The Japan Times will be featuring periodic interviews with individuals in the bj-league -- Japan's first professional basketball circuit -- which is in its second season. Head coach Motofumi Aoki of the Takamatsu Five Arrows is the subject of this week's profile.

News photoMotofumi Aoki TAKAMATSU FIVE ARROWS PHOTO

Aoki, who graduated from Chuo University, played in the JBL's second division for the Denso team and then coached the club from 1993-96.