The Niigata Albirex BB (新潟アルビレックスBB (Nīgata Aubirekkusu BB)) are a professional basketball team based in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, Japan that compete in the first division of the Japanese B.League.^[1]

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Niigata Albirex BB
Leagues	B.League
Founded	1954; 70 years ago (1954)
Arena	City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka
Location	Nagaoka, Niigata
Team colors	Orange and Blue
Main sponsor	Sanko Seika
Championships	2
Website	www.albirex.com
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The club was founded in 1954 as the company team of Daiwa Securities, a Tokyo-based securities brokerage. In 1991, it joined the Japan Basketball League. In 2000, the company club was dissolved after NSG purchased it, and the club was moved before the 2000–2001 season to Niigata and renamed Albirex.

In 2004, it joined the bj league along with five other clubs.

• Osamu Kuraishi
• Matt Garrison
• Fujitaka Hiraoka
• Kazuo Nakamura
• Kazuhiro Shoji
• Shogo Fukuda

• Japan Basketball League Div.2
  • Champions (2) : 2000/2001, 2001/2002
• bj league
  • Runners-up (1) : 2005/2006
• Asia Professional Basketball Invitation Tournament
  • 4th Place (1) : 2006

Key:

• Win%: Winning percentage
• GB: Games behind

• City Hall Plaza Aore Nagaoka
• Niigata City Higashi General Sports Center
• Region Plaza Joetsu

• Nakanoshima Gymnasium