Joji Takeuchi
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| Hitachi SunRockers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Power Forward |
| League | JBL Super League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
January 29, 1985 Osaka, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
Joji Takeuchi (竹内 譲次、born January 29, 1985 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Hitachi SunRockers of the JBL Super 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 currently plays professionally with the Hitachi SunRockers of the JBL Super League. In the current 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]
References
- ↑ Player Profile at FIBA.com
- ↑ Japan Times: 'Twin Towers' look to rise even higher.
- ↑ FIBA Archive
- ↑ FIBA Player Profile
- ↑ Joji Takeuchi at asia-basket.com
- ↑ asia-basket.com: "JBL All-Star game rosters set" (December 6, 2009)