Now under new ownership, the Kawasaki Brave Thunders will be called ... the Kawasaki Brave Thunders.
DeNA Kawasaki Brave Thunders Co., Ltd., which took over as the operating company of the B. League first-division club at the beginning of this month, announced it has decided to continue on with the name that has been used by one of the most storied clubs in Japanese basketball for quite some time.
"We've had a lot of discussion regarding the team name since we entered this year," said Nobuo Motozawa, the club's CEO, at a news conference in Kawasaki on Wednesday. "And we've come to the decision to not change it."