Fumio Saito (斎藤 文夫, Saitō Fumio; 22 August 1953 – 25 March 2019) was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the…Fumio Saito (斎藤 文夫, Saitō Fumio; 22 August 1953 – 25 March 2019) was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Miho Matsuoka (松岡 美保, Matsuoka Miho; born 11 July 1953) is a Japanese basketball player. She competed in the women's…Miho Matsuoka (松岡 美保, Matsuoka Miho; born 11 July 1953) is a Japanese basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Kimiko Hashimoto (橋本 きみ子, Hashimoto Kimiko; born 17 February 1953) is a Japanese basketball player. She competed in the…Kimiko Hashimoto (橋本 きみ子, Hashimoto Kimiko; born 17 February 1953) is a Japanese basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Kiyohide Kuwata (桑田 健秀, Kuwata Kiyohide; born 3 January 1953) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's…Kiyohide Kuwata (桑田 健秀, Kuwata Kiyohide; born 3 January 1953) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics, which marked his only Olympic appearance. Japan's team finished in 11th place in the competition.
Koji Yamamoto (山本 浩二, Yamamoto Kōji; 28 July 1952 – 29 March 2001) was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the…Koji Yamamoto (山本 浩二, Yamamoto Kōji; 28 July 1952 – 29 March 2001) was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Teruko Miyamoto (宮本 輝子, Miyamoto Teruko; born 31 May 1952) is a Japanese basketball player. She competed in the women's…Teruko Miyamoto (宮本 輝子, Miyamoto Teruko; born 31 May 1952) is a Japanese basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Keiko Namai (生井 けい子, Namai Keiko; born 9 December 1951) is a Japanese basketball player. She competed in the women's…Keiko Namai (生井 けい子, Namai Keiko; born 9 December 1951) is a Japanese basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Hirofumi Numata (沼田 宏文, Numata Hirofumi; born 15 August 1952 died 28 December 2022) is a Japanese basketball player. He…Hirofumi Numata (沼田 宏文, Numata Hirofumi; born 15 August 1952 died 28 December 2022) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Misako Satake (佐竹 美佐子, Satake Misako; born 19 January 1951) is a Japanese basketball player. She competed in the…Misako Satake (佐竹 美佐子, Satake Misako; born 19 January 1951) is a Japanese basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Yutaka Fujimoto (藤本 裕, Fujimoto Yutaka; 21 December 1950 – 31 October 2001) was a Japanese basketball player. He…Yutaka Fujimoto (藤本 裕, Fujimoto Yutaka; 21 December 1950 – 31 October 2001) was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Shoji Yuki (結城 昭二, Yūki Shōji; born 27 August 1950) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's…Shoji Yuki (結城 昭二, Yūki Shōji; born 27 August 1950) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Yoshinori Shimizu (清水良規, Shimizu Yoshinori) is a Japanese professional basketball executive and former player…Yoshinori Shimizu (清水良規, Shimizu Yoshinori) is a Japanese professional basketball executive and former player, currently serving as the general manager of the Osaka Evessa of the Japanese B.League.
Atsushi Somatomo (杣友 厚, Somatomo Atsushi; born 10 June 1949) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's…Atsushi Somatomo (杣友 厚, Somatomo Atsushi; born 10 June 1949) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Satoshi Mori (森 哲, Mori Satoshi; born 10 May 1949) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament…Satoshi Mori (森 哲, Mori Satoshi; born 10 May 1949) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Kenji Soda (宗田 研二, Sōda Kenji; born 12 February 1948) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's…Kenji Soda (宗田 研二, Sōda Kenji; born 12 February 1948) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Shigeaki Abe (阿部 成章, Abe Shigeaki; born 22 September 1947) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the 1972 and…Shigeaki Abe (阿部 成章, Abe Shigeaki; born 22 September 1947) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. At the 1976 Summer Olympics, he put up a noteworthy performance of 38 points and 10 assists against Puerto Rico.
