Ryosuke Mizumachi Explained

Ryosuke Mizumachi
Position:Academy Development Director
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lb:183
League:B.League
Team:Saga Ballooners
Nationality:Japanese
Birth Date:1981 9, mf=yes
Birth Place:Imari, Saga Prefecture[1] [2] [3]
Highschool:Saganishi (Saga, Japan)
College:Gakushuin University (2000–2004)
Career Start:2004
Career End:2018
Years1:2005–2008
Team1:Oita Heat Devils
Years2:2008-2010
Years3:2010-2018
Team3:Akita Northern Happinets
Cyears1:2018-2020
Cteam1:Akita Northern Happinets U15
Cyears2:2020-present
Cteam2:Saga Ballooners U15

is a former Japanese professional basketball player who played for the Akita Northern Happinets of the B.League in Japan.

Mizumachi was born in Imari, Saga Prefecture,[4] [5] [6] Japan and started playing basketball while in elementary school.[7] After graduating from Gakushuin University in 2004 he decided to enter professional basketball, against his parents' wishes.[7] He joined a team below Niigata Albirex BB's organization. In 2005 he was drafted by the Oita Heat Devils in the seventh round (26th overall) of the 2005 bj league draft. During three seasons with Oita he was named as a deputy captain, but was released at the end of the 2007-08 season. He was then signed by Niigata and spent two seasons with their bj league team.

In June 2010 Mizumachi was signed by the Happinets in the second round of the 2010 expansion draft and has served as captain throughout the club's seven seasons in the bj league.[8] He was one of 12 players to participate in all eleven seasons of the bj league.[7] He has remained with Akita following the team's entry into the B.League in September 2016, but has been replaced as captain by Shigehiro Taguchi.[9] His nickname is "Macho".[10]

His retirement ceremony was held at the Akita Prefectural Gymnasium on April 3, 2019.[10]

Career statistics

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 2005-06| align="left" | Oita|31||4||14||36.7%||25.0%||76.9%||1.4 ||1.4||0.5||0||2|-| align="left" | 2006-07| align="left" | Oita|22||7||12||43.6%||33.3%||0.0%||1.3 ||1.2||0.4||0||1.8|-| align="left" | 2007-08| align="left" | Oita|29||5||9||32.4%||0.0%||75.0%||1.2 ||0.9||0.3||0||1|-| align="left" | 2008-09| align="left" | Niigata|29||0||4||42.1%||11.1%||50.0%||0.7 ||0.2||0.3||0.1||0.7|-| align="left" | 2009-10| align="left" | Niigata|35||11||6||41.0%||50.0%||66.7%||0.8 ||0.6||0.4||0||1.2|-| align="left" | 2010-11| align="left" | Akita|50||45||29||33.2%||30.3%||59.2%||3.1 ||2.8||1.3||0||4.6|-| align="left" | 2011-12| align="left" | Akita|50||11||18||42.9%||33.8%||51.7%||1.9 ||1.6||0.8||0||3.5|-| align="left" | 2012-13| align="left" | Akita|44||13||7||46.9%||28.6%||66.7%||1.0 ||0.9||0.6||0||1.3|-| align="left" | 2013-14| align="left" | Akita|41||0||6.0||45.5%||28.6%||42.9%||0.3||0.7||0.5||0||1.2|-| align="left" | 2014-15| align="left" | Akita|50||13||13.2||47.1||26.5||66.7||1.0||1.5||0.5||0.1||2.7|-|-| align="left" | 2015-16| align="left" | Akita|52||32||16.2||41.7||28.3||52.6||1.8||2.0||0.8||0.1||2.9|-|-|style="background-color:#FFCCCC" align="left" | 2016-17| align="left" | Akita|45||2||10.4||25.0||0||50.0||0.8||0.7||0.4||0||0.8|-|-| align="left" | 2017-18| align="left" | Akita|48||8||8.4||37.8||22.2||55.6||0.8||0.6||0.4||0||1.4|-|- class="sortbottom"! style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career ! 526|| || 12.5|| 39.1|| 27.9|| 58.6|| 1.4|| 1.2|| 0.6|| 0.0||2.1

Playoffs

|-|style="text-align:left;"|2010-11|style="text-align:left;"|Akita| 2 || ||31.0 || .455 || .333 || .500 ||3.5 ||4.5 || 1.5|| 0.0 ||6.0|-|style="text-align:left;"|2011-12|style="text-align:left;"|Akita| 4 || ||14.5 || .500 || .800 || .000 ||1.0 ||1.3 || 0.5|| 0.0 ||3.0|-|style="text-align:left;"|2013-14|style="text-align:left;"|Akita| 3 || 0 ||4.00 || .667 || .000 || .000 ||1.0 ||0.33 || 0|| 0 ||1.33|-|style="text-align:left;"|2016-17|style="text-align:left;"|Akita| 1 || 0 || || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0 ||1.0 || 0|| 0 ||0|-|style="text-align:left;"|2017-18|style="text-align:left;"|Akita| 5 || 0 || 8.06 || .200 || .000 || 1.000 || 1.6 || 1.8 || 0.6 || 0 || 0.8|-

Notes and References

  1. Happinets halftime show vs.SunRockers Shibuya on December 12, 2018/ 2018年12月12日 CNAアリーナ☆あきたでのサンロカーズ渋谷戦ハーフタイムショー
  2. Web site: 『M ~もう一度の新潟ストーリー~』. まっちょのブログ.
  3. Web site: 水町嘉宏 . トンテントン. 19 May 2010 . 15 March 2021.
  4. Happinets halftime show vs.SunRockers Shibuya on December 12, 2018/ 2018年12月12日 CNAアリーナ☆あきたでのサンロカーズ渋谷戦ハーフタイムショー
  5. Web site: 『M ~もう一度の新潟ストーリー~』. まっちょのブログ.
  6. Web site: 水町嘉宏 . トンテントン. 19 May 2010 . 15 March 2021.
  7. Web site: 地道な努力 背中で引っ張る . Yomiuri Shimbun . Sakano . Persistent effort, pulling with his back . Japanese . 19 May 2016 . 26 September 2016.
  8. Web site: bjリーグドラフト会議 2010 指名選手のお知らせ . Announcement of players drafted at the 2010 bj league draft . Japanese . 8 June 2010 . 26 September 2016.
  9. Web site: 秋田、3年ぶりV王手!田口新主将、仙台と「強い気持ちで戦う」 . Akita one step away from first victory in 3 years. New captain Taguchi: Battle Sendai with strong feeling . Hochi . 10 September 2016 . 26 September 2016 . Japanese.
  10. Web site: ※3/29更新 4/3(水)☆水町亮介. 秋田ノーザンハピネッツ.