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!