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The Sendai 89ers professional basketball team began training this season, with all of its members ranked 3rd. There were seven changes in Sendai this year compared to last season, including some foreign nationals. Cristiano Felicio, who was late for training on the 3rd, also appeared on the court for the first time. Felicio, who is 211 centimeters tall, is a talented player who played for the Chicago Bulls of the American NBA for six seasons and also represented Brazil at the Paris Olympics this year. On the 3rd, we carefully checked the cooperation aspects of the team. Felicio “Sendai 89ers”: “I want to use my big body, which is my strength, to fight under the ring and bring benefit to the team.” On Thursday, the 5th, we will play a friendly match against a professional basketball team from Taiwan. as part of our Asian strategy, and from the 14th, we will play a team in Tohoku. The Sendai 89ers will be competing in the Tohoku Cup, which brings together teams from six prefectures. Under new head coach Yoshiro Ochiai, the team has been steadily improving as it prepares for its third season in B1, which begins on the 5th of next month. Sendai 89ers HC Yoshiro Ochiai “Our goal is to win as many games as possible and qualify for the playoffs. I hope that we can increase our winning percentage to achieve this goal.”