Takatoshi Furukawa Explained

Takatoshi Furukawa 古川孝敏
Number:	51
Position:	Shooting guard
Height Ft:	6
Height In:	3
Weight Lb:	198
League:	B.League
Team:	Akita Northern Happinets
Birth Date:	20 October 1987
Birth Place:	Tokyo^[1]
Nationality:	Japanese
High School:	Mikage Technical
College:	Tokai University
Years1:	2010-2013
Team1:	Aisin SeaHorses Mikawa
Years2:	2013-2017
Team2:	Link Tochigi Brex
Years3:	2017-2019
Team3:	Ryukyu Golden Kings
Years4:	2019-present
Team4:	Akita Northern Happinets
Highlights:	JBL 3point pct Leader (2011-12) 2xNBL Free Throw pct leader (2014, 16) B.League Finals MVP(2016-17) 2x JBL All-star (2012,13) B.League All-star (2018) B.League Finals MVP (2017) B.League Free Throw pct leader (2020-21)

Takatoshi Furukawa (born October 20, 1987) is a Japanese professional basketball player who currently plays for Akita Northern Happinets in the B.League.

He was a member of the Japan national basketball team that competed in the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship.^[2] As a member of Team Japan, he is especially known for his outside shooting.^[3]

Akita Northern Happinets

Furukawa accepted a three-year contract for Akita Happinets on June 11, 2019.^[4] ^[5] He became the first Happinets player to lead the B.League in free throw percentage in 2021.^[6]

Career statistics

†	Denotes seasons in which Furukawa won an championship
	Led the league

Regular season

|-| align="left" | 2010-11| align="left" | Aisin| 36|| || 17.9|| .381|| .337|| .812|| 1.4|| 0.6|| 0.2|| 0.1|| 5.4|-| align="left" | 2011-12| align="left" | Aisin| 42|| 42 || 31.5|| .441|| bgcolor="CFECEC"|.446*|| .870|| 2.2|| 1.0|| 0.5|| 0.0|| 11.1|-| align="left" style="background-color:#afe6ba; border: 1px solid gray" | 2012-13†| align="left" | Aisin| 38|| 38 || 29.5|| .375|| .359|| .829|| 1.9|| 0.8|| 0.4|| 0.2|| 8.9|-| align="left" | 2013-14| align="left" | Tochigi| 51|| 50|| 27.4|| .422|| .353|| bgcolor="CFECEC"|.905*|| 2.3|| 1.1|| 0.4|| 0.0|| 11.4|-| align="left" | 2014-15| align="left" | Tochigi| 54||54 || 26.7|| .466|| .431|| .846|| 2.1|| 0.9|| 0.4|| 0.1|| 13.1|-| align="left" | 2015-16| align="left" | Tochigi| 54|| 54|| 28.8|| .452|| .391|| bgcolor="CFECEC"|.893*|| 2.6|| 1.0|| 0.7|| 0.1|| 15.7 |-| align="left" style="background-color:#afe6ba; border: 1px solid gray" | 2016-17†| align="left" | Tochigi| 48||44 ||22.8 || .411||.374 ||.891 ||1.6 || 0.8|| 0.6|| 0.1|| 11.1|-| align="left" | 2017-18| align="left" | Ryukyu| 49||27 ||22.5 || .388||.362 ||.835 ||2.3 || 1.5|| 0.4|| 0.1|| 9.6|-| align="left" | 2018-19| align="left" | Ryukyu| 54||54 ||28.4 || .417||.355 ||.890 ||2.6 || 1.1|| 0.5|| 0.2|| 10.5|-| align="left" | 2019-20| align="left" | Akita| 30||29 ||25.3 || .325||.301 ||.868 ||2.2 || 1.8|| 0.4|| 0.1|| 8.7|-| align="left" | 2020-21| align="left" | Akita| 54||46 ||23.8 || .423||.393 ||bgcolor="CFECEC"|.910* ||2.1 || 1.7|| 0.6|| 0.0|| 10.0|-|}

