First selection 7 B.LEAGUE recommendation Ryusei Shinoyama Kawasaki Brave Thunders 7th consecutive tournament 0 B.LEAGUE recommendation Yuma Fujii Kawasaki Brave Thunders 4th time in 3 consecutive tournaments 2 B.LEAGUE recommendation Takumi Saito Nagoya Diamond Dolphins 2nd time in 3 tournaments 45 On Fire voting by BasketLIVE Jack Cooley Ryukyu Golden Kings 3rd consecutive tournament 22 SNS voting Nick Fazikas Kawasaki Brave Thunders 6th time in 3 tournaments Head coach name Affiliated club Number of selections Dai Oketani Ryukyu Golden Kings 3rd consecutive tournament
●B.WHITE (uniform number is B.LEAGUE ALL-STAR GAME uniform number)
Uniform number Selection Player name Club Number of selections 2 Fan vote Yuki Togashi ★ Chiba Jets 8th consecutive tournament 5 Fan vote Yuki Kawamura Yokohama Bee Corsairs 2nd consecutive tournament 18 Fan vote Yudai Baba Nagasaki Veruca 3rd time in 5 tournaments 12 Fans Voting Ren Kanachika Chiba Jets First selection 7 Fan voting Perrin Buford Shimane Susanoo Magic 2nd consecutive tournament 11 B.LEAGUE recommendation Ryota Sakurai Levanga Hokkaido 4th tournament after 4 tournaments 9 B.LEAGUE recommendation Naoto Tsuji Gunma Crane Thunders 4 tournaments 4th consecutive tournament 40 B.LEAGUE recommendation Josh Scott Yokohama Bee Corsairs 3rd consecutive tournament 32 B.LEAGUE recommendation Morihisa Yamauchi Sanen Neo Phoenix 2nd tournament after 2 tournaments 15 B.LEAGUE recommendation Joji Takeuchi Osaka Evessa 4th tournament after 4 tournaments 13 B.LEAGUE Recommendation Dwayne Evans Hiroshima Dragonflies 2nd consecutive tournament 16 On Fire voting by Basket LIVE Naru Namizato Gunma Crane Thunders 5th consecutive tournament after 4 tournaments 3 SNS voting Seiya Ando Shimane Susanoo Magic 3rd tournament after 2 tournaments Head coach Name Club Number of selections John Patrick Chiba Jets First selection
*The “★” to the right of the player’s name indicates the captain.
*5 people selected by fan vote will be the starting 5.
[DAY2: Saturday, January 13, 2024 13:15 B.LEAGUE ASIA RISING STAR GAME]
●RISING STARS (uniform number is B.LEAGUE ASIA RISING STAR GAME uniform number)
Uniform number Player name Club Number of selections 17 Soto Yamaguchi Ibaraki Robots First selection 88 Aren Hachimura Gunma Crane Thunders 2nd consecutive tournament 13 Sota Okura Chiba Jets First selection 3 Taves Umi Alvark Tokyo 3rd consecutive tournament 23 King Open Yokohama Bee・Corsairs first selection 20 Shunsuke Ueda Toyama Grouses first selection 8 Ryo Sadowara Fighting Eagles Nagoya first selection 77 Yudai Okada Kyoto Hannaries first selection 22 Fumiya Iio Osaka Evessa first selection 25 Taiki Tsunoda Saga Ballooners first selection 11 Hirohide Araya Nagasaki Veruca first selection Selection 9 Hiyu Watanabe Ryukyu Golden Kings First selection 75 Soichiro Inoue Koshigaya Alphars 2nd consecutive tournament 34 Soto Wakukawa Shiga Lakes First selection 99 Hiroya Kawasada ★ Shiga Lakes 2nd consecutive tournament
*The “★” to the right of the player’s name indicates the captain.
●ASIA ALL-STARS (uniform number is B.LEAGUE ASIA RISING STAR GAME uniform number)
Uniform number Player name Club Number of selections 2 Dwight Ramos ★ Levanga Hokkaido 3rd consecutive tournament 9 Jaemin Yang Sendai 89ERS 3rd consecutive tournament 8 Weijia Wang Akita Northern Happinets 3rd consecutive tournament 77 Ron Jay Abarrientos Shinshu Brave Warriors First selection 5 Thirdy Ravena Sanen Neo Phoenix 3rd consecutive tournament 43 Lee Daesung Seahorse Mikawa First selection 1 Ray Parks Jr. Nagoya Diamond Dolphins 3rd consecutive tournament 7 Matthew Wright Kyoto Hannaries 2nd consecutive tournament 2 Kai・Sotto Hiroshima Dragonflies First selection 3 Chang Min-kuk Nagasaki Veruca First selection 33 Carl Tamayo Ryukyu Golden Kings First selection 6 Liu Junlu Aomori Watts First selection 0 Roosevelt Adams Yamagata Wyverns Second consecutive tournament 34 Shenze Lee Fukushima Firebonds First selection 12 Chuanxing Liu Altiri Chiba First selection 15 Kiefer Ravena Shiga Lakes 3rd consecutive tournament 20 Gregory Slaughter Rising Zephyr Fukuoka 2nd consecutive tournament
*The “★” to the right of the player’s name indicates the captain.
