Ryukyu Golden Kings
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bj-League’s 10th season brings new excit… [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
By Jun Ikemura The Basketball Japan League –of which the Ryukyu Golden Kings are the reigning champions—is celebrating its 10th anniversary ...Read More
Golden Kings needed overtime to score fi… [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings finally put a mark in the win column of the young basketball season, struggling but succeeding in outlasting the Aki...Read More
Golden Kings ready to set BJL on fire as… [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
By Jun Ikemura Fired up! – That’s the best term to describe the Ryukyu Golden Kings, who with four pre-season wins already under their belt...Read More
2013.02.14
Golden Kings make it four-in-a-row [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The powerful Ryukyu Golden Kings were no match for the Miyazaki Shining Suns, who were convincingly swept under the rug twice in two days at the Okinawa City Gym last weekend. Okin...
2013.02.05
Golden Kings rediscover their winning ways [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
For three games in a row, the defending champion Ryukyu Golden Kings struggled, unable to make much of anything work, losing games that stunned them but at the same time rekindled ...
2013.02.01
Ryukyu Golden Kings sign Ryuichi Kishimoto as rookie [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
When first watching the Ryukyu Golden Kings, Nago Kitanakagusuku High School basketball player Ryuichi Kishimoto wasn’t impressed, barely giving the Okinawa professional basketbal...
Phoenix gain as Ryukyu Golden Kings drop pair [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
It was a double edged sword for the Ryukyu Golden Kings, losing a pair of games to the Shiga Lakestars, and then learning their nemesis Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix tied their l...
2013.01.16
Golden Kings lose focus and split home series [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings practically bounced onto the hardwoods of Ginowan to the cheers of adoring fans Saturday, and they didn’t disappoint them, pulling off a 77-50 win to push s...
2013.01.09
Golden Kings again flying high as BJL leaders [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings ushered in the new year the same way they said goodbye to 2012, kicking the butts of Basketball Japan League opponents and push their league leading record ...
2012.12.25
Golden Kings resume their winning ways [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings were on a three-game losing streak when the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix came to town, and there was no way the Okinawa squad was going to surrender on t...
Three Kings and a coach make All-Star Squad [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings are to be well represented at the upcoming Basketball Japan League All-Star Game next month in Tokyo. Head Coach Kohto Tohyama has been chosen to coach the ...
2012.12.18
Phoenix are HOT! Ryukyu Golden Kings are NOT! [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
After a red hot 15-game win streak to start the season, the Ryukyu Golden Kings can’t seem to buy a basket, even at JUSCO, but their new division rival, the Hamamatsu Higashimikawa...
2012.12.12
Rizing Fukuoka finally brings down Golden Kings [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
So close, but yet so far. Only one game away from setting another Basketball Japan League record, the Ryukyu Golden Kings fell victim on the road to a Rizing Fukuoka squad that th...
2012.12.07
Golden Kings keep unbeaten string going [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Unbeatable. Unstoppable. Incredible. All are words being used to describe the Ryukyu Golden Kings, who’ve now gone 14 games in a row without a loss. In fact, the Okinawa squad, ...
2012.11.30
Golden Kings touch is more than ‘golden’ [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Okinawa’s Ryukyu Golden Kings are riding an unparalleled winning streak in the Basketball Japan League, pushing their record to 12-0 with a pair of weekend victories over the Rizin...
2012.11.21
Ryukyu Golden Kings dominating BJL [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings like being on a roll, and now that they’ve topped last year’s undefeated season start and are 10-0 after upending the Oita HeatDevils, they are thinking the...
2012.11.16
Yamauchi chosen BJL MVP of the week [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The youngest player on the Ryukyu Golden Kings, Morihisa Yamauchi, has been chosen Lawson “Ponta” MVP of the week for his action in the Basketball Japan League this pas...
Golden Kings’ season beginning better than golden [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings and the Kyoto Hannaryz are celebrating weekend victories, albeit for totally different reasons in the Basketball Japan League. For the Kyoto Hannaryz, it wa...
2012.11.02
Golden Kings starting on 6-0 roll [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The defending Basketball Japan League champion Ryukyu Golden Kings haven’t lost any of their 2011-2012 touch, kicking off this current campaign with a first six games winning strea...
2012.10.26
Golden Kings open season on a winning roll [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
F our consecutive wins for the reigning Basketball Japan League champions to start the new campaign. That’s the way the 2012-2013 season’s begun for Okinawa’s team, with all four v...
2012.10.10
Golden Kings start season on very winning note [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Anthony McHenry and David Palmer picked up where they left off last season, although now in opposing teams, as the defending Basketball Japan League champion scored a pair of seaso...
2012.10.05
Golden Kings lose typhoon-shortened series with Korea [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings only had one shot at Korea’s championship basketball squad, thanks to Typhoon Jelawat’s pounding Okinawa Saturday, and that opportunity didn’t go the home t...
2012.09.28
Golden Kings to take on Korean league champions [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings are ready to face another championship basketball squad, the Anyang KGC, on their home court in Okinawa Convention Center Gym, on Sunday, which will go ahea...
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