Nobuo Hattori (服部 信雄, Hattori Nobuo; born 19 July 1947) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's…Nobuo Hattori (服部 信雄, Hattori Nobuo; born 19 July 1947) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Katsuhiko Sugita (杉田 勝彦, Sugita Katsuhiko; born 8 May 1946) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's…Katsuhiko Sugita (杉田 勝彦, Sugita Katsuhiko; born 8 May 1946) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Masatomo Taniguchi (谷口 正朋, Taniguchi Masamoto; 6 February 1946 – 3 May 2021) was a Japanese basketball player. He…Masatomo Taniguchi (谷口 正朋, Taniguchi Masamoto; 6 February 1946 – 3 May 2021) was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He died on 3 May 2021 in Toride from pancreatic cancer.
Nobuo Chigusa (千種 信雄, Chigusa Nobuo; born 20 October 1948) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's…Nobuo Chigusa (千種 信雄, Chigusa Nobuo; born 20 October 1948) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Akira Kodama (小玉 晃, Kodama Akira; born 20 March 1944) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's…Akira Kodama (小玉 晃, Kodama Akira; born 20 March 1944) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Katsuji Tsunoda (角田 勝次, Tsunoda Katsuji; 28 September 1943 – 14 February 2011) was a Japanese basketball player. He…Katsuji Tsunoda (角田 勝次, Tsunoda Katsuji; 28 September 1943 – 14 February 2011) was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Fumihiko Moroyama (諸山 文彦, Moroyama Fumihiko; born 14 August 1943) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the…Fumihiko Moroyama (諸山 文彦, Moroyama Fumihiko; born 14 August 1943) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Yoshitaka Egawa (江川 嘉孝, Egawa Yoshitaka; 20 December 1942 – 26 December 2024) was a Japanese basketball player. He…Yoshitaka Egawa (江川 嘉孝, Egawa Yoshitaka; 20 December 1942 – 26 December 2024) was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Egawa died in Kisarazu on 26 December 2024, at the age of 82.
Nobuo Kaiho (海保 宣生, Kaiho Nobuo; 21 December 1941 – 19 April 2015) was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the…Nobuo Kaiho (海保 宣生, Kaiho Nobuo; 21 December 1941 – 19 April 2015) was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Kazuo Nakamura (中村 和雄, Nakamura Kazuo; born December 4, 1940) is a former professional basketball head coach for…Kazuo Nakamura (中村 和雄, Nakamura Kazuo; born December 4, 1940) is a former professional basketball head coach for Hamamatsu, Akita and Niigata and a former college basketball head coach for Akita Keizaihoka University in Japan. Nakamura always said to players, "Play basketball with all your heart." He admires Mike Krzyzewski and Bob Knight. Nakamura also served for the San Antonio Silver Stars as a scout in Asia. He currently teaches amateurs in Akita prefecture.
Katsuo Bai (梅 勝夫, Bai Katsuo; born 29 November 1940) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's…Katsuo Bai (梅 勝夫, Bai Katsuo; born 29 November 1940) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Takashi Masuda (増田 貴史, Masuda Takashi; born 5 August 1940) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's…Takashi Masuda (増田 貴史, Masuda Takashi; born 5 August 1940) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Kunihiko Nakamura (中村 邦彦, Nakamura Kunihiko; 24 September 1939 – 9 September 2021) was a Japanese basketball player. He…Kunihiko Nakamura (中村 邦彦, Nakamura Kunihiko; 24 September 1939 – 9 September 2021) was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Masashi Shiga (志賀 政司, Shiga Masashi; born 28 January 1939) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's…Masashi Shiga (志賀 政司, Shiga Masashi; born 28 January 1939) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Kaoru Wakabayashi (若林 薫, Wakabayashi Kaoru; born 19 August 1938) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the…Kaoru Wakabayashi (若林 薫, Wakabayashi Kaoru; born 19 August 1938) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Yasukuni Oshima (born 8 June 1938) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960…Yasukuni Oshima (born 8 June 1938) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Setsuo Nara (奈良 節雄, Nara Setsuo; 16 December 1936 – 27 January 2000) was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in…Setsuo Nara (奈良 節雄, Nara Setsuo; 16 December 1936 – 27 January 2000) was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics, the 1960 Summer Olympics, and the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Hideo Kanekawa (金川 英雄, Kanekawa Hideo; born 10 October 