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#5 Sota Oura will be included in the 12 members registered for the 2024 Japan Men’s Basketball Team “FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifying Window 2” match against Mongolia, which will be held tomorrow, November 21st (Thursday) at Nikkan Arena Tochigi. We would like to inform you that #10 Yutaka Yoshii and #24 Takanari Sasaki have been selected.
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2024 Japan Men’s National Basketball Team Registered members for “FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifying Window 2” match against Mongolia
Sota Oura
Uniform number: 5
Position: PG (point guard)
Birthplace: Hiroshima Prefecture
Alma mater: Nippon Sport Science University
Date of birth: December 23, 1997
Height: 182cm
Weight: 76kg
| Career | |
|---|---|
| 2019-23 | Akita Northern Happinets |
| 2023- | Sanen Neo Phoenix |
| Representative history | |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2024 Japan Men’s National Basketball Team 1st Training Camp (Development Camp) 2024 Japan Men’s National Basketball Team Training Camp just before “FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifying Window 2” |
Hirotaka Yoshii
Uniform number: 10
Position: SF (small forward)
Alma mater: Osaka Gakuin University
Birthplace: Osaka Prefecture
Date of birth: June 4, 1998
Height: 196cm
Weight: 94kg
| Career | |
|---|---|
| 2018-19 | Osaka Evessa Specially Designated Player |
| 2020-21 | Alvark Tokyo Specially Designated Player |
| 2021-24 | alvark tokyo |
| 2024- | Sanen Neo Phoenix |
| Representative history | |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 24th Japan-Korea-China Junior Exchange Competition Basketball competition U-18 Japan representative players Heisei 28 men’s U-19 Japan representative チームJapan representative candidate |
| 2017 | 2017 Men’s U22 Spring Camp Candidates for Japan National Team |
| 2018 | 41st Lee Sang-Bye Cup Japan-Korea Student Basketball Tournament Japanese Student Representative Players 2018 Asia Pacific University Challenge U22 Japan National Team Candidates |
| 2022 | FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Asian Regional Qualifier Window 3 Japan Representative Players FIBA Asia Cup Japan representative players FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Asian Regional Qualifiers Window 4 Japan Representative Players FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Asian Regional Qualifier Window 5 Japan Representative Players FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Asian Regional Qualifiers Window 6 Japan Representative Players |
| 2023 | FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Japan National Team |
| 2024 | 2024 Japan Men’s National Basketball Team 2nd training camp (Training camp just before the Hokkaido tournament international training match) 2024 Japan Men’s National Basketball Team 3rd Training Camp (SoftBank CUP2024 Tokyo Tournament Training Camp) 2024 Japan Men’s National Basketball Team Players representing Japan at the 33rd Olympic Games (2024/Paris) 2024 Japan Men’s National Basketball Team Training Camp just before “FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifying Window 2” |
Ryusei Sasaki
Uniform number: 24
Position: PG/SG (point guard/shooting guard)
Birthplace: Yamaguchi Prefecture
Alma mater: Tenri University
Date of birth: May 2, 1996
Height: 180cm
Weight: 77kg
| Career | |
|---|---|
| 2018-19 | Osaka Evessa Specially Designated Player |
| 2019-22 | Kumamoto Volters |
| 2022- | Sanen Neo Phoenix |
| Representative history | |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2024 Japan Men’s National Basketball Team 1st Training Camp (Development Camp) 2024 Japan Men’s National Basketball Team 2nd training camp (Training camp just before the Hokkaido tournament international training match) 2024 Japan Men’s Basketball Team 3rd Training Camp (SoftBank CUP2024 Tokyo Tournament Training Camp) 2024 Japan Men’s National Basketball Team Candidates for the Japan National Team for the 33rd Olympic Games (2024/Paris) 2024 Japan Men’s National Basketball Team Training Camp just before “FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifying Window 2” |
FIBA Asia Cup 2025 Qualifying (Window2) Mongolia match
| date and time | Game starts at 19:00 on Thursday, November 21, 2024 |
|---|---|
| venue | Nikkan Arena Tochigi (4-1-1 Nishikawada, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture) |
| opponent | Men’s Mongolia National Team |
| Broadcast/Distribution | [TV broadcast] Live broadcast on Nippon TV from 19:00 on Thursday, November 21st [Live streaming] |
