Three players from Osaka Sangyo University Men’s Basketball Club will take on the challenge of “B League Draft 2026”!
The B League Draft will be held on Thursday, January 29, 2026 at Kanadevia Hall in TOKYO DOME CITY HALL, Tokyo.
This event will be streamed on Basket LIVE, Sports Navi, and B.LEAGUE official YouTube, so please keep an eye out for it.
B League Draft 2026 Challenger Profile
[Player 1 Akira Furukawa]
Faculty/Year: 4th year student, Faculty of Sports and Health Sciences
Date of birth: November 15, 2003 (22 years old)
Position:PG
Height: 181cm Weight: 80kg
Dominant hand: right
Strengths: 3-point shooting and tenacious defense
[Player ② Ren Kanetomo]
Faculty/Year: 4th year student, Faculty of Sports and Health Sciences
Date of birth: October 15, 2003 (22 years old)
Position: SF
Height: 192cm Weight: 90kg
Dominant hand: right
Strengths: Strong defense and drive
[Player ③ Kanato Matsuura]
Faculty/Year: 4th year student, Faculty of Sports and Health Sciences
Birthplace: Aichi Prefecture
Date of birth: November 3, 2003 (22 years old)
Position: PG/SG
Height: 170cm Weight: 69kg
Dominant hand: right
B League Draft 2026 Implementation Overview
- Date and time
- Show starts at 16:00 on January 29, 2026 (Wednesday)
- Venue
- Kanadevia Hall *No public viewing
- Attendees
- B.LEAGUE Chairman Shinji Shimada
[Venue MC]Chris Sasaki, Marina Kawaguchi
[Streaming][MC]Misaki Funaoka,[Commentary]Yusuke Okada,[Guest]Takumi Ishida (Kaminari) - delivery
- basketball live/Sports Navi/B.LEAGUE official YouTube
The B League Draft 2026 is a new system introduced by the Japan Professional Basketball League that allows young talent from high school to college and their second year of professional basketball to have an equal opportunity to start.
The challenge of three people who might jump out to Japan’s top league from Osaka Sangyo University! The support of university officials, juniors, fans, and alumni will be a great source of strength for their passionate challenges.
