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
2015.02.24
Golden Kings stunned by Shimane; split series [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Shimane Susanoo Magic hosted the Basketball Japan League reigning champion, and threw a surprise at the Ryukyu Golden Kings. The middle-of-the-pack Susanoo Magic improved to 12...
2015.02.17
Golden Kings smash Oita HeatDevils [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings are maintaining their stranglehold on the Western Conference lead, hammering the Oita HeatDevils, playing in a new venue in front of an Okinawa crowd. The G...
2015.02.12
Golden Kings hang onto BJL conference lead [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Okinawa’s home crowd of more than 3,568 was stunned by the visiting Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix Saturday, watching the Ryukyu Golden Kings go down in flames 74-67 on the streng...
2015.02.05
Golden Kings stars contribute to All-Star victory [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Two of Okinawa’s Golden Kings basketball stars were a hefty influence over the weekend as the Western Conference upended the east in the annual TK Basketball Japan League All-Star ...
2015.01.30
Newest Golden King fresh from high school [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings are not only playing hard for today; the team’s on a new program of building for the future. Okinawa has inked a pact with Shota Tsuyama, a third-year high...
2015.01.30
Nobody knows how to stop Ryukyu Golden Kings [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Shiga Lakestars are in the top third of teams in the Turkish Airlines Basketball Japan League, but when confronting the defending league champion Ryukyu Golden Kings, that’s no...
2015.01.20
Golden Kings tease, please home fans [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings were on the home hardwood in Okinawa City, pounding the Nara Bambitious to the tune of a weekend sweep that extended the season record to 24-4. There was no...
2015.01.16
Three players from Kings chosen for TK bj-League All Star Game [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Three players from the Ryukyu Golden Kings have been chosen to appear at the Turkish Airlines bj-League All Star Game of the 2014-2015 season, to be played Feb. 1sr at Gunma Arena ...
2015.01.09
Golden Kings keep marching to victory [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings keep finding their way into the win column, surrendering leads to nobody as they wound up 2014 and began their 2015 quest for another Basketball Japan Leagu...
2014.12.24
Golden Kings close year with series split [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Shiga Lakestars came to Okinawa, surprising the Ryukyu Golden Kings by stealing away one of the year-ending victories the home fans had been expecting. Okinawa did well enough ...
2014.12.16
Golden Kings stumble, lose to powerhouse Iwate [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The competition was fierce, but in the end, the duel between the Ryukyu Golden Kings and Eastern Conference powerhouse Iwate concluded with a three-point win for the Big Bulls. The...
2014.12.10
Golden Kings roll on simply unstoppable [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Chalk it up: the Ryukyu Golden Kings are more than fired up, extending their unbeaten streak to ten straight, while dominating the Basketball Japan League’s Western Conference wit...
2014.12.03
Red hot Golden Kings stretch winning streak to eight [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Kings are red hot, handing out a double dose of punishment to the Osaka Evessa while running their win streak to eight consecutive games AND extending their record to 14...
2014.11.26
Golden Kings just keep on rollin’ [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
It was a road series reminiscent of last spring’s Basketball Japan League championship, as the Golden Kings took on the Akita Northern Happinets, and the outcome was pleasantly the...
2014.11.21
Golden Kings trounce Crane Thunders [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The first game of the series wasn’t much more than a scrimmage for the Ryukyu Golden Kings, but was exciting the basketball fans in Ishigaki, on the far southern end of the prefect...
2014.11.03
Golden Kings triumphant at home [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings were in perfect form, keeping the hometown fans on the edges of their seats cheering as they ripped the hapless Rizing Fukuoka twice in Turkish Airlines bj-...
2014.10.28
Golden Kings falter on the road [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
Riding a five-game win streak, the Ryukyu Golden Kings headed to Kyoto, where they picked up their sixth victory in a row before losing momentum and falling Sunday afternoon to the...
2014.10.21
Golden Kings starting new win streak [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings struggled against the Shimane Susanoo Magic, but still managed to pull off a pair of victories in contests Okinawa head coach Tsutomu Isa called “miserable”...
2014.10.19
bj-League’s 10th season brings new excitement [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 this season, bringing new faces, teams a...
2014.10.15
Golden Kings tested before sweeping road series [Ryukyu Golden Kings]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings had a few heart-stopping moments in Takamatsu before they began demonstrating championship form and pulled out a pair of wins over the Takamatsu Five Arrows...
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