Without much fanfare, the Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka are in the midst of an impressive, yet steady climb up the Japan pro basketball ladder.
When the B. League was established as a three-division, 45-club circuit before the 2016-17 campaign, the Rizing were assigned to B3.
It wasn't where Fukuoka, a former bj-league championship runner-up club, wanted to be, though.