There will be a wide range of coaching backgrounds on display in the upcoming bj-league season.
The league's elder statesman, bench boss Kazuo Nakamura of the reigning champion Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix, will turn 70 on Dec. 4.
The Miyazaki Shining Suns' first coach, Koto Toyama, is 27.
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