Kengo Nomoto Explained

Kengo Nomoto 野本建吾
Position:	Small forward
Height Ft:	6
Height In:	6.8
Weight Lb:	218
League:	B.League
Team:	Gunma Crane Thunders
Number:	11
Nationality:	Japanese
Birth Date:	1992 4, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Amagasaki, Hyogo
Highschool:	Hokuriku (Fukui, Fukui)
Career Start:	2015
Years1:	2015–2018
Team1:	Kawasaki Brave Thunders
Years2:	2018–2021
Team2:	Akita Northern Happinets^[1]
Years3:	2021-present
Team3:	Gunma Crane Thunders
Highlights:	NBL champion (2016) Japanese College champion Japanese High School champion^[2]

, nicknamed Nomoken, is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for the Gunma Crane Thunders of the B.League in Japan.^[3] The small forward also represented the Japan national basketball team in 2014 and 2016. He tested positive for the coronavirus on November 24, 2020.^[4]

FIBA Events Stats

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2009-10| style="text-align:left;"| Japan U18| 6 || ||33.30 || .313 ||.385 || .588|| 3.3 || 1.2|| 1.2 || 0.7|| 11.2|-|}

Non-FIBA Events Stats

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2013| style="text-align:left;"| Universiade| 8 || ||20.20 || .447 ||.500 || .650|| 2.9 ||1.1 || 0.6 || 0.0|| 7.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2015| style="text-align:left;"| Universiade| 8 || || 19.28 || .367 || .091 || .684|| 3.0 ||1.0 ||0.6 || 0.4 || 6.2|-|}

Career statistics

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 2014-15| align="left" | Toshiba| 7 || 0 || 7.9 || 21.1 || 25.0 || 75.0 || 1.3 || 0.1 || 0.4 || 1.0 || 2.3|-| align="left" style="background-color:#afe6ba; border: 1px solid gray" | 2015-16†| align="left" | Toshiba| 39 || 8 || 10.1 || 38.5 || 14.3 || 76.2 || 1.2|| 0.5 || 0.4|| 1.0|| 2.4|-| align="left" | 2016-17| align="left" | Kawasaki| 54 || || 9.5 ||52.8 || 0.0 ||58.5 ||1.6 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 3.0|-| align="left" | 2017-18| align="left" | Kawasaki|56|| || 8.0 ||37.0 || 0.0||55.3 ||1.2 || 0.8 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 1.8|-| align="left" | 2018-19| align="left" | Akita| 60 ||8 || 10.5 ||45.5 || 0.0 ||56.1 ||1.9 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 2.8|-| align="left" | 2019-20| align="left" | Akita| 41 ||9 || 13.2 ||40.1 || 14.3 ||65.2 ||2.0 || 1.1 || 0.7 || 0.1 || 3.4 |-| align="left" | 2020-21| align="left" | Akita| 58 ||4 || 14.6 ||.446 || .263 ||.606 ||2.8 || 1.2 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 3.5 |-|}

Playoffs

|-|style="text-align:left;"|2014-15|style="text-align:left;"|Toshiba| 2 || || 9.0 || .333 || .500 || .000 || 0.5 || 0.0|| 0.0 || 0.0 || 3.0|-|style="text-align:left;"|2015-16|style="text-align:left;"|Toshiba| 3 || || 3.3 || .000 || .000 || .500 || 0.0 || 0.0|| 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.3|-|style="text-align:left;"|2016-17|style="text-align:left;"|Kawasaki| 5 || 0 || 7:34 || .500 || .000 || .000 || 1.4 || 0.2|| 0 || 0 || 2.8|-|style="text-align:left;"|2017-18|style="text-align:left;"|Kawasaki| 2 || 0 || 1:17 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.5 || 0|| 0 || 0 || 0|-

Early cup games

|-|style="text-align:left;"|2017|style="text-align:left;"|Kawasaki| 2 || 2 || 28:00 || .563 || .000 || .500 || 5.5 || 2.5 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 9.5|-|style="text-align:left;"|2018|style="text-align:left;"|Akita|2 || 0 || 24:40 || .231 || .000 || .750 || 3.5 || 2.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 4.5|-|style="text-align:left;"|2019|style="text-align:left;"|Akita|2 || 0 || 25:04 || .375 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 || 4.0 || 2.0 || 0.0 || 6.0|-

Preseason games

|-| align="left" |2018| align="left" | Akita| 2 || 0 || 9.3 || .000 ||.000 || .500||2.5 || 1.0|| 0.5|| 0.0 || 0.5|-| align="left" |2019| align="left" | Akita| 3 || 1 || 15.1 || .500 ||.000 || .833||2.3 || 1.7|| 1.7|| 0.0 || 5.67|-Source: Changwon1 Changwon2Source: Utsunomiya Toyama Sendai

William Jones Cup

|-| align="left" | 2014| align="left" | Japan|5|| ||5|| .222|| .000|| .600|| 0.8||0.2 || 0.4|| 0.0|| 1.4|-| align="left" | 2016| align="left" | Japan|7|| ||14|| .300|| 1.000|| .750|| 2.7||0.4 || 0.0|| 0.0|| 2.3|-| align="left" | 2017| align="left" | Japan|7|| ||20|| .450|| .000|| .680|| 4.6||1.0 || 0.3|| 0.3|| 7.6|-|- class="sortbottom"! style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career ! 19 || || 14 || .377 || .250 || .677 || 2.9 || 0.6|| 0.2 ||0.1 || 4.0|-

Trivia

His favorite quote is "Nanakorobi Yaoki", meaning "seven times down, eight times up like a daruma doll".^[5]
He ate 1,300 grams of rice a day at Kawasaki.^[6]

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Nomoto provides spark for Akita. 4 March 2020.
Web site: Nagatsuka . Kaz . Hokuriku High captures All-Japan basketball title. 30 December 2010 . 29 June 2018.
Web site: Akita Northern Happinets . 【新入団】野本建吾選手契約合意のお知らせ. 29 June 2018 . 29 June 2018.
Web site: 【ご報告】秋田ノーザンハピネッツ選手の新型コロナウイルス陽性判定について. 秋田ノーザンハピネッツ.
Web site: Colorful . 川崎ブレイブサンダーズメンバーの情報・その素顔を紹介！. 12 May 2017 . 28 August 2018.
Web site: アスレシピ . 食事量は川崎一番のノルマ、日本屈指の大型Ｆ野本建吾の肉体改造. 12 May 2017 . 28 August 2018.