Joji Takeuchi Explained

Joji Takeuchi
Position:Power forward / Center
Height Ft:6
Height In:9
Weight Lb:220
Team:Osaka Evessa
League:B.League
Number:15
Nationality:Japanese
Birth Date:January 29, 1985
Birth Place:Suita, Osaka, Japan
High School:Rakunan
College:Tokai University
Career Start:2007
Years1:2007–2016
Team1:Hitachi SunRockers
Years2:2016–2021
Team2:Alvark Tokyo
Years3:2021–present
Team3:Osaka Evessa
Highlights:

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

|-| align="left" | 2013-14| align="left" | Hitachi| 36|| || 29.3|| .513|| .182|| .667|| 9.3|| 2.2|| 0.7|| 1.0|| 1.7|| 12.3|-| align="left" | 2014-15| align="left" | Hitachi| 53|| || 28.1|| .557|| .250|| .758|| 8.2|| 2.0|| 0.9|| 0.7|| 1.6|| 12.5|-| align="left" | 2015-16| align="left" | Hitachi| 51|| || 30.5|| .496|| .237|| .716|| 7.8|| 1.9|| 1.0|| 1.2|| 1.5|| 12.3 |-| align="left" | 2016-17| align="left" | A Tokyo| || || || || || || || || || || |||-|}

Notes and References

  1. http://china2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fascm/player/p/pid/57681/sid/7038/tid/309/profile.html Player Profile
  2. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sk20090115a1.html Japan Times
  3. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/57681/sid/3507/tid/309/_/2006_FIBA_World_Championship/index.html FIBA Archive
  4. Web site: FIBA Player Profile . 2009-12-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100115001236/http://china2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fascm/player/p/pid/57681/sid/7038/tid/309/profile.html . 2010-01-15 . dead .
  5. http://www.asia-basket.com/player.asp?Cntry=JPN&PlayerID=56590 Joji Takeuchi
  6. http://www.asia-basket.com/Japan/basketball-League-JBL-Pro_2009-2010.asp asia-basket.com