Kaohsiung Aquas

     Main sponsorFamilyMartCEOLi Wei-ChengPresidentHou Chia-ChiGeneral managerWang De-YaoHead coachBrendan JoyceOwnershipKuo Yang ConstructionChampionships1
T1: 1 (2022)Websitektown-aquas.com

The Kaohsiung Aquas (Chinese: 高雄全家海神) are a Taiwanese professional basketball team based in Kaohsiung City. They have competed in the T1 League since the 2021–22 season, and play their home games at the Kaohsiung Arena and Fengshan Gymnasium. The Aquas became one of the six teams of the inaugural T1 League season.

The Aquas have a copartnership with Kaohsiung Jeoutai Technology, signed multi-players originally play in the team.^[2] Jeoutai Tech is a semi-professional basketball team competes in the Super Basketball League (SBL), another league in Taiwan.

On April 17, 2022, The Aquas announced that they would play their playoff home games at Fengshan Gymnasium.^[3] On June 4, the Aquas defeated the Taichung Wagor Suns, 3–0, winning the 2021–22 season championship.^[4]

Franchise history

2021: Team creation

On August 4, 2021, the Aquas traded their 1st round pick to New Taipei CTBC DEA for 1.5 million NTD. In the 2021 draft, they drafted I-Shou swingman Su Wen-Ju in the second round.^[5]

Home arenas

• Kaohsiung Arena (2021–present) ^[6]
• Fengshan Gymnasium (2022, 2024) ^[3][7][8]

Current roster

Kaohsiung Aquas roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age From F 1 Perry Jones (I) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 32 – (1991-09-24)24 September 1991 Baylor PG 2 Shannon Scott (I) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 31 – (1992-12-21)21 December 1992 Ohio State PF 3 Wang Yung-Cheng 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 92 kg (203 lb) 25 – (1998-12-29)29 December 1998 NCCU SG 7 Yu Huan-Ya 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 30 – (1993-11-30)30 November 1993 NTNU SG 8 Chiu Tzu-Hsuan  1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 24 – (1999-12-08)8 December 1999 ISU PF 10 Hu Long-Mao 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 31 – (1992-12-22)22 December 1992 Chaminade SF 11 Tang Wei-Chieh 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 24 – (1999-09-25)25 September 1999 VMI SF 12 Lin Jen-Hung 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 30 – (1993-12-18)18 December 1993 NTNU PF 18 Wu I-Ping 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 31 – (1992-08-29)29 August 1992 ISU C 21 Lu Wei-Ting 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 27 – (1997-04-16)16 April 1997 ISU SG 24 Su Wen-Ju 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 26 – (1997-10-16)16 October 1997 ISU SG 28 Yu Chun-An (C) 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 32 – (1992-02-13)13 February 1992 NTNU C 32 Aaron Geramipoor (I) 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 120 kg (265 lb) 31 – (1992-09-11)11 September 1992 Seton Hall C 49 Mindaugas Kupšas (I) 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) 122 kg (269 lb) 33 – (1991-04-09)9 April 1991 LSU SF 57 Wu Siao-Jin 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 28 – (1995-08-28)28 August 1995 NKNU PG 66 Chen Huai-An 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 27 – (1997-04-29)29 April 1997 NTUA C 85 Chin Ming-Ching 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 29 – (1994-11-14)14 November 1994 NTNU	Head coach Brendan Joyce Assistant coach(es) Zhu Yong-Hong Yu Chia-Chieh Athletic trainer(s) Liao Hsuan-Yi Team manager Wang De-Yao Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player Injured Roster Transactions Updated: April 13, 2024

Personnel

General managers

Name	Tenure	Ref.
Wang De-Yao	2021–present	[9]

Head coaches

Name	Tenure	Totals				Regular season				Playoffs
		G	W	L	PCT	G	W	L	PCT	G	W	L	PCT
Brendan Joyce[10]	2021–present	98	61	37	.622	88	54	34	.614	10	7	3	.700
Totals		98	61	37	.622	88	54	34	.614	10	7	3	.700

Season-by-season record

T1 League
Season	Coach	Regular Season				Post Season
		Won	Lost	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
2021–22	Brendan Joyce	23	7	.767	1st	5	0	1.000	Won Semifinals vs TaiwanBeer HeroBears, 2–0 Won Finals vs Taichung Wagor Suns, 3–0
2022–23	Brendan Joyce	16	14	.533	3rd	2	3	.400	Lost Semifinals to Tainan TSG GhostHawks, 2–3
2023–24	Brendan Joyce	15	13	.536	3rd	0	0	–
Totals		54	34	.614	–	7	3	.700	3 Playoff Appearances

Notable players

Local players

• Hu Long-Mao (胡瓏貿) – Chinese Taipei national team player, T1 League Finals MVP (2022)
• Li Han-Sheng (李漢昇) – Chinese Taipei national team player
• Lin Jen-Hung (林任鴻) – Chinese Taipei national team player
• Tang Wei-Chieh (唐維傑) – Chinese Taipei national team player
• Wu I-Ping (吳怡斌) – Chinese Taipei national team player
• Wu Siao-Jin (吳曉謹) – Chinese Taipei national team player
• Yu Huan-Ya (于煥亞) – Chinese Taipei national team player

Type-III players

• Jason Brickman – ABL Finals MVP (2016), TBL MVP (2018)

Import players

• Xavier Alexander – TBL MVP (2019)
• John Bohannon – Jordan national team player
• Aaron Geramipoor – Iran national team player
• Perry Jones – NBA player

References

External links

• Official website
• Kaohsiung Aquas on Facebook
• Kaohsiung Aquas on Instagram
• Kaohsiung Aquas's channel on YouTube