Thank you very much for your warm and passionate support.
We would like to inform you that it has been decided that Haruki Naito will join the Akita Northern Happinets as a specially designated player for the Resona Group B League 2025-26 season.
Please note that bench registration will be available starting from the match against Kawasaki Brave Thunders, which will be held at CNA Arena☆Akita on Saturday, January 24th.
Thank you for your support for Naito.
Haruki Naito
■Position PG
■Height/Weight 187cm/81kg
■Date of birth: June 7, 2004
■Birthplace Akita Prefecture
■Career Akita City Joto Junior High School (Akita Northern Happinets U15 member)
→ Sendai Daimeisei High School
→ Hakuoh University (3rd year)
→ Akita Northern Happinets (2024.12-2025.3/2026.1-) *Joined as a specially designated player
《Main results》
2020/1st year of college
Winter Cup 2020 (winner)
2023/1 year of university
72nd Kanto University Basketball Championship (runner-up)
99th Kanto University Basketball League (winner)
75th All Japan University Basketball Championship (winner)
2024/2nd year of university
100th Kanto University Basketball League (runner-up)
76th All Japan University Basketball Championship (3rd place)
2025/3 years of college
77th All Japan University Basketball Championship (winner)
《Personal results》
2019 B.LEAGUE U15 ALL STAR MVP Award
2022 U18 Japanese representative candidate
2025 77th All Japan University Basketball Championship Outstanding Player Award
Personal comment
Hello boosters, it’s been a while.
I am Haruki Naito from Hakuoh University, who will be joining us as a specially designated player.
First of all, I would like to thank everyone involved in the team for accepting me this year.
I will do my best to show everyone how much I have grown over the past year by learning from Mr. Kenzo, the staff, and my seniors last season.
Although it will be a short period of time, we appreciate your support.
club comment
Naito is a native of Akita City, Akita Prefecture, and was a member of the Akita Northern Happinets U15 team.
He has always played in top-level competitive environments in high school and university, and has contributed to victories by experiencing Japan’s No. 1 team as a member.
At the intercollegiate competition held in December, he won the outstanding player award and made a major contribution to winning the intercollegiate championship.
He is 188cm tall, making use of his good size as a point guard, and is known for his accurate game-making from the pick-and-roll and his aggressiveness to score points on his own.
He has a 3-point shooting success rate of over 40% in the Kanto region, and has the shooting ability to consistently score points from the outside.
In addition to his dedication on defense, he is a highly promising guard who has a variety of scoring patterns and assist abilities that make use of those around him.Through this special designation period, we expect him to absorb the speed and judgment standards of the top category and achieve further growth.
