Ibaraki Robots

{{Short description|Japanese professional basketball team in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture}}

{{Infobox basketball club

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| image = Ibaraki Robots logo.png

| founded = 2013

| leagues = B.League

| division = First

| conference = East

| history =Tsukuba Robots
2013–2015
Cyberdyne Tsukuba Robots
2015–2016
Cyberdyne Ibaraki Robots
2016–2019
Ibaraki Robots
2019–present

| arena = Adastria Mito Arena

| capacity = 5,000

| location = Mito, Ibaraki

| coach = Richard Glesmann

| gm = Daisuke Nishimura

| ownership = Yoshito Hori
Globis Corporation{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibarakirobots.win/about/ |title=kurabu gaiyō |script-title=ja:クラブ概要 |trans-title=Club Overview |date=March 7, 2014 |access-date=2024-01-15 |language=ja}}

| sponsor = Adastria
Globis Corporation
K'S Holdings Corporation

| website = {{URL|https://www.ibarakirobots.win/}}

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The {{nihongo|Ibaraki Robots|茨城ロボッツ|Ibaraki Robottsu}} are a Japanese professional basketball team based in Mito, Japan. They compete in the Eastern Conference of the First Division of the Japanese B.League.{{cite web |author= |date= |title=順位表 B.LEAGUE (Bリーグ) 公式サイト |url=https://www.bleague.jp/standings/|trans-title=Standings B.LEAGUE Official Site|website=bleague.jp|access-date=11 June 2025}} The team's name originates from its initial location in Tsukuba, Japan, which is well known for its scientific research laboratories and promotes itself as the "City of Robots."{{cite web|url=https://www.ibarakirobots.win/about/|title=クラブ概要 茨城ロッボツ|access-date=11 June 2025}}

Roster

{{Basketball roster header|team=Ibaraki Robots

| color1 = white | bg1 = #1a2f91 | color2 =black | bg2 = #ec8d1a| ht = n | wt = n | age = n }}

{{player3 | num =1 | nat = JPN | name = Thomas Kennedy | pos = F | m=2.01 | year=1987 | month=5 | date=17 | dab=basketball}}

{{player3 | num =2 | nat = JPN | name = Damilola Mosaku | pos = G | m=1.93 | year=2001 | month=12 | date=5 | link=:ja:モサク・オルワダミロラ雄太ジョセフ}}

{{player3 | num =5 | nat = USA | name = Max Hisatake | pos = F | m=2.03 | year=1998 | month=4 | date=10 | link=:ja:マックス・ヒサタケ}}

{{player3 | num =7 | nat = JPN | name = Shugo Asai | pos = F | m=1.97 | year=2000 | month=12 | date=8 }}

{{player3 | num =8 | nat = USA | name = Henry Ellenson | pos = F | m=2.08 | year=1997 | month=1 | date=13 }}

{{player3 | num =9 | nat = AUS | name = Angus Brandt | pos = C | m=2.08 | year=1989 | month=10 | date=26 }}

{{player3 | num =11 | nat = USA | name = Chehales Tapscott | pos = F | m=1.95 | year=1990 | month=7 | date=12 }}

{{player3 | num =12 | nat = JPN | name = Reita Matsumoto | pos = GF | m=1.87 | year=1999 | month=9 | date=18 | link=:ja:松本礼太}}

{{player3 | num =13 | nat = JPN | name = Kohei Nakamura | pos = G | m=1.81 | year=1996 | month=9 | date=16 | link=:ja:中村功平}}

{{player3 | num =17 | nat = JPN | name = Hayato Yamaguchi | pos = GF | m=1.95 | year=1998 | month=10 | date=1 | link=:ja:山口颯斗}}

{{player3 | num =18 | nat = JPN | name = Keitaro Ohba | pos = G | m=1.73 | year=2002 | month=12 | date=21 }}

{{player3 | num =21 | nat = USA | name = Eric Jacobsen | pos = FC | m=2.08 | year=1994 | month=6 | date=2 | dab = basketball}}

{{player3 | num =22 | nat = JPN | name = Jazz Nakamura | pos = G | m=1.87 | year=1997 | month=6 | date=18 }}

{{player3 | num =25 | nat = JPN | name = Atsunobu Hirao | pos = PG | m=1.78 | year=1989 | month=4 | date=4 | link=:ja:平尾充庸 | note=C}}

{{player3 | num =29 | nat = JPN | name = Keita Tsurumaki | pos = GF | m=1.89 | year=1996 | month=4 | date=24 | link=:ja:鶴巻啓太}}

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| head_coach = *{{flagicon|USA}} Richard Glesmann

| asst_coach = *{{flagicon|USA}} Chris Holm

| roster_url = https://www.ibarakirobots.win/team/players/

| accessdate = December 14, 2022 }}

Season by season

class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"

!Season

!League

!GP

!W

!L

!%

!Finish

align="center"|2016–17

| align="center"|B2

| align="center"|60

| align="center"|32

| align="center"|28

| align="center"|(.533)

| align="center"|2

align="center"|2017–18

| align="center"|B2

| align="center"|60

| align="center"|38

| align="center"|22

| align="center"|(.633)

| align="center"|2

align="center"|2018–19

| align="center"|B2

| align="center"|60

| align="center"|35

| align="center"|25

| align="center"|(.583)

| align="center"|3

align="center"|2019–20

| align="center"|B2

| align="center"|49

| align="center"|26

| align="center"|21

| align="center"|(.553)

| align="center"|3

align="center"|2020–21

| align="center"|B2

| align="center"|57

| align="center"|41

| align="center"|16

| align="center"|(.719)

| align="center"|2

align="center"|2021–22

| align="center"|B1

| align="center"|54

| align="center"|16

| align="center"|38

| align="center"|(.296)

| align="center"|10

align="center"|2022–23

| align="center"|B1

| align="center"|60

| align="center"|23

| align="center"|37

| align="center"|(.383)

| align="center"|6

align="center"|2023–24

| align="center"|B1

| align="center"|60

| align="center"|12

| align="center"|48

| align="center"|(.200)

| align="center"|8

align="center"|2024–25

| align="center"|B1

| align="center"|56

| align="center"|13

| align="center"|43

| align="center"|(.232)

| align="center"|7

Notable players

Coaches

Arenas

Practice facilities

They practice at the [https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/36%C2%B022'38.5%22N+140%C2%B027'58.1%22E/@36.377757,140.4663621,18z/data=!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x6022244e1b72dfbb:0x60f74aaa67ad26f8!2z44CSMzEwLTAwMjEg6Iyo5Z-O55yM5rC05oi45biC5Y2X55S677yT5LiB55uu77yW!3b1!8m2!3d36.3771683!4d140.4661104!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d36.3773654!4d140.4661447 M-Spo Arena] in Minamimachi 3chome, Mito. [https://www.facebook.com/mspo310/ M-SpoFacebook]{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/ibaraki/list/201709/CK2017092402000132.html|title=バスケB2「茨城ロボッツ」 水戸に練習拠点アリーナ|first=Hazuki|last=Yamashita|date=24 September 2017|publisher=Tokyo Shimbun|access-date=1 April 2018|via=Tokyo Shimbun}}

References