Seibu Prince Rabbits

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Seibu Prince Rabbits
Greatest successes
Club information
history Kokudo Keikaku Ice Hockey Club (1972–1991)
Kokudo Ice Hockey Club (1991–2006)
Merger with Seibu Railways Ice Hockey Club (2003)
Seibu Prince Rabbits (2006–2009)
Location Nishitōkyō , Japan
Club colors blue
league Asia League Ice Hockey
Venue DyDo Drinco Ice Arena

The Seibu Prince Rabbits ( Japanese. 西武 プ リ ン ス ラ ビ ッ ツ Seibu Purinsu Rabittsu ) were a Japanese ice hockey team that last had its headquarters in Nishitōkyō and played in the Asia League ice hockey until 2009 .

history

The club was founded in 1966 as Seibu Tetsudō Ice Hockey Bu ( 西武 鉄 道 ア イ ス ホ ッ ケ ー 部 ) as a works club of the railway company Seibu Tetsudō (English Seibu Railways Ice Hockey Club ). 1973 this factory club was relocated as Kokudo Keikaku Ice Hockey Bu ( 国土 計画 ア イ ス ホ ッ ケ ー 部 , English Kokudo Keikaku Ice Hockey Club ) independently of the Seibu Tetsudō and moved to Karuizawa , Nagano . Kokudo Keikaku belongs to the Seibu Tetsudō group of companies. In 1974 the club won the Japanese championship for the first time, a success that could be repeated nine times in the years to come. In 1984 the club moved to Shinagawa , Tokyo , and in 1991 it moved again to Yokohama . In 1992 the company Kokudo Keikaku was renamed Kokudo and with it the team. In 2003, Kokudo was merged with the Seibu Railways Ice Hockey Club . The seat was moved to Nishitōkyō . In the following years the club won the newly founded Asia League Ice Hockey twice (2005 and 2006).

Seibu Prince Rabbits (2008)

Since 2006, the club (like the Kokudo company) has belonged to Prince Hotels - a subsidiary of Seibu Holdings - the games of the men's and women's teams have been played under the name Seibu Prince Rabbits and Seibu Princess Rabbits .

Due to the withdrawal of the main sponsor and the unsuccessful search for a new sponsor, the team was dissolved at the end of the 2008/2009 season on March 31, 2009. In its last season the club won again the runner-up title in the Asia League Ice Hockey .

Well-known former players

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