Kagawa Five Arrows Announces Contract Renewal with Assistant Coach Samba Faye for 2026-27 Season

Thank you for your continued support of the Kagawa Five Arrows.

We are pleased to announce that the Kagawa Five Arrows have renewed the contract with Assistant Coach Samba Faye for the 2026-27 season.

Assistant Coach
Samba Faye　*Position change

■Profile
Date of Birth: April 25, 1987
Place of Birth: Senegal

■Playing Career
2011-13　Toshiba Brave Thunders
2013-14　Tokio Marine & Nichido Big Blue
2014-15　Toshiba Brave Thunders
2015-16　Toyota Tsusho Fighting Eagles
2016-18　Shiga Lakestars
2018-20　Sunrockers Shibuya
2020-22　Kumamoto Volters
2022-23　Toyama Grouses
2023-24　Earth Friends Tokyo Z
2024-25　Tryhoop Okayama

■Coaching Career
2025-26　Kagawa Five Arrows Support Coach
2026-　　Kagawa Five Arrows Assistant Coach

■Comment from Samba Faye
Thank you for your continued support and encouragement for the Kagawa Five Arrows.

As an assistant coach for the 2026-2027 season, I want to support the team, especially the foreign players, so that they can perform at their maximum. I appreciate your continued support.

■Comment from Naoto Ikuoka, President and General Manager
Samba joined the team after the start of the new season last year and quickly became an indispensable presence.

His career, having experienced winning the Japanese championship multiple times as a player, his understanding of the struggles of foreign players as a naturalized citizen, and his wonderful personality, admired and relied upon by everyone, were the backbone of the team as both a coach and a mentor.

I am confident that next season, as an assistant coach, he will use his experience from this season to perform even more deeply and with higher quality.
Please continue to support Samba!