Today (the 5th), the Japanese basketball team will play against South Korea in “SoftBank CUP 2024 (Tokyo Games) Japanese Men’s Basketball International Warm- Game Game” at Ariake Arena. We would like to inform you that the roster (12 players) of the Japanese men’s national team for Game 1 has been decided as follows.
■2024 Men’s Basketball Team from Japan
“SoftBank CUP 2024 (Tokyo Conference)”
July 5 (Friday) GAME 1 Korea Match Roster
【team】
Team Leader Tomoya Higashino (Japan Basketball Association)
Head Coach Tom Horvath (Japan Basketball Association)
Head Coach Corey Gaines (Japan Basketball Association)
Assistant Coach Katsuhisa Jeffrey (Kawasaki Brave Thunders)
Assistant coach Yoshio Sasa (–)
Sports Performance Coach Koichi Sato (Japan Basketball Association)
Sports Performance Coach Hiroki Ogata (Japan Basketball Association)
Athletic trainer Takeo Ichiyanagi (Japan Basketball Association)
Assistant Athletic Trainer Mika Furusawa (Japan Basketball Association)
Technical staff Shinji Tomiyama (Japan Basketball Association)
Assistant Technical Staff Makoto Isono (Nagasaki Veruca)
Team Manager Takuya Nishimura (Japan Basketball Association)
Assistant Team Manager Seon Oki (Japan Basketball Association)
【Players】※ 12 people
#2 Yuki Togashi (PG / 167cm / Chiba Jets)
#4 Akira Jacobs (SF / 203cm / University of Hawaii)
#5 Yuki Kawamura (PG / 172cm / Yokohama B-Corsairs)
#6 Shin Hiejima (SG / 191cm / Utsunomiya Brex)
#7 Teves Sea (PG / 188cm / Alvark Tokyo)
#18 Yudai Baba (SF / 195cm / – )
#24 Josh Hawkinson (C ・PF / 208cm / Sunrockers Shibuya)
#30 Keio Tominaga (SG / 188cm / – )
#34 Hiyu Watanabe (H / 207cm / – )
#75 Soichiro Inoue (PF / 201cm / Koshigaya Lambs)
#91 Yutaka Yoshii (SF / 196cm / Sanen Neo Phoenix)
#99 Hiroya Kawasada (H / 204cm / Nagasaki Veruca)
* Average: 193.3cm, 26.1 years old
Affiliation as at 5 July
* Position (P) = PG-point guard, SG shooting guard, SF-small forward, PF-power forward, C-center
Japan Men’s National Team SoftBank CUP 2024 (Tokyo Tournament) Game 1 vs. Korea GAME 1 Roster (member list):
■ Overview of the competition
Conference name: SoftBank CUP 2024 (Tokyo Tournament) Japan Men’s National Basketball Team International Warm Up Game
Abbreviation of the competition: SoftBank CUP 2024 (Tokyo Conference)
Schedule/match:* FIBA rankings in brackets (as of February 27, 2024)
July 5, 2024 (Gold) TIPOFF 19:00 Japan (26th place) vs South Korea (50th place)
July 7, 2024 (Sunday) TIPOFF 19:30 Japan (26th place) vs South Korea (50th place)
center:Ariake Arena (1-11-1 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0063)
Sponsored by:Japan Basketball Association
director:Japan Basketball Association
cooperation:Tokyo Basketball Association
Special sponsorship:Softbank Corp.
Sponsored by:Nippon Life Insurance Company, Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd., Jordan Brand, Molten Co., Ltd., Asahi Shimbun, McDonald’s Japan Co., Ltd., TOPPAN Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Ltd., JTB Co., Ltd. , Nichiban Co., Ltd., Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (Other adjustments in progress)
Special competition location: