Mai Yamamoto Explained

Mai Yamamoto
山本麻衣
Position:Guard
Height Ft:5
Height In:5
Weight Lb:128
League:Women's Japan Basketball League, FIBA 3X3
Team:Toyota Antelopes
Number:23
Nationality: Japanese
Birth Date:1999 10, mf=yes
Birth Place:Hiroshima Prefecture[1]
Highschool:
Career Start:2017
Years1:2017-present
Team1:Toyota Antelopes

is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for Toyota Antelopes of the Women's Japan Basketball League.[2] She also plays for Japan women's national 3x3 team. She brought the U23 national team to a gold medal at the FIBA 3x3 Under-23 World Cup in Lanzhou, and was named the tournament MVP and shoot-out contest gold medalist.[3] [4] [5] [6] This was Japan's very first world title in basketball.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 桜花学園の山本麻衣、アーリーエントリーでトヨタ自動車入団「スピードを武器に」. 19 January 2018 .
  2. Web site: メンバー 山本麻衣 . トヨタ自動車株式会社 . April 7, 2018 .
  3. Web site: 『3x3ウーマンズシリーズ』、U23日本代表が中国のA代表をファイナルで破り優勝. 23 August 2019.
  4. Web site: Overview | FIBA 3x3 Women's Series Tokyo Stop 2019.
  5. Web site: 3x3U23日本代表の山本麻衣「2020年に向けて勝つことが求められる」. 25 September 2019.
  6. Web site: Japan women's 3x3 squad vows to earn Olympic berth. 9 November 2019.