The Shinshu Brave Warriors is a professional basketball team that competes in the first division of the Japanese B.League.

[1] The team was formed in 2011 and as of the 2016–17 season played in the Central Division (Naka-chiku) of the B2 League.

The team name comes from a desire to show the tradition of the Nagano prefecture, formerly called Shinshu.

And to liken the players to the ninja and samurai warriors who fought and trained in the area in times past.

It shows the full name of the team with a depiction of the Japanese Alps mountain range (which runs through Nagano) and a basketball shown as a moon coming over the mountains.