The expansion Akita Northern Happinets have signed their first two import players, the bj-league team announced on Friday.

Versatile forward Antonio Burks, who played the past two seasons for the Niigata Albirex BB, and guard Sek Henry will play for Akita coach Bob Pierce's club in the 2010-11 season, which begins on Oct. 16.

The 28-year-old Burks, one of the league's most proficient 3-point shooters, attended Stephen F. Austin College in Texas. He later played for the Vermont Frost Heaves, a minor league squad owned by well-known basketball scribe Alexander Wolf of Sports Illustrated fame.