1936) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's…Hideo Kanekawa (金川 英雄, Kanekawa Hideo; born 10 October 1936) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Shoji Kamata (鎌田 正司, Kamata Shōji; born 17 April 1935) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's…Shoji Kamata (鎌田 正司, Kamata Shōji; born 17 April 1935) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Reizo Ohira (born 7 March 1935) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer…Reizo Ohira (born 7 March 1935) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Kenichi Imaizumi (born 13 March 1934) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956…Kenichi Imaizumi (born 13 March 1934) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Tetsuro Noborisaka (登坂 哲朗, Noborisaka Tetsurō; 12 February 1934 – 30 August 1978) was a Japanese basketball player. He…Tetsuro Noborisaka (登坂 哲朗, Noborisaka Tetsurō; 12 February 1934 – 30 August 1978) was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Hitoshi Konno (紺野 仁, Konno Hitoshi; born 3 January 1934) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's…Hitoshi Konno (紺野 仁, Konno Hitoshi; born 3 January 1934) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Shutaro Shoji (東海林 周太郎, 12 November 1933 – 15 January 2017) was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's…Shutaro Shoji (東海林 周太郎, 12 November 1933 – 15 January 2017) was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Hiroshi Saito (斎藤 博, Saitō Hiroshi; 15 September 1933 – 10 November 2011) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed…Hiroshi Saito (斎藤 博, Saitō Hiroshi; 15 September 1933 – 10 November 2011) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Riichi Arai (born 16 August 1933) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956…Riichi Arai (born 16 August 1933) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Takeo Sugiyama (杉山 武雄, Sugiyama Takeo; born 8 May 1933) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's…Takeo Sugiyama (杉山 武雄, Sugiyama Takeo; born 8 May 1933) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Takashi Itoyama (糸山 隆司, Itoyama Takashi; born 14 November 1936 – 17 August 1983) is a Japanese basketball player. He…Takashi Itoyama (糸山 隆司, Itoyama Takashi; born 14 November 1936 – 17 August 1983) is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Mototaka Kohama (小浜元孝, Kohama Mototaka) was a Japanese basketball Head coach for the Akita Isuzu Motors, Isuzu Motors…Mototaka Kohama (小浜元孝, Kohama Mototaka) was a Japanese basketball Head coach for the Akita Isuzu Motors, Isuzu Motors Lynx/Giga Cats and Yokohama Giga Cats. He was known as the “Godfather of Japanese basketball,” and served as head coach of the Japan national basketball team three times. Growing up in Akita during WWII as a young boy, he was told to stop playing basketball because it was an American sport. The pioneer studied basketball coaching at the University of Kentucky.
Chang Ri-jin (Korean: 장이진; Hanja: 張利鎭, born 28 October 1917, date of death unknown) was a Korean basketball player. He…Chang Ri-jin (Korean: 장이진; Hanja: 張利鎭, born 28 October 1917, date of death unknown) was a Korean basketball player. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics, representing Japan, and at the 1948 Summer Olympics, representing South Korea. Chang is deceased.
Kenshichi Yokoyama (born 22 September 1916, date of death unknown) was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the…Kenshichi Yokoyama (born 22 September 1916, date of death unknown) was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Yokoyama is deceased.
Uichi Munakata (宗像 卯一, Uichi Munakata; born 26 November 1915) was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the…Uichi Munakata (宗像 卯一, Uichi Munakata; born 26 November 1915) was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Satoshi Matsui (12 March 1915 – 1 August 1995) was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at…Satoshi Matsui (12 March 1915 – 1 August 1995) was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He later served as vice president of the Japan Basketball Association.
Takehiko Kanagoki (17 June 1914 – 19 February 1992) was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's…Takehiko Kanagoki (17 June 1914 – 19 February 1992) was a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics. His correct family name is Kanokogi (鹿子木), not Kanagoki. He was the son of Japanese father, Kanokogi Kazunobu, philosopher, and Polish-German mother, Cornelia, Tadeusz Stefan Zieliński's daughter.