The Gunma Crane Thunders are a professional basketball team that compete in the first division of the Japanese B.League.

[1] They are based in Ōta, Gunma.

It is said that the shape of Gunma Prefecture resembles the shape of a dancing crane.

The team's name is a combination of the crane and thunder, which evokes images of "energy" and "speed".

[2] Kota Mizuno Kyle BaileyTatssuaki SakaiNobuki Nishiyanagi