2025 Japanese Basketball Cup
The 2024-25 Japanese Basketball Cup was the 26th edition of Japanese's top-tier level professional national domestic basketball cup event.
2025 Final: Ryukyu GK - Alvark Tokyo 60-49
Ryukyu Golden Kings Okinawa: Alex Kirk, Victor Law, Keve Aluma, Jack Cooley, Shota Onodera, Ryuichi Kishimoto, Yoshiyuki Matsuwaki, Masahiro Waki, Tatsuya Ito, Shuto Sakihama, Hayate Arakawa, Kenta Whitaker, Yoshiya Uematsu, Shogo Taira, Tomohiro Tsukamoto, Satori Ryunosuke
Alvark Tokyo: Ryan Rossiter, Leonardo Meindl, Kai Toews, Taiki Osakabe, Sebastian Saiz, Zack Baranski, Steve Zack, Arturas Gudaitis, Shuto Ando, Hiryu Okamoto, Alex Murphy, Kohei Fukuzawa, Sota Okura, Shohei Kikuchi, Rui Todoroki, Gen Hiraiwa
2025 Semifinal: San-en NP - Hiroshima D.
Ryukyu GK won the cup 2024-25
Ryukyu Golden Kings Okinawa 2024-25
Victor Law
Law
Keve Aluma
Aluma
Jack Cooley
Cooley
Alex Kirk
Kirk
Shota Onodera
Onodera
# Name CM (INCH) Pos Age Nat
4 Victor Law 201 (6'7'') F 29 USA
Keve Aluma 206 (6'9'') F 26 USA
45 Jack Cooley 206 (6'9'') C/F 33 USA
53 Alex Kirk 211 (6'11'') C 33 USA-Japanese
34 Shota Onodera 183 (6'0'') PG 30 Japanese
18 Masahiro Waki 193 (6'4'') F/G 22 Japanese
Mitsuki Nagamine Japanese
15 Yoshiyuki Matsuwaki 185 (6'1'') G 27 Japanese
10 Hayate Arakawa 182 (6'0'') PG 27 Japanese
3 Tatsuya Ito 173 (5'8'') PG 30 Japanese
17 Shuto Sakihama 175 (5'9'') SG 19 Japanese
8 Yoshiya Uematsu 190 (6'3'') G 26 Japanese
47 Shogo Taira 170 (5'7'') G 27 Japanese
27 Kenta Whitaker 200 (6'7'') F 27 Japanese
77 Ryunosuke Satori 187 (6'2'') G 18 Japanese
2 Tomohiro Tsukamoto Japanese
Cup MVP
Jack Cooley
Ryukyu Golden Kings claim their first Emperor's Cup title-Mar 16, 2025
The 100th All Japan Basketball Championship, aka the Emperor's Cup, staged its title match on March 15 at Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo. The Ryukyu Golden Kings defeated B.League rival Alvark Tokyo 60-49 to claim their first Emperor's Cup crown. Alex Kirk (211-C-1991, college: N.Mexico, agency: Pensack Sports) paced the Golden Kings with 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and frontcourt mate Jack Cooley (206-C/F-1991, college: Notre Dame, agency: Pensack Sports) had 10 points and 15 boards. Keve Aluma (206-F-1998, college: Virginia Tech, agency: Pensack Sports) chipped in with nine points and floor leader Ryuichi Kishimoto (176-G-1990) finished with nine. Ryukyu led 31-24 at halftime. Shuto Ando (190-G-1994) had a team-high 12 points for the Alvark. Sebastian Saiz (205-PF-1994, college: Ole Miss) added 11 points. The Golden Kings were the tournament runners-up in 2023 and 2024, falling to the Chiba Jets both times in the final. Longtime Ryukyu assistant coach Keith Richardson was thrilled with the outcome of the March 15 match. "After getting our third shot at it we finally won the Japan Emperor's Cup championship! Richardson wrote on his Facebook page. "As they say 'Third time's the charm!' " He added, "The team fought a very tough game and prevailed at the end. [It was] the 100th anniversary of this tournament! This was for the people of Okinawa!" The Emperor's Cup was first staged in 1922. It was not held in 1942, 1944, '45 or '46 due to the war, but it was contested in 1943.
Courtesy of: japan-forward.com