Born: October 5, 1980. Yokohoma, JapanHigh School: Noshiro Technical High School
College: Brigham Young University Hawaii
Drafted: Undrafted
Is the first Japanese born basketball player. He is dubbed the Michael Jordan of Japan because of his 9 straight national titles in Japan and the fact that can play at such a high level.
He has also played at BYU-Hawaii which is a Division II school and during that time he led the league in assists 6.6 apg and 7.6 ppg.
Although he was cut by NBA teams several times he has played in several preseason games for the LA Clippers and Denver Nuggets as well as 4 regular season games with the Phoenix Suns before being cut by the team.
He is still attempting to one day make the NBA again now that he is playing in the JBL.
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