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.
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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.