The 10th-ranked Japan Women’s National Team defeated the 48th-ranked Portugal national team 67-58 to win the third straight victory.

When the first half was turned back at 38-23, the opponent’s pursuit was shaken off in the second half.

Himawari Akaho (22 = Denso) made a strong presence in the final external match before the announcement of the members of the Olympic team. He was the starting pitcher for three games in a row, and both teams played for more than 30 minutes, scoring 12 points and marking a maximum of 12 rebounds. Marked “double-double”, which records double digits in two major personal records.

Although he is 185 cm tall, his registered position as a representative is a shooting guard. All-rounders who can play various roles are showing steady growth. At the training camp last month, director Tom Hovasse was hoping that “the superstar who will step up this year will be a sunflower. I wonder if the big stage of the Olympics will be the place for her world debut.” .. On this day as well, he showed high accuracy to succeed in all five 2-point shots, such as aggressively setting under the goal. In the absence of Tokashiki of Ace, he also contributed to the height.

The Japan Women’s National Team will hold a training camp in Tokyo from 19th to 28th. Twelve unofficial candidates for the Tokyo Olympics are scheduled to be decided in late June. After playing an external match in Saitama on July 15th with Belgium (6th in the world ranking) and Puerto Rico (23rd in the world ranking) on ​​the 17th of the same month, they will go to the Olympics.