Ibaraki Robots 2024-25 season captain selection announcement | Ibaraki Robots

Thank you for your continued support for the Ibaraki Robots.

We are pleased to announce that the captains for the 2024-25 season have been decided for the Ibaraki Robots. The captains will be #25 Mitsutsune Hirao (for the fifth consecutive season) and #3 Nobuyuki Hasegawa (for the first time). This season, the Ibaraki Robots will enter the season with a first-ever double captain system.

2024-25 season captain

#25 Mitsunori Hirao

■ Jersey number: 25
Position: PG
Height/Weight: 178cm/74kg
■Date of birth: April 4, 1989
■Birthplace: Tokushima Prefecture
■ School: Meitoku Gijuku High School → Tenri University
■Biography

2012-13 Panasonic Trians 2013-14 Toshiba Brave Thunders Kanagawa 2014-16 Hiroshima Dragonflies 2016-17 Bambitious Nara 2017- Ibaraki Robots

■Awards
2022-23 season best free throw success rate award
2023-24 season best free throw success rate award

Comment from #25 Mitsutoshi Hirao

I will continue to serve as captain for the 2024-25 season. This season, I think my role as captain will be slightly different from the one I played until last season. Of course, I will be uniting the team, but I also want to fully support Hasegawa and pass on to him what I have built up as captain so far. While fulfilling this supporting role, I will do my best to be the liaison between the coaches and players and to support the team.

Captain for the 2024-25 season

#3 Hasegawa Chang

■ Jersey number: 3
Position: PG
■Length/weight: 175cm/78kg
■Date of birth: December 21, 1996
■Birthplace: Saitama Prefecture
■ School: Noshiro Technical High School (now Noshiro Science and Technology High School) → Waseda University
■Biography

2018.2-3 Aomori Watts *Activated as a special designated player 2018-24 Akita Northern Happinets *Contracted as a special designated player for the 2018-19 season 2024- Ibaraki Robots

Comment from #3 Hasegawa Nobu

I am Nobu Hasegawa, wearing number 3, and I will be the captain of the Ibaraki Robots this season. I will do my best to communicate with everyone so that the team can move in a better direction. I would also like to contribute to the fast-paced basketball style that is characteristic of the Ibaraki Robots. Please support me!