| Ira Brown アイラ・ブラウン | |
| Position: | Power forward |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 4 |
| Weight Lb: | 236 |
| Team: | Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka |
| League: | B.League |
| Number: | 50 |
| Nationality: | Japanese / American |
| Birth Date: | August 3, 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Corsicana, Texas, U.S. |
| High School: | Willis (Willis, Texas) |
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| Draft Year: | 2009 |
| Career Start: | 2009 |
| Years1: | 2010 |
| Team1: | Coras de Tepic |
| Years2: | 2010–2011 |
| Team2: | Asociación Española |
| Years3: | 2011 |
| Team3: | San Miguel Beermen |
| Years4: | 2011 |
| Team4: | Lagartos UAN de Tepic |
| Years5: | 2011–2014 |
| Team5: | Toyama Grouses |
| Years6: | 2014–2017 |
| Team6: | Sunrockers Shibuya |
| Years7: | 2017–2019 |
| Team7: | Ryukyu Golden Kings |
| Years8: | 2019–2023 |
| Team8: | Osaka Evessa |
| Years9: | 2023–2024 |
| Team9: | Chiba Jets Funabashi |
| Years10: | 2024 |
| Team10: | Hiroshima Dragonflies |
| Years11: | 2024–present |
| Team11: | Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka |
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| Ira Brown | |
| Position: | Pitcher |
| Birth Date: | 3 August 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Corsicana, Texas |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
Ira Demon Brown (born August 3, 1982) is a Japanese-American professional basketball player for the Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka of the Japanese B.League. He had also spent three years with the Hirachi/Shibuya Sunrockers, as well as two years with the Toyama Grouses during his career in Japan.
Brown grew up in Corsicana, Texas, in a three-bedroom house along with "roughly 15 relatives."[1] [2] The house burned down in a fire, forcing him to relocate to another home, though he often stayed with friends.[1] When he was 14 years old, Brown moved in with his former youth baseball coach, Earl Mitchell, in Conroe, Texas.[1] He was eventually adopted by Mitchell.[1]
Brown began his college career at Phoenix College before transferring to Gonzaga in 2007.
In 2010, Brown earned league all-star honors as a member of the Coras de Tepic of the Circuito de Baloncesto de la Costa del Pacífico (CIBACOPA).[3]
On October 2, 2024, Brown signed with the Hiroshima Dragonflies of the B.League.[4] On November 10, his contract was expired.[5]
On November 14, 2024, Brown signed with the Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka.[6]
Brown played for Team A Few Good Men in the 2018 edition of The Basketball Tournament. In two games, he averaged five points per game and 4.5 rebounds per game on 40 percent shooting. A Few Good Men made it to the Second Round before falling to Team Gael Force.[7]
He became a Japanese citizen after extensive language testing and a waiting period which took two years. As of 2018, he resides in Okinawa.[8]
He was a member of Japan's national basketball team at the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge in Tehran, Iran, where he recorded the most rebounds, steals and blocks for his team.[9]
He played 3x3 basketball for Japan in the 2021 Olympics.[1] [2]
Brown was drafted in 2001 by the Kansas City Royals, and played in the minors for five years.[10]
|-| align="left" | 2011–12| align="left" | Toyama| 52 || 52 || 30.6 || .475 || .323 || .625 || 6.3 || 1.9 || 1.4 || 0.9 || 12.7|-| align="left" | 2012–13| align="left" | Toyama| 50 || 48 || 31.8 || .537 || .254 || .658 || 9.1 || 3.2 || 2.0 || 1.2 || 16.5|-| align="left" | 2013–14| align="left" | Toyama| 52 || 52 || 34.2 || .523 || .419 || .650 || 10.0 || 3.3 || 1.6 || 2.6 || 16.8 |-| align="left" | 2014–15| align="left" | Hitachi| 54 || 45 || 27.8 || .503 || .364 || .651 || 7.9 || 2.1 || 0.9 || 1.0 || 13.7 |-| align="left" | 2015–16| align="left" | Hitachi| 54 || 50 || 29.3 || .506 || .214 || .667 || 6.9 || 1.9 || 1.2 || 0.8 || 13.2 |-| align="left" | 2016–17| align="left" | Shibuya| 57 || 44 || 29.3 || .517 || .358 || .597 || 8.3 || 2.5 || 1.3 || 0.9 || 13.7|-| align="left" | 2017–18| align="left" | Ryukyu| 60 || 58 || 28.7 || .490 ||.409 || .614 ||7.0 ||2.9 || 1.3 || 0.8 || 11.2|-