
Satoru Furuta is a Japanese former basketball player.

Hirofumi Kojima is a Japanese basketball coach. He was the assistant coach of the Japan women's national basketball team from 1998 to 2000 and 2012.

Kazuo Nakamura is a former professional basketball head coach for Hamamatsu, Akita and Niigata and a former college basketball head coach for Akita Keizaihoka University in Japan. Nakamura always said to players, "Play basketball with all your heart." He admires Mike Krzyzewski and Bob Knight. Nakamura also served for the San Antonio Silver Stars as a scout in Asia. He currently teaches amateurs in Akita prefecture.

Kiyomi Sato is a current basketball head coach for JX-Eneos Sunflowers in Japan and the former head coach for Tokoha University.

Mitsuaki Sato is the former Head coach of the Toyota Boshoku Sunshine Rabbits in the Women's Japan Basketball League.He played college basketball for Chukyo University.

Toru Shioya is a former professional basketball Head coach for the Hitachi High-Technologies Cougars of Women's Japan Basketball League.

Tomohide Utsumi is a Japanese basketball coach. He coached the Japanese women's national team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team finished eighth.