The Nishinomiya Storks on Saturday named Miodrag Rajkovic as their new head coach.
The 47-year-old Serbian mentor led the Toyama Grouses in 2017-18, but was not retained. Toyama went 24-36.
Kensaku Tennichi, who guided the Osaka Evessa to three championships in as many seasons at the start of the bj-league era in 2005-06, served as Nishinomiya's bench boss the past two campaigns and led the Storks to the B2 title in 2016-17. Nishinomiya slipped to 12-48 in the top flight this past season and was relegated to B2.