Playoffs

|-|style="text-align:left;"|2011-12|style="text-align:left;"|Aisin| 7 || || 31.1 || .305 || .282 || .750 || 2.6 || 1.0|| 0.7|| 0.0 || 7.1|-|style="text-align:left;"|2012-13|style="text-align:left;"|Aisin| 7 || || 32.7 || .397 || .440 || .900 || 2.4 || 1.1|| 0.0|| 0.1 || 10.0|-|style="text-align:left;"|2013-14|style="text-align:left;"|Tochigi| 3 || || 29.0 || .432 || .444 || 1.000 || 2.0 || 1.7|| 1.3|| 0.0 || 15.0|-|style="text-align:left;"|2014-15|style="text-align:left;"|Tochigi| 4 || || 31.0 || .420 || .313 || .895 || 4.3 || 1.0|| 1.0|| 0.3 || 16.0|-|style="text-align:left;"|2015-16|style="text-align:left;"|Tochigi| 5 || || 32.2 || .368 || .359 || .923 || 3.2 || 1.2|| 0.8|| 0.0 || 16.4|-|style="text-align:left;"|2016-17|style="text-align:left;"|Tochigi| 6 || 6 || 23:52 || .446 || .458 || .778 || 1.8 || 1.2|| 0.33|| 0.0 || 11.3|-|style="text-align:left;"|2017-18|style="text-align:left;"|Ryukyu| 5 || 5 || 24:43 || .286 || .208 || 1.000 || 2.8 || 0.8|| 0.0 || 0.2 || 9.0|-|style="text-align:left;"|2018-19|style="text-align:left;"|Ryukyu| 6 || 6 || 25:08 || .348 || .375 || .800 || 2.2 || 0.8|| 0.0 || 0.0 || 7.0|-

Early cup games

|-|style="text-align:left;"|2018|style="text-align:left;"|Ryukyu| 2 ||2 || 21:49 || .462 || .143 || 1.000 || 3.5 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 9.0|-|style="text-align:left;"|2019|style="text-align:left;"|Akita|1 ||1 || 20:05 || .500 || .000 || .750 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 11.0|-

Preseason games

|-| align="left" |2019| align="left" | Akita| 3 || 3 || 21.0 || .412 ||.500 || .571||1.3 || 1.0|| 0.3 || 0.0 || 7.3|-Source: Utsunomiya Toyama Sendai

Non-FIBA Events Stats

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2011| style="text-align:left;"| Universiade| 8 || ||16.36 || .414 ||.412 || 1.000|| 3.0 ||0.9 || 0.4 || 0.0|| 8.4|-

FIBA Senior Team Events Stats

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2015| style="text-align:left;"| FIBA Asia Cup| 9 || ||19.54 || .374 ||.288 || .737|| 2.8 || 0.3|| 0.4 || 0.0|| 10.8|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2016| style="text-align:left;"| Olympic Qualifier - Serbia| 2 || ||9.46 || .000 ||.000 || .000|| 2.5 || 0.0|| 0.0 || 0.0|| 0.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2017| style="text-align:left;"| FIBA Asia Cup| 4 || ||13.28 || .611 ||.545 || .750|| 0.2 || 0.5|| 0.2 || 0.0|| 7.8|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2017| style="text-align:left;"| Asian World Cup Qualifier| 7 || ||7.31 || .105 ||.077 || 1.000|| 1.3 || 0.1|| 0.0 || 0.0|| 1.1|-|}

William Jones Cup

|-| align="left" | 2012| align="left" | Japan|8|| ||21|| .409|| .395|| 1.000|| 1.9||0.9 || 0.6|| 0.0|| 9.9|-| align="left" | 2014| align="left" | Japan|9|| ||22|| .413|| .419|| .900|| 1.6||0.9 || 0.4|| 0.0|| 8.2|-| align="left" | 2015| align="left" | Japan|6|| ||26|| .426|| .452|| 1.000|| 3.2||1.2 || 0.7|| 0.0|| 11.0|-|- class="sortbottom"! style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career ! 23 || || 23 || .414 || .419 || .962 || 2.1 || 1.0|| 0.6 ||0.0 || 9.5|-

Terrific 12

|-| align="left" | 2018| align="left" | Ryukyu|4|| ||23.7|| || || || 5.0||1.0 || 0.3|| 0.0|| 8.5|-

Notes and References

https://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/sports/201707/0010358143.shtml
https://www.fiba.basketball/asia/2015/player/Takatoshi-Furukawa 2015 FIBA Asia Championship – Takatoshi FURUKAWA
Kaz Nagatsