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| Seibu Prince Rabbits |
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| Founded |
1972 |
| Home ice |
DyDo Drinco Ice Arena |
| Based in |
Nishi-Tokyo, Tokyo |
| Colours |
Blue |
| League |
Asia League Ice Hockey |
| Head coach |
Shinichi Iwasaki |
| General Manager |
Shinji Katsuta |
| Owner |
Seibu Group |
The Seibu Prince Rabbits (SEIBUプリンス ラビッツ, Seibu Purinsu Rabittsu?) are an Asia League Ice Hockey team based in Nishi-Tokyo City in Tokyo, Japan. The Rabbits have played at the DyDo Drinco Ice Arena since 2006-07.
[edit] History
The club was founded as Kokudo Keikaku Ice Hockey Club in Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972. They won the Japan Ice Hockey League and All Japan Ice Hockey Championship in 1974. Since then, they have won the League 13 times and the Championship 9 times. They moved to Shinagawa, Tokyo in 1984, then to Yokohama, Kanagawa in 1991. They changed their name to Kokudo Ice Hockey Club according to the change of their parent company's name. They merged with Seibu Railways Ice Hockey Club in 2003 and moved to the Suntory Higashi-fushimi Ice Arena in Nishitokyo, Tokyo where Seibu had been based. Their parent company Kokudo ceased to exist in 2006 after the merger with Prince Hotels, Inc.. They adopt new name Seibu Prince Rabbits in 2006. The club also has the women's team called Seibu Princess Rabbits.
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