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Japan Professional Basketball League

Japanese professional basketball league
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Japan Professional Basketball League

Summary

Japan Professional Basketball League is a basketball league[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of basketball_league entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,770 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Japan Professional Basketball League is in the country of Japan[3].
  • Japan Professional Basketball League's instance of is recorded as basketball league[4].
  • Japan Professional Basketball League is operated by Japan Professional Basketball League[5].
  • Japan Professional Basketball League is operated by BASKETBALL CORPORATION[6].
  • Japan Professional Basketball League followed National Basketball League[7].
  • Japan Professional Basketball League followed bj league[8].
  • Japan Professional Basketball League's child organization or unit is recorded as B1.LEAGUE[9].
  • Japan Professional Basketball League's child organization or unit is recorded as B2.LEAGUE[10].
  • Japan Professional Basketball League's child organization or unit is recorded as B3.LEAGUE[11].
  • April 1, 2015 marks the founding of Japan Professional Basketball League[12].
  • Japan Professional Basketball League's sport is recorded as basketball[13].
  • Japan Professional Basketball League's organizer is recorded as Japan Basketball Association[14].
  • Japan Professional Basketball League's official website is recorded as http://www.bleague.jp[15].
  • Japan Professional Basketball League's topic's main category is recorded as Category:B.League[16].
  • Japan Professional Basketball League's main Wikidata property is recorded as P5960[17].
  • Japan Professional Basketball League's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'B.LEAGUE'}[18].
  • Japan Professional Basketball League's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'Bリーグ'}[19].
  • Japan Professional Basketball League's hashtag is recorded as Bリーグ[20].
  • Japan Professional Basketball League's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+266070'}[21].
  • Japan Professional Basketball League's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+257669'}[22].
  • Japan Professional Basketball League's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+156000'}[23].
  • Japan Professional Basketball League's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+298718'}[24].
  • Japan Professional Basketball League's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+182000'}[25].
  • Japan Professional Basketball League's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+321745'}[26].
  • Japan Professional Basketball League's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+210000'}[27].

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Founding

April 1, 2015 marks the founding of Japan Professional Basketball League[12].

Identity

Predecessors include National Basketball League[7] and bj league[8]. Short names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'B.LEAGUE'}[18] and {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'Bリーグ'}[19].

Operations

Subsidiaries include B1.LEAGUE[9], a basketball league[28], in Japan[29], founded in 2015[30]; B2.LEAGUE[10], a basketball league[31], in Japan[32], founded in 2015[33]; and B3.LEAGUE[11], a basketball league[34], founded in 2015[35]. Operators include Japan Professional Basketball League[5] and BASKETBALL CORPORATION[6].

Why It Matters

Japan Professional Basketball League ranks in the top 4% of basketball_league entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,770 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Related Entities

Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · ~2026-12689-79 · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Organizer → Japan Basketball Association
    Official website → http://www.bleague.jp
    Instance of → basketball league
    Subsidiary → —
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P856]]: https://www.bleague.jp/"
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