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
2017.03.15
Golden Kings snatch two from the B-Corsairs away at Yokohama [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Golden Kings matched up against the Yokohama B-Corsairs for a weekend double header in Yokohama and stole both games at the B-Corsairs’ home court. The Kings still sit at 5th p...
2017.03.01
Kings swept at home by the Chiba Jets [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Golden Kings were swept by the Chiba Jets in last weekend’s series, 89-71 Saturday and 80-71 Sunday. With a record of 17-24, the Kings still sit at fifth in the Western Confere...
Kings Sink the Dolphins at the Buzzer [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Golden Kings, currently 5th place in the Western Conference, matched up against 2nd place Nagoya Diamond Dolphins on Wednesday in Nagoya. Kings’ captain, Ryuichi Kishimoto, set...
2017.02.22
Golden Kings Split the Weekend Games Against Hitachi Shibuya Sun Rockers [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Golden Kings split a two-game set last weekend against the Hitachi Shibuya (Tokyo) Sun Rockers at home in Okinawa City. With a record of 16-21, the Kings still remain at 5th pl...
Kings Drop Two Games Away at Yokosuka [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Last weekend at Yokosuka Arena in Kanagawa Prefecture, The Golden Kings were swiped by the Kawasaki Brave Thunders, leaders of the Central Conference and last seasons’ NBL champs. ...
2017.02.01
Kings split weekend home games against Niigata Albirex BB [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Golden Kings encountered Niigata Albirex BB in a paid of home games over the weekend. Albirex BB is in the 3rd place of the B. League Central Conference, and the weekend contests e...
2017.01.25
Golden Kings lose both weekend matches to Toyama [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Toyama Grouses, currently the lowest ranking team in the Central Conference, showed that the still can muster what it takes as they made a clean sweep in a pair of weekend road gam...
2017.01.06
Golden Kings swipe Levanga Hokkaido in weekend road game [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings earned a much welcomed weekend swipe in their last pair of games of 2016 in a road game at Hokkai Kitaeru Sports Center in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Dec. 30 and...
2016.12.27
Kings woes continue with split weekend series [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings faced Akita Northern Happinets in its Christmas game series last weekend. The result was a split series; the Kings won on Saturday and Happinets took the po...
Kings go down to second weekend of defeat [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Golden Kings’ archrival since the days of the now defunct bj-Legue, Osaka Evessa, handed the visiting Kings another pair of bitter defeats in the weekend road game at Ikeda City Gy...
2016.12.13
Double loss puts Kings back to 5th place in conference [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Over the weekend, the Ryukyu Golden Kings encountered one of the strongest and most popular teams in the B. Legue, Tochigi Brex, on the Kings’ home court in Okinawa City Gym....
2016.12.06
Kings swipe Sendai 89ers in pair of road games [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Some smiles must have broken out on the faces of players and officials of the Ryukyu Golden Kings, as the team broke their row of four consecutive defeats in the road game series a...
2016.11.29
Four consecutive losses drop Golden Kings down to 5th place [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings played a pair of weekend road games in Kariya, Nagoya Prefecture against Seahorse Mikawa, the top placed team in the Western Conference, and were swiped bot...
2016.11.25
Kings take beating from Kyoto Hannaryz in Wednesday game [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings faced Kyoto Hannaryz on Wednesday night in a single match at Okinawa City Gym. Wednesday was a Japanese national holiday, but the Hannaryz team did not take...
2016.11.22
Kings split weekend against Nagoya Diamond Dolphins [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings played against Nagoya Diamond Dolphins a series of road games last weekend in Nagoya. On Saturday, the Kings won 74-66. The game was also the debut match of...
Reyshawn Terry joins Ryukyu Golden Kings [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings signed Nov. 7 a contract with Reyshawn Terry, a native of North Carolina, to play with the team as a forward. His first appearance on the court will be the ...
2016.11.07
Osaka beats Kings in weekend series [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Osaka Evessa greased the floor with the Golden Kings on Saturday in front of the King’s home crowd, and the added insult to injury by scoring the winning points in the Sunday match...
Kings split weekend for second time in row [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Golden Kings played against Shiga Lakestars Sunday and Monday in a road game in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, and ended up for the second time in a row with a spilt weekend series. T...
Mo Charlo, Kings separate [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings announced that the team and forward Mo Charlo who joined the team this season, have mutually agreed to part ways. No specific reason was given. Mo Charlo, w...
2016.10.24
Weekend split cost Golden Kings’ chance for lead in conference [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Golden Kings faced the Western Conference 1st place squad Nagoya Diamond Dolphins in the weekend home game series, and won the first game 71-58 but lost the second 64-69 on Sunday....
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