42 Japanese basketball biography stubs

Maki Eguchi is a Japanese former basketball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Pape Mour Faye ,or Pape Faye, born June 22, 1986, is a Senegal-born Japanese professional basketball player. He was selected by the Yokohama B-Corsairs with the 8th overall pick in the 2011 bj League draft. He currently plays for the Levanga Hokkaido of the Japanese B.League. He was a member of Japan's national basketball team in 2016.

Samba Faye, born April 25, 1987, is a Senegal-born Japanese professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Kumamoto Volters of the Japanese B.League.

Satoru Furuta is a Japanese former basketball player.

Toshihiro Goto is the former Head coach of the Sendai 89ers in the Japanese B.League.

Mikiko Hagiwara is a Japanese former professional basketball player. She won a silver medal with the Japan women's national basketball team at the 1994 Asian Games. Hagiwara also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where Japan's team came in seventh place.

Keishi Handa is a former basketball player for Hitachi SunRockers and Toyota Alvark in Japan.

Yuka Harada is a Japanese basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Takeshi Hasegawa is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for the Koshigaya Alphas of the B.League in Japan. He played for Japan national 3x3 team in 2013.

Christopher George Holm is an American former professional basketball player in Japan. He is an assistant coach for the Kyoto Hannaryz.

Shusuke Ikuhara is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for the Yokohama B-Corsairs of the B.League in Japan. He played college basketball for the University of Tsukuba.

Tsutomu Isa , nicknamed Mu-san, is the head coach of the Sun Rockers Shibuya in the Japanese B.League.

Kaito Ishikawa is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for the Kumamoto Volters of the B.League in Japan.

Takumi Ishizaki is a Japanese retired professional basketball player who formerly played for the Riesen Ludwigsburg in the German Basketball Bundesliga and BV Chemnitz 99 of the German ProA.

Miyuki Kawamura is a Japanese basketball player for Chanson V-Magic and the Japanese national team.

Takuya Kita is a professional Japanese basketball coach and former player.

Daisuke Kobayashi is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for Ibaraki Robots of the B.League in Japan. He also plays for Japan men's national 3x3 team.

Mototaka Kohama was a Japanese basketball Head coach for the Akita Isuzu Motors, Isuzu Motors Lynx/Giga Cats and Yokohama Giga Cats. He was known as the “Godfather of Japanese basketball,” and served as head coach of the Japan national basketball team three times. Growing up in Akita during WWII as a young boy, he was told to stop playing basketball because it was an American sport. The pioneer studied basketball coaching at the University of Kentucky.

Noriko Koiso is a Japanese former basketball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Kiyohide Kuwata is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Yuka Mamiya is a Japanese basketball player. She represented Japan in the basketball competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Keijuro Matsui is a former guard for the Columbia Lions basketball team at Columbia University. He is the first Japanese native basketball player in NCAA Division I history. Matsui also played in the 2005 Nike Hoop Summit for the World Select Team, only the second Japanese to do so. In the summit he scored seven points in 11 minutes.

Kikuko Mikawa is a Japanese basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Naho Miyoshi is a Japanese basketball player. She represented Japan in the women's tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics. and at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal.

Nako Motohashi is a Japanese basketball player for Haneda Vickies and the Japanese national team. and at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal.

Sanae Motokawa is a Japanese basketball player. She represented Japan in the women's tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Mutsuko Nagata is a Japanese former basketball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Seiichi Oba is a Japanese professional basketball executive and former player, currently serving as the general manager of the Akita Northern Happinets of the Japanese B.League.

Yasutaka Okayama is a Japanese former professional basketball player and coach. He was selected by the Golden State Warriors as the 10th pick of the eighth round of the 1981 NBA draft, although he did not sign with them. At 7'8" (234 cm), he is the tallest player ever to be drafted in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. Okayama was the only player from Japan drafted in the NBA until Rui Hachimura was selected in the 2019 NBA draft.

Akemi Okazato is a Japanese basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Taeko Oyama is a Japanese former basketball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Kenichi Sako is a Japanese former basketball player.

Mitsuaki Sato is the former Head coach of the Toyota Boshoku Sunshine Rabbits in the Women's Japan Basketball League.He played college basketball for Chukyo University.

Nobunaga Sato is a former professional basketball head coach for Aomori Wat's in Japan and the former head coach for Noshiro Technical High School in Noshiro, Akita.

Daichi Shimoyama , nicknamed Chi, is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for the Aomori Wat's of the B.League in Japan. He had been the team captain of the Aomori Wat's.

Toru Shioya is a former professional basketball Head coach for the Hitachi High-Technologies Cougars of Women's Japan Basketball League.

Masami Tachikawa is a Japanese basketball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Ramu Tokashiki is a Japanese professional basketball player for the JX-Eneos Sunflowers of the Women's Japan Basketball League (WJBL).

Natsumi Yabuuchi is a Japanese former basketball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Kagari Yamada is a Japanese basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Ryoko Yano is a Japanese basketball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Naomi Yashiro is a Japanese former basketball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics. She has been working as a cabin crew at the Japan Airlines and joined its team JAL Rabbits.