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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Template:Infobox basketball league The Japan Basketball League (JBL) was a professional basketball league in Japan. It made up the top-tier of basketball in Japan alongside the bj league, Japan's other basketball competition, with no promotion and relegation between bj and the JBL.

The JBL was composed of two divisions, the JBL (Division 1, formerly JBL Super League) and the JBL2 (Division 2, formerly Japan League).

In June 2012, the Japan Basketball Association announced the establishment of the National Basketball League (NBL) as the topflight professional league in Japan. The 2012–13 season was the last JBL season as JBL teams joined the NBL.

History

The Japan Basketball League was formed after the JBL Super League, which was held from 2001 to 2007, was disbanded. The new Japan Basketball League started with the 2007–08 season with 7 teams of the JBL Super League (Aisin SeaHorses, Hitachi SunRockers, Mitsubishi Electric Diamond Dolphins, OSG Phoenix, Panasonic Super Kangaroos, Toshiba Red Thunders, Toyota Alvark), and one team from another league, Rera Kamuy Hokkaido.[1][2]

List of champions

Season Regular season champion Finals champion Series Runner-up
2007–08[2] Aisin SeaHorses Aisin SeaHorses 3–2 Toyota Alvark
2008–09[3] Aisin SeaHorses Aisin SeaHorses 3–1 Hitachi SunRockers
2009–10[4] Aisin SeaHorses Link Tochigi Brex 3–0 Aisin SeaHorses
2010–11[5] Aisin SeaHorses No winner (league discontinued due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami)
2011–12[6] Aisin SeaHorses Toyota Alvark 3–1 Aisin SeaHorses
2012–13[7] Aisin SeaHorses Aisin SeaHorses 3–2 Toshiba Brave Thunders

Award winners

Regular season MVP

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J. R. Sakuragi won the Regular season MVP award 3 times in a row
Season MVP Team
2007–08 Template:Flagicon Shinsuke Kashiwagi[2] Aisin SeaHorses
2008–09 Template:Flagicon Kosuke Takeuchi[3] Aisin SeaHorses
2009–10 Template:Flagicon Kosuke Takeuchi[4] (2×) Aisin SeaHorses
2010–11 Template:Flagicon J. R. Sakuragi[5] Aisin SeaHorses
2011–12 Template:Flagicon J. R. Sakuragi[6] (2×) Aisin SeaHorses
2012–13 Template:Flagicon J. R. Sakuragi[7] (3×) Aisin SeaHorses

Finals MVP

Season MVP Team
2007–08 Template:Flagicon Shinsuke Kashiwagi[2] Aisin SeaHorses
2008–09 Template:Flagicon Kosuke Takeuchi[3] Aisin SeaHorses
2009–10 Template:Flagicon Yuta Tabuse[4] Link Tochigi Brex
2010–11 No winner (playoffs not played)[5]
2011–12 Template:Flagicon Philip Ricci[6][8] Toyota Alvark
2012–13 Template:Flagicon J. R. Sakuragi[7] Aisin SeaHorses

Statistical leaders

Top scorers

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Takuya Kawamura led the league in scoring for 4 consecutive seasons
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2007–08 Template:Flagicon Marquis Estill[2][9] OSG Phoenix 24.9
2008–09 Template:Flagicon Takuya Kawamura[3][10] Link Tochigi Brex 20.4
2009–10 Template:Flagicon Takuya Kawamura[11][12] (2×) Link Tochigi Brex 20.5
2010–11 Template:Flagicon Takuya Kawamura[5][13] (3×) Link Tochigi Brex 19.3
2011–12 Template:Flagicon Takuya Kawamura[6][14] (4×) Link Tochigi Brex 20.4
2012–13 Template:Flagicon Nick Fazekas[7][15] Toshiba Brave Thunders 21.6

Rebounding leaders

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2007–08 Template:Flagicon Marquis Estill[2][9] OSG Phoenix 16.0
2008–09 Template:Flagicon Cory Violette[16] Toshiba Brave Thunders 11.0
2009–10 Template:Flagicon Kosuke Takeuchi[11][12] Aisin SeaHorses 11.4
2010–11 Template:Flagicon Joji Takeuchi[5][13] Hitachi SunRockers 12.2
2011–12 Template:Flagicon J. R. Sakuragi[14][17] Aisin SeaHorses 12.0
2012–13 Template:Flagicon J. R. Sakuragi[7][15] (2×) Aisin SeaHorses 12.5

Assists leaders

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2007–08 Template:Flagicon Cliff Hawkins[2][9] OSG Phoenix 7.5
2008–09 Template:Flagicon Yuta Tabuse[10][16] Link Tochigi Brex 5.6
2009–10 Template:Flagicon Shinsuke Kashiwagi[11][12] Aisin SeaHorses 4.1
2010–11 Template:Flagicon J. R. Sakuragi[5][13] Aisin SeaHorses 3.9
2011–12 Template:Flagicon Takuya Kawamura[14][17] Link Tochigi Brex 4.5
2012–13 Template:Flagicon J. R. Sakuragi[7][15] (2×) Aisin SeaHorses 4.4

Steals leaders

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2007–08 Template:Flagicon Cliff Hawkins[2][9] OSG Phoenix 2.3
2008–09 Template:Flagicon Yuta Tabuse[10][16] Link Tochigi Brex 2.3
2009–10 Template:Flagicon Toshihiro Sato[4][11] Hitachi SunRockers 2.9
2010–11 Template:Flagicon Shinsuke Kashiwagi[13][18] Aisin SeaHorses 2.1
2011–12 Template:Flagicon Toshihiro Sato[14][17] (2×) Hitachi SunRockers 1.7
2012–13 Template:Flagicon Tomokazu Abe[7][15] Levanga Hokkaido 2.1

Blocks leaders

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2007–08 Template:Flagicon Kosuke Takeuchi[9] Aisin SeaHorses 1.8
2008–09 Template:Flagicon Kosuke Takeuchi[3][10] (2×) Aisin SeaHorses 1.7
2009–10 Template:Flagicon Kosuke Takeuchi[11][12] (3×) Aisin SeaHorses 2.0
2010–11 Template:Flagicon Kosuke Takeuchi[5][13] (4×) Aisin SeaHorses 1.7
2011–12 Template:Flagicon Joji Takeuchi[6][14] Hitachi SunRockers 1.5
2012–13 Template:Flagicon Jameel Watkins[7][15] Panasonic Trians 2.1

Clubs

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The playoff final game between the Aisin SeaHorses and the Toshiba Brave Thunders in 2013

The teams that played in JBL's last season in 2012–13 were:[19]

JBL

JBL2

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