The Japan Basketball Association (JBA) will start the 2023 Japan Men’s Basketball Team from July 12th (Wednesday) at the Ajinomoto National Training Center (Kita-ku, Tokyo) for the “FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023” that will start on August 25th. Conduct team training camps. The members who were called up this time will be the members of the training camp just before the international warm-up match against the South Korean men’s national team, which will be held in South Korea on July 22nd and 23rd. We will inform you about the participating members of this training camp.
■ 2023 Japan Men’s National Basketball Team
Japan Men’s Basketball National Team International Warm-up Game 2023 in Korea
South Korea training camp participation member announcement
【staff】
Team Leader Yoshinori Shimizu (Japan Basketball Association)
Head Coach Tom Horvath (Japan Basketball Association)
Associate Head Coach Corey Gaines (Japan Basketball Association)
Assistant Coach Jeffrey Katsuhisa (Kawasaki Brave Thunders)
Assistant Coach Yoshio Sasa (Utsunomiya Brex)
Sports Performance Coach Hiroki Ogata (Japan Basketball Association)
Athletic Trainer Takeo Ichiyanagi (Japan Basketball Association)
Support Athletic Trainer Mika Furusawa (Japan Basketball Association)
Technical Staff Shinji Toyama (Japan Basketball Association)
Team manager Takuya Nishimura (Japan Basketball Association)
Support staff Seoto Oki (Japan Basketball Association)
[Athletes]*17 people
Shin Hiejima (SG / 191cm / Utsunomiya Brex)
Yuya Nagayoshi (PF / 198cm / Sunrockers Shibuya)
Yutaro Suda (SG / 190cm / Nagoya Diamond Dolphins)
Yuki Togashi (PG / 167cm / Chiba Jets)
Shuta Hara (SF / 187cm / Chiba Jets)
Josh Hawkinson (C/PF / 208cm / Sunrockers Shibuya)
Yudai Baba (SG / 195cm / -)
Yutaka Yoshii (SF / 196cm / Alvark Tokyo)
Hiroya Kawasanada (C / 204cm / Shiga Lakes)
Theves Sea (PG / 188㎝ / Alvark Tokyo)
Hiyu Watanabe (C / 207cm / Ryukyu Golden Kings)
Yudai Nishida (SG / 190cm / Seahorse Mikawa)
Soichiro Inoue (PF / 201cm / Koshigaya Alphas)
Hiroo Tominaga (SG / 188cm / University of Nebraska)
Yuki Kawamura (PG / 172cm / Yokohama B-Corsairs)
Ren Kanechika (SF / 196cm / Chiba Jets)
Akira Jacobs (SG / 203cm / NBA Global Academy)
*Average 193.0cm, 25.6 years old
*As of July 12, 2023
*Position (P) = PG-Point Guard, SG-Shooting Guard, SF-Small Forward, PF-Power Forward, C-Center
List of participants in the training camp just before the Shizuoka tournament:
■ Basketball Japan National Team International Warm-up Game 2023 in Korea
July 22, 2023 (Sat) 14:20 TIPOFF South Korea (38th) vs Japan (36th) Live streaming on Basket LIVE (with missed streams)
July 23, 2023 (Sunday) 14:00 TIPOFF Korea (38th) vs Japan (36th) Live streaming on Basket LIVE (with missed streams)
* FIBA rankings in parentheses (as of February 27, 2023)
FIBA World Cup 2023 official website (English version):
https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023
International warm-up tournament Tournament site (Korean):
https://www.koreabasketball.or.kr/information/notice_view.php?idx=20793&sch_field=&sch_keyword=&page_current=1
2023-07-12 03:08:49
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