Mucha Mori

Mucha Mori

Mori in 2011
Toyota Antelopes
Position Center
League Women's Japan Basketball League
Personal information
Born November 1, 1988
Kawasaki, Kanagawa
Nationality Japanese
Listed height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Career information
High school Nakamuragakuen Girls' High School
College Takushoku University

Mucha Mori (森 ムチャ Mori Mucha, born November 1, 1988 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan) is a Japanese basketball player, who plays center for the Toyota Antelopes in the Women's Japan Basketball League.

Career

While attending Takushoku University,[1] she led her team to its first national championship in 2008, and was named the year's most valuable player.[2] Takushoku was again victorious in 2010, with Mori earning her second MVP honors.[3] While at university, she played on the national team at both the 2007[4] and 2009 Summer Universiade.[5]

After graduating in 2011, Mori joined the Toyota Antelopes in the WJBL,[1] helping them finish second in both the 2011–2012[6] and 2012–2013[7] seasons. The Antelopes won their first Empress's Cup in 2013.[8]

In 2013, she was selected to the national team for that year's FIBA Asia Championship for Women. [9]

Personal

Mori has a Japanese father and a Filipino mother.[9]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Mori Mucha". Baske (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  2. "2008 All Japan Intercollegiate Basketball Championship" (in Japanese). Japan Intercollegiate Basketball Federation. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  3. 第62回全日本大学バスケットボール選手権大会 (in Japanese). All Japan University Basketball Federation. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  4. "Universiade 2007 Bangkok" (in Japanese). Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  5. 第25回ユニバーシアード競技大会 (PDF) (in Japanese). Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  6. JX、4季連続15度目の優勝. Nihon Keizai Shinbun (in Japanese). 6 March 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  7. JXが5季連続16度目の優勝!. Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  8. 「第79回皇后杯 全日本総合バスケットボール選手権大会」で優勝されたトヨタ自動車女子バスケットボール部が豊田市長に結果報告します (in Japanese). Toyota City. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  9. 9.0 9.1 バスケ代表に母フィリピン人のムチャ合流. NikkanSports (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 August 2013.

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