Joji Takeuchi
No. 15 – Osaka Evessa
PositionPower forward / Center
LeagueB.League
Personal information
Born (1985-01-29) January 29, 1985
Suita, Osaka, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Listed height6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High schoolRakunan
CollegeTokai University
Playing career2007–present
Career history
2007–2016Hitachi SunRockers
2016–2021Alvark Tokyo
2021–presentOsaka Evessa
Career highlights and awards
  • NBL All-Star (2013)
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Japan
East Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Hong Kong Team competition
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 South Korea Team competition
FIBA Asia Champions Cup
Silver medal – second place 2018 ThailandTeam
Gold medal – first place 2019 ThailandTeam

Joji Takeuchi (竹内 譲次、born January 29, 1985, in Suita, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Osaka Evessa of the B.League. Takeuchi also is a member of the Japan national basketball team, playing for the team in the 2006 FIBA World Championship and both the FIBA Asia Championship 2007 and FIBA Asia Championship 2009.[1] Takeuchi's twin brother Kosuke is also a member of the Japanese national basketball team.[2]

As a 21-year-old, Takeuchi averaged 6.2 points and 5.2 rebounds per game for the host Japanese at the 2006 FIBA World Championship.[3] Takeuchi has earned a bigger role with the Japanese team over the past four years; his best tournament performance to date was at the FIBA Asia Championship 2009, in which he averaged 9.8 points and 7.2 rebounds per game.[4] Despite his performance, Japan stumbled to a disappointing tenth-place finish, its worst ever performance in 24 FIBA Asia Championship appearances.

Takeuchi played professionally with the Hitachi SunRockers of the JBL Super League. In the 2009–10 season, Takeuchi entered the month-long winter break averaging 16.1 points and 9.4 rebounds per game for the third-place Seahorses.[5] He was also named to the JBL All-Star Game as the leading power forward vote-getter for the East.[6]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2013-14 Hitachi 3629.3.513.182.6679.32.20.71.01.712.3
2014-15 Hitachi 5328.1.557.250.7588.22.00.90.71.612.5
2015-16 Hitachi 5130.5.496.237.7167.81.91.01.21.512.3
2016-17 A Tokyo

References

  1. ↑ Player Profile Archived 2010-01-15 at the Wayback Machine at FIBA.com
  2. ↑ Japan Times: 'Twin Towers' look to rise even higher.
  3. ↑ FIBA Archive
  4. ↑ "FIBA Player Profile". Archived from the original on 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
  5. ↑ Joji Takeuchi at asia-basket.com
  6. ↑ asia-basket.com Archived 2010-01-17 at the Wayback Machine: "JBL All-Star game rosters set" (December 6, 2009)
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