[4] In December 2014 Nakashima announced that the team's name was to be changed to the Lightning due to receipt of a complaint from a manufacturing company.

[5] Along with the Lightning, the Hyogo Impulse [ja] was the only other team ready to complete in the first round of the bj Challenge League.

[1] A second round of the Challenge League was held between June and August 2015, with the Gifu Seiryu Heroes [ja] joining as a third team in July.

[10] Before their first season in the bj league, the Lightning signed Americans Andre Murray and Adam Herman and Bahaman Gjio Bain as their three import players.

[13] This would be the team's only win in the 52-game season, as they lost their next 44 games in a row to finish with a 1–49 record, the worst in the league's 11-year history.