The Association (JBA) is aiming to continuously strengthen the men’s Japan national team and to strengthen the men’s U18 Japan national team for the “FIBA U18 Asian Championship” scheduled to be held in August this year, in May today. From 16th (Monday) to 19th (Thursday), the 3rd training camp will be held in Fukushima prefecture by the 2022 basketball men’s U18 Japan national team representative candidate players.
Today, the participating members have been announced, and we would like to inform you as follows.
■ 2022 Basketball Men’s U18 Japan National Team Candidate for Japan National Team 3rd Training Camp Participating Members
[Outline of the 3rd training camp]
Schedule: May 16th (Month) to 19th (Wood), 2022
Venue: Naraha Sky Arena, Fukushima Prefecture (Futaba District, Fukushima Prefecture)
[Member list of participants in the 3rd training camp]
* The detailed version of the member list can be viewed in PDF from the[Download]page below.
○ Staff
Team leader Yuji Yoshida (Rakunan High School)
Head Coach Martinez Alejandro (Japan Basketball Association)
Assistant Coach Ken Tsuneda (Chubu University Daiichi High School)
Assistant Coach Takayuki Irino (Suwa High School attached to Tokai University)
Support Coach / Interpreter Shinji Mizuno (ERUTLUC Co., Ltd.)
Athletic Trainer Motoki Takahashi (Senshu University)
Athletic Trainer Takeo Ichiyanagi (Japan Basketball Association)
Athletic Trainer Kaori Okamoto (Japan Basketball Association)
Manager Ayuyuki Takagi (Japan Basketball Association)
Support staff Samurai Oki (Tokyo Samurai)
Technical Staff Tomomi Miyata (Japan Basketball Association)
○ Players (* 16 people)
Daichi Kato (C / 203cm / Aoyama Gakuin University)
Guanhe Hunan (PG / 178cm / Dadong Culture University)
Akira Jacobs (SG / 201cm / Yokohama B-Corsairs)
Mac Neal Kishan Taiga (SG / 184cm / Tokyo Samurai)
Hong Liuwei (PG / 167cm / Fukuoka No. 1 High School)
Yukawa Sado (SF / 194cm / Ohori High School Affiliated to Fukuoka University)
Haruki Naito (PG / 186cm / Sendai University Meisei High School)
Sakai Alime (PF / 198cm / Kaishi Kokusai High School)
Tetsuo Yamada (PG / 187cm / Shirakaba Gakuen High School)
Oda Sheng (SG / 180cm / Chubu University First High School)
Hideyu Ozawa (SF / 188cm / Chubu University First High School)
Yaegashi Sean Ryu (SG / 185cm / Sendai University Meisei High School)
Yasunari Sakamoto (SG / 194cm / Chubu University First High School)
Chisada Makoto Nakagawa (SF / 192cm / Suwa High School attached to Tokai University)
Kaisei Hoshikawa (SF / 193cm / Rakunan High School)
Seisho Soejima (C / 197cm / Fukuoka University Ohori High School)
* The order of notation is “name (position / height / affiliation)”
* Affiliation is as of May 12, 2022
* Position: PG-Point Guard, SG-Shooting Guard, SF-Small Forward,
PF-Power Forward, C-Center
[FIBA U18 Asian Championship Overview]
Schedule (planned): August 21st (Sun) -28th (Sun), 2022
Venue (planned): Iran
