Kenzo Maeda Explained

Kenzo Maeda
Birth Date:	27 June 1982
Birth Place:	Osaka, Japan
Nationality:	Japanese
League:	B.League
Team:	Akita Northern Happinets
Position:	Head coach
Height Ft:	5
Height In:	9^[1]
Highschool:	Daisho Gakuen (Osaka, Japan)
College:	Osaka College of Foreign Languages Bellevue University University of Nebraska at Kearney (2004-06)
Coach Start:	2007
Cyears1:	2007-2008
Cteam1:	Human Academy Basketball College (asst.)
Cyears2:	2008–2011
Cteam2:	Takamatsu Five Arrows (asst.)
Cyears3:	2011–2015
Cyears4:	2015–2019
Cteam4:	Akita Northern Happinets (asst.)
Cyears5:	2019-present
Cteam5:	Akita Northern Happinets

is a current professional basketball head coach for Akita Northern Happinets in Japan and the former bench boss for the Takamatsu Five Arrows of the bj league.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]} He also served as a support coach/translator for the Japan national basketball team.

College statistics

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2004-05| style="text-align:left;"| UNK| 11 ||0 ||5.1 || .167 || .125 || .000|| 0.3 ||0.27 || 0.09 || 0.0 || 0.5|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2005-06| style="text-align:left;"| UNK| 12 ||0 ||3.0 || .111 || .200 || .000|| 0.0 ||0.25 || 0.08 || 0.0 || 0.3|-Source^{[8] [9]}

Head coaching record

|- | style="text-align:left;"|Takamatsu| style="text-align:left;"|2011-12| 52||2||50|||| style="text-align:center;"|9th in Western|||-||-||-||| style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs|-| style="text-align:left;"|Takamatsu| style="text-align:left;"|2012-13|52||20||32|||| style="text-align:center;"|9th in Western|||-||-||-||| style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs|-| style="text-align:left;"|Takamatsu| style="text-align:left;"|2013-14| 52||23||29|||| style="text-align:center;"|7th in Western|||—||—||—||—| style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs|-| style="text-align:left;"|Takamatsu| style="text-align:left;"|2014-15| 52||17||35|||| style="text-align:center;"|8th in Western|||2||0||2||| style="text-align:center;"|Lost in First Round|-| style="text-align:left;"|Akita| style="text-align:left;"|2019-20| 41||19||22|||| style="text-align:center;"| 5th in Eastern|||-||-||-||| style="text-align:center;"|Canceled|-| style="text-align:left;"|Akita| style="text-align:left;"|2020-21| 59||28||31|||| style="text-align:center;"| 7th in Eastern|||-||-||-||| style="text-align:center;"|Missed playoffs|-|- class="sortbottom"! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" | Career! 308||109||199|||| ||2||0||2||||

Personal life

Maeda has been married to Natsumi, and they have three sons.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kenzo Maeda Basketball Player Profile, University of Nebraska-Kearney, News, MIAA stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards - usbasket.
2. News: Takamatsu hires Ito to replace Maeda as bench boss. Odeven. Ed. 2015-05-08. The Japan Times Online. 2019-12-06. en-US. 0447-5763.
3. News: Takamatsu searching for solution as season slips away. Odeven. Ed. 2015-01-22. The Japan Times Online. 2019-12-06. en-US. 0447-5763.
4. News: Takamatsu making steady strides. Odeven. Ed. 2014-11-20. The Japan Times Online. 2019-12-06. en-US. 0447-5763.
5. News: Takamatsu struggling to turn things around. Odeven. Ed. 2014-03-19. The Japan Times Online. 2019-12-06. en-US. 0447-5763.
6. Web site: Kagawa Five Arrows basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details - asia-basket. Eurobasket LLC. en. 2019-12-06.
7. Web site: Golden Kings crush ailing Five Arrows. Japan Update. en. 2019-12-06.
8. Web site: Nebraska-Kearney - Season Statistics.
9. Web site: Nebraska-Kearney - Season Statistics.