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| Founded | 1949 |
| Home ice | Kushiro Ice Arena |
| Based in | Kushiro, Hokkaidō |
| Colours | Navy |
| League | Asia League Ice Hockey |
| Head coach | Syunji Tanaka |
| General Manager | Kaoru Shimanuki,Osamu Ono |
| Owner | Nippon Paper Industries |
The Nippon Paper Cranes (日本製紙クレインズ Nippon Seishi Kureinzu?) are an Asia League Ice Hockey team based in Kushiro City in Hokkaidō, Japan. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. is a city located in Kushiro, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is the capital city of Kushiro Subprefecture as well as the most populous city in eastern WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan 's The Asia League Ice Hockey is a professional Ice hockey league based in East Asia, with teams from Japan, China, South Korea, The Asia League Ice Hockey is a professional Ice hockey league based in East Asia, with teams from Japan, China, South Korea, is a city located in Kushiro, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is the capital city of Kushiro Subprefecture as well as the most populous city in eastern WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan 's For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
The club were founded as Jūjō Papaer Kushiro Ice Hockey Club in 1949. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. They adopted the new name Nippon Paper Cranes in 1994 when Jūjō Paper and Sanyō Kokusaku Pulp merged to form Nippon Paper.
They won the inaugural Asia League Ice Hockey championship in the 2003-04 season. They also won the 2006 (73rd) All Japan Ice Hockey Championship for the first time in their history.
External links
- (Japanese) Official website
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