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
2016.03.21
Kings on road beat Oita-Ehime Heat Devils with solid pair [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings scored their eight and ninth wins in a row by mauling Oita-Ehime Heat Devils in a weekend pair of road games in Iyo-Shiosai Gym in Ehime. First on Saturday,...
2016.03.15
Kings crush Nara in weekend pair of games [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Ryukyu Golden Kings scored a pair of convincing wins against Nara Bambitious in their weekend road game series at Yamatokoriyama Comprehensive Park Gym in Nara Prefecture. The scor...
King’s Tsuyama sidelined with facial injury [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings guard Shota Tsuyama broke his right orbital floor in the game against Takamatsu Five Arrows at Okinawa City Gymnasium on Sunday. According to Golden Kings’ ...
2016.03.07
Kings win series against Takamatsu Five Arrows, secure place in play-offs [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
On Saturday, the Ryukyu Golden Kings scored a solid 77-65 victory against the Takamatsu Five Arrows at Okinawa City Gym in front of 3,728 fans. The win also meant that the team sec...
2016.02.11
Kings drop to third place after splitting weekend series against Kyoto [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The weekend pair of on-the-road games against Kyoto Hannaryz started well enough for the Ryukyu Golden Kings as they won the Saturday’s game 84-76 in front The game was pure ecstas...
2016.02.03
Kings split home series against Oita-Ehime Heat Devils [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
3,746 people were in audience on Saturday to witness the Ryukyu Golden Kings to win handsomely 101-80 on their home turf against visiting Oita-Ehime Heat Devils. However, the home ...
2016.01.28
Golden Kings’ Shuhei Kitagawa elected TKbj-League MVP of the Week [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Shuhei Kitagawa of the Ryukyu Golden Kings was elected the TKbj-League MVP of the Week on the week of Jan. 2nd to 19th for his performance in the Kings’ home game against Hamamatsu...
2016.01.19
Golden Kings back on second place in Western Conference [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings delighted their fans on their home court in Okinawa City Gym by winning both games of the weekend series. That also means that the team is back on the secon...
2016.01.06
Kings splits New Year series with Kanazawa Samuraiz [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings started their new year with a somewhat less auspicious way as they lost their first match of the year against Kanazawa Samuraiz 84-86 at Okinawa City Gym on...
2015.12.29
Golden Kings bring present of two wins from Christmas game series [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
In the year’s last series of matches, the Ryukyu Golden Kings, playing on the road, presented a Christmas gift to their fans by winning both contests against Yokohama B-Corsairs. T...
2015.12.22
Golden Kings again split weekend road game series [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings were against the Fukushima Firebonds in the weekend game series that was played at Koriyama Sogo Gymnasium in Fukushima Prefecture. Things quite did not go ...
2015.12.14
Kings take pair of reassuring wins over Toyama Grouses [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings faced Toyama Grouses last weekend at Okinawa City Gym, and assured both themselves and their fans that they still have what it takes to win. The Kings won t...
2015.12.08
Kings and Akita split weekend matches [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings made mince meat of Akita Happinets on Saturday in front of a home court crowd of 2,994 winning the game 99-63. Unfortunately their momentum did not last, as...
2015.12.02
Kings dominate weekend games over Kanazawa Samuraiz [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings had a change to soothe their hurt feelings when they faced the Kanazawa Samuraiz at the Mattou Comprehensive Park Gymnasium in Hakusan City, Ishikawa Prefec...
2015.11.25
Kyoto Hannarytz hands Kings season’s first back-to-back loss [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings lost both matches to Kyoto Hannaryz by the slimmest of margins. On Saturday, the Hannaryz won 72-70, and Sunday’s game ended 87-85 for the Kings’ first back...
2015.11.09
Kings continue success at home against Rizing Fukuoka [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings scored their fourth and fifth straight wins in their weekend home game against Rizing Fukuoka played at Okinawa City Gymnasium. The Kings won the Saturday g...
2015.11.03
Golden Kings score season’s first back-to-back wins on the road [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings scored the season’s first consecutive wins of a road game against Shimane Susanoo Magic in a pair of games played at Matsue City Comprehensive Gymnasium on ...
2015.10.27
Kings split tough pair of weekend games with Osaka [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings faced Osaka Evessa over the pair of weekend on-the-road games ending up with a loss on Saturday, but edging a win in the Sunday game. Both matches were toug...
2015.10.25
Renewed Golden Kings off to good start for 2015-2016 season [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
By Jun Ikemura The renewed squad of the Ryukyu Golden Kings played its first game of the TKbj-League 2015-2016 season Oct. 2nd. The team faced the first two opponents on the road, ...
2015.10.19
Golden Kings deliver wins in season’s first two home games [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
To the delight of their fans, the Ryukyu Golden Kings delivered a pair of wins in their first home games of the regular season 2015-16. The Saturday score against Bambitious Nara w...
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