Japanese Men National Team 2026

U22U20/21U18/19U16/17
Check also Women National Team
Starting five
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Takumi Saito
Saito
Yuta Watanabe
Watanabe
Yudai Baba
Baba
Yudai Nishida
Nishida
Alex Kirk
Kirk
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1Takumi Saito 172-PG-1995 Nagoya DD Japan
2Yuki Togashi 170-PG-1993 Chiba Jets Japan
3Seiya Ando 181-G-1992 Yokohama BC Japan
12Yuta Watanabe 206-F-1994 Chiba Jets Japan
13Ren Kanechika 198-SF-2003 Chiba Jets Japan
18Yudai Baba 196-SF-1995 Nagasaki Japan
19Yudai Nishida 190-F-1999 Sea Horses M. Japan
30Keisei Tominaga 188-G-2001 Hokkaido L. Japan
31Shuta Hara 187-SG-1993 Chiba Jets Japan
32Avi Schafer 206-F/C-1998 Sea Horses M. Japan
34Hugh Watanabe 207-C-1998 Shinshu BW Japan
53Alex Kirk 211-C-1991 Ryukyu GK Japan

Dai Oketani Head Coach
Daisuke Yoshimoto Assistant
Ryan Richman Assistant Sea Horses M. Japan


World Cup Qualifying Round (2026)
  Field Goals Rebounds  
# Name G min fgm-a   3pm-a  % ftm-a   off def tot ast pf st bs to pts
12 Watanabe, Yuta 4 34 60.0% 22.2% 66.7% 1.8 4.8 6.5 2.5 2.0 0.5 2.0 0.8 15.5
19 Nishida, Yudai 4 27 52.4% 26.3% 86.7% 1.5 3.0 4.5 1.3 2.0 1.3 0.5 2.5 12.5
18 Baba, Yudai 4 24 66.7% 33.3% 83.3% 1.0 1.8 2.8 2.3 3.0 1.5 0.5 1.8 8.5
1 Saito, Takumi 4 17 63.6% 25.0% 100.0% 1.0 1.8 2.8 3.8 1.8 0.3 0.0 1.8 5.8
30 Tominaga, Keisei 4 15 42.1% 22.2% 75.0% 0.3 1.5 1.8 1.3 0.8 0.5 0.0 1.0 8.5
2 Togashi, Yuki 4 14 75.0% 27.3% 100.0% 0.3 1.5 1.8 3.3 1.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 4.8
31 Hara, Shuta 4 13 0.0% 50.0% 50.0% 0.8 1.3 2.0 0.5 2.0 0.5 0.3 1.0 1.8
3 Ando, Seiya 4 11 50.0% 15.4% 66.7% 0.5 0.8 1.3 1.0 0.5 0.8 0.0 1.0 4.5
24 Hawkinson, Josh 3 35 60.0% 31.6% 75.0% 2.3 8.0 10.3 4.0 2.0 1.0 1.3 2.0 17.0
34 Watanabe, Hugh 3 7 100.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.7 1.3 2.0 0.7 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0
91 Yoshii, Hirotaka 2 13 50.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 3.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.5
13 Kanechika, Ren 2 5 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5
32 Schafer, Avi 2 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 1.5 1.5 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
53 Kirk, Alex 1 25 66.7% 0.0% 66.7% 3.0 7.0 10.0 2.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 12.0
99 Kawamata, Koya 1 6 100.0% 0.0% 66.7% 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0
8 Sadohara, Ryo 1 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0