Japan B League 2 | 01/06 06:00 | 16 | [5] Fukushima Fire Bonds v Altiri Chiba [1] | W | 95-86 | |
Japan B League 2 | 12/31 04:00 | 15 | [3] Kumamoto Volters v Fukushima Fire Bonds [5] | L | 89-74 | |
Japan B League 2 | 12/30 05:00 | 15 | [3] Kumamoto Volters v Fukushima Fire Bonds [5] | L | 101-87 | |
Japan B League 2 | 12/24 05:00 | 14 | [2] Koshigaya Alphas v Fukushima Fire Bonds [5] | W | 81-83 | |
Japan B League 2 | 12/23 06:00 | 14 | [2] Koshigaya Alphas v Fukushima Fire Bonds [5] | L | 75-54 | |
Japan B League 2 | 12/20 10:00 | 13 | [5] Fukushima Fire Bonds v Altiri Chiba [1] | L | 67-84 | |
Japan B League 2 | 12/17 04:30 | 12 | [5] Fukushima Fire Bonds v Bambitious Nara [6] | W | 74-56 | |
Japan B League 2 | 12/16 04:45 | 12 | [5] Fukushima Fire Bonds v Bambitious Nara [6] | L | 67-85 | |
Japan B League 2 | 12/10 05:00 | 11 | [4] Kobe Storks v Fukushima Fire Bonds [5] | W | 85-88 | |
Japan B League 2 | 12/09 07:00 | 11 | [4] Kobe Storks v Fukushima Fire Bonds [5] | L | 101-88 | |
Japan B League 2 | 12/03 06:00 | 10 | [3] Aomori Wat's v Fukushima Fire Bonds [5] | L | 83-76 | |
Japan B League 2 | 12/02 06:00 | 10 | [3] Aomori Wat's v Fukushima Fire Bonds [5] | W | 76-100 | |
Japan B League 2 | 11/26 04:30 | 9 | [5] Fukushima Fire Bonds v Rising Zephyr Fukuoka [1] | L | 69-74 | |
Japan B League 2 | 11/25 06:00 | 9 | [5] Fukushima Fire Bonds v Rising Zephyr Fukuoka [1] | L | 67-81 | |
Japan B League 2 | 11/19 04:30 | 8 | [5] Fukushima Fire Bonds v Iwate Big Bulls [6] | W | 76-73 | |
Japan B League 2 | 11/18 06:00 | 8 | [5] Fukushima Fire Bonds v Iwate Big Bulls [6] | L | 85-86 | |
Japan B League 2 | 11/11 05:00 | 7 | [6] Ehime Orange Vikings v Fukushima Fire Bonds [5] | L | 78-72 | |
Japan B League 2 | 11/10 10:00 | 7 | [6] Ehime Orange Vikings v Fukushima Fire Bonds [5] | L | 97-95 | |
Japan B League 2 | 11/05 05:30 | 6 | [5] Fukushima Fire Bonds v Niigata Albirex [6] | W | 85-67 | |
Japan B League 2 | 11/04 07:00 | 6 | [5] Fukushima Fire Bonds v Niigata Albirex [7] | W | 94-81 | |
Japan B League 2 | 10/29 06:00 | 5 | [3] Veltex Shizuoka v Fukushima Fire Bonds [5] | L | 85-67 | |
Japan B League 2 | 10/28 08:00 | 5 | [3] Veltex Shizuoka v Fukushima Fire Bonds [5] | L | 81-59 | |
Japan B League 2 | 10/25 10:00 | 4 | [1] Altiri Chiba v Fukushima Fire Bonds [5] | L | 98-80 | |
Japan B League 2 | 10/22 04:30 | 3 | Fukushima Fire Bonds v Aomori Wat's | L | 80-85 | |
Japan B League 2 | 10/21 06:00 | 3 | [5] Fukushima Fire Bonds v Aomori Wat's [3] | L | 92-95 | |
Japan B League 2 | 10/15 04:30 | 2 | [5] Fukushima Fire Bonds v Kumamoto Volters [3] | W | 83-77 | |
Japan B League 2 | 10/14 06:00 | 2 | [5] Fukushima Fire Bonds v Kumamoto Volters [3] | L | 79-97 | |
Japan B League 2 | 10/08 05:00 | 1 | [4] Yamagata Wyverns v Fukushima Fire Bonds [5] | W | 71-82 | |
Japan B League 2 | 10/07 07:00 | 1 | [2] Yamagata Wyverns v Fukushima Fire Bonds [2] | L | 95-90 | |
Japan Emperor Cup | 09/22 01:00 | - | Nagoya Diamond Dolphins v Fukushima Fire Bonds | L | 100-77 |
The Fukushima Firebonds (福島ファイヤーボンズ (Fukushima Faiyābonzu)) are a professional basketball team that compete in the second division of the Japanese B.League.
In May 2013 Fukushima Prefecture was announced as the successful bidder for an expansion franchise to enter the 2014-15 season of the bj-league. The league management included the region's recovery from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and the long-term feasibility of the bidding company, Fukushima Sports Entertainment, as reasons for the successful bid.
In June 2014, the team announced Hiroki Fujita as the inaugural head coach.
As an expansion team, the Firebonds received the first pick in the 2014-15 rookie draft, selecting forward Shota Kanno, a Fukushima Prefecture native. Takumi Masuko was selected in the second round. In July 2014 the team signed American players James Hughes and Nick Thompson as their two foreign players.
The team commenced play in the bj-league in October 2014 and had their first regular-season win in a match against the Aomori Wat's on 5 October 2015. The team finished the season with a 21-31 record, securing a playoff berth in the second-last game of the regular season. They were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs 0-2 by the Iwate Big Bulls.
During the off-season, the team renewed the contract of Fujita as head coach and signed Le'Bryan Nash, Joseph Taylor and Stephan Van Treese as import players. Masaya Karimata was named team captain and Kenya Tomori was named vice-captain.