{"id":179780,"date":"2026-09-11T10:51:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T01:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=179780&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-09-11T10:51:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T01:51:37","slug":"rizing-zephyr-fukuoka-introduces-seven-new-players","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/rizing-zephyr-fukuoka-introduces-seven-new-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka introduces seven new players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka presented its new lineup on Sep. 6 ahead of the basketball season opening this month. Seven of the team\u2019s 12 players are new arrivals. They include 211 cm William Artino and 203 cm Cameron Oliver. The squad also adds a 160 cm guard from last season\u2019s champion Kobe Storks, described as the league\u2019s shortest player. The changes follow a season in which Fukuoka recorded 25 wins and 35 losses. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=18107034&#038;ymd=2026-09-07\" target=\"_blank\">KBC News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/nishispo.nishinippon.co.jp\/article\/1038927\" target=\"_blank\">Nishispo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_risingzephyr-fukuoka-new-players_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1134%2C626&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1134\" height=\"626\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_risingzephyr-fukuoka-new-players_2026_cl.jpg?w=1134&amp;ssl=1 1134w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_risingzephyr-fukuoka-new-players_2026_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_risingzephyr-fukuoka-new-players_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C565&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fnn_risingzephyr-fukuoka-new-players_2026_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C424&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka<\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka presented its new lineup on Sep. 6 ahead of the basketball season opening this month. Seven of the team\u2019s 12 players are new arrivals. They include 211 cm&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":179781,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-179780","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-sports","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/179780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}