*Kai Sotto (Hiroshima) is currently on the injury list and will participate if he is removed from the injury list on the day of the match.
[DAY2: Saturday, January 13, 2024 16:30 Various contests]
●G-SHOCK SKILLS CHALLENGE
Player name Club Number of selections Yuki Togashi Chiba Jets 6th time in 6 consecutive tournaments Ryusei Shinoyama Kawasaki Brave Thunders 3rd time in 3 tournaments Yuki Kawamura ◎ Yokohama Bee Corsairs 2nd time in 2 consecutive tournaments Ron Jay Abarrientos Shinshu Brave Warriors First selection Wakugawa Satoru Shiga Lakes First selection Abe Masao Sendai 89ERS U18 First selection
●3 POINT CONTEST
Player name Club Number of selections Naoto Tsuji Gunma Crane Sanders Third time in two tournaments Ren Kanechika Chiba Jets First selection Yudai Nishida Seahorse Mikawa First selection Lee Dae Son Seahorse Mikawa First selection Takumi Saito ◎ Nagoya Diamond Dolphins Second consecutive tournament Takuya Hashimoto Osaka Evessa First selection Ryuichi Kishimoto Ryukyu Golden Kings Second time in two tournaments Junya Gibo Ryukyu Golden Kings U18 First selection
●DUNK CONTEST
Player name Club Number of selections Ko Flippin ◎ Gunma Crane Sanders 4th consecutive tournament Dee Jay Steffens Chiba Jets First selection Yutaka Yoshii Alvark Tokyo First selection Perrin Buford Shimane Susanoo Magic First selection Yudai Baba Nagasaki Veruca 6 tournaments 2nd time for the first time Liu Junlu Aomori Watts was selected for the first time
*The “◎” to the right of the player’s name indicates the winner of the previous tournament.
[DAY3: Sunday, January 14, 2024 11:45 B.LEAGUE U18 ALL-STAR GAME]
●B.LEAGUE U18 JADE (uniform number is B.LEAGUE U18 ALL-STAR GAME uniform number)
Position Name Club Number of selections Head coach Tsubasa Yonamine Ryukyu Golden Kings U18 Second time in two tournaments Assistant coach Taiki Terashita Shiga Lakes U18 First selection Trainer Koretsugu Yamanaka Fighting Eagles Nagoya U18 First selection
Uniform number Player name Club Number of selections 4 Haruki Sudo ★ Ryukyu Golden Kings U18 3rd consecutive tournament 5 Yuto Yamada Utsunomiya Brex U18 First selection 6 Manato Nakanishi Nagoya Diamond Dolphins U18 2nd tournament in 2 tournaments 7 Yuto Imanishi Nagoya Diamond Dolphins U18 2nd consecutive tournament 8 Abe Masao Sendai 89ERS U18 First selection 9 Daiki Tanaka Utsunomiya Brex U18 First selection 10 Takumi Ii Sunrockers Shibuya U18 First selection 11 Gibo Hayaru Ryukyu Golden Kings U18 2nd tournament after 2 tournaments 12 Harada Giorgio Alvark Tokyo U18 First selection 13 Eihisa Nishida U18 Kawasaki Brave Thunders First selection 14 Kazu Matsuo Shiga Lakes U18 Second consecutive tournament 15 Yuma Nishimura Levanga Hokkaido U18 First selection
*The “★” to the right of the player’s name indicates the captain.
●B.LEAGUE U18 HELIOS (uniform number is B.LEAGUE U18 ALL-STAR GAME uniform number)
Position Name Club Number of selections Head coach Naomitsu Arai Utsunomiya Brex U18 First selection Assistant coach Yu Yoshimoto Akita Northern Happinets U18 First selection Trainer Toshiki Yoshii Levanga Hokkaido U18 First selection
Uniform number Player name Club Number of selections 4 Koei Omori ★ Sunrockers Shibuya U18 2nd consecutive tournament 5 Rei Hattori Fighting Eagles Nagoya U18 First selection 6 Ryudai Abe Levanga Hokkaido U18 2nd consecutive tournament 7 Ryunosuke Satori Ryukyu Golden Kings U18 2nd consecutive tournament 8 Kusho Hayashi Chiba Jets U18 first selection 9 Ryuku Kurihara Rising Zephyr Fukuoka U18 first selection 10 Haru Kuramitsu Akita Northern Happinets U18 2nd consecutive tournament 11 Takashi Ogura Chiba Jets U18 first selection 12 Akira Nemoto Utsunomiya Brex U18 2nd time in 2 tournaments 13 Minato Matsushita Sunrockers Shibuya U18 first selection 14 Naoto Nakata Yokohama B Corsairs U18 first selection 15 Okoshi Kai Ai Yokohama B Corsairs U18 first selection
2023-12-14 16:14:28
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