The FIBA U19 World Cup will start on June 24th in Debrecen, Hungary’s second largest city. The Japanese national team will enter this international competition, where future star candidates gather, as the “strongest team in history” with talented players from Japan and abroad. It can be said that some of them are materials aiming for “post Hachimura”.
In 1991, the Japanese national team made its first appearance at the U19 World Cup, but the world barrier was high. At the 2017 tournament where Rui Hachimura participated, he was 10th out of 16 teams, but otherwise finished low. However, in this tournament, which will be the fifth time, they will organize the strongest team in history and aim for the highest ranking ever.
When Hachimura participated, the Japanese national team was a prominent presence. However, the Japanese national team for this tournament has several reliable players who have high ambitions and have been training overseas from an early stage. This time, I would like to introduce four players who hold the key to the success or failure of the team and who have their sights set on going to the NBA in the future.
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Yuto Kawashima Born on May 27, 2005 See photos related to this article
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Yuto Kawashima (Yuto Kawashima/18/PF/200cm/NBA Global Academy)
Yuto Kawashima, who was famous nationwide from his junior high school days, entered the prestigious Ohori High School attached to Fukuoka University, where he won the Winter Cup (National High School Basketball Championship) as a first-year student. It has also been demonstrated on stage. But this spring, after his sophomore year, he dropped out of high school to join the NBA’s youth organization, the NBA Global Academy.
The academy gathers talented young NBA reserves from all over the world, and naturally only talented players are selected. The fact that his name is listed among them shows the magnitude of his talent.
It has already made its presence known to the world on the international stage, and is attracting a lot of attention in this tournament as well.
Kawashima, who entered the U19 World Cup in 2021 at the age of 16, won the tournament top scorer (average 26.6 points) and MVP at the U16 Asian Championship in June 2022. Furthermore, at the U18 Asian Championship in August of the same year, he recorded an average of 15.6 points (tied for 7th overall) and 10.6 rebounds (tied for 1st overall), and was selected as one of the best five in both tournaments, leading the team to the second place.
2023-06-22 21:51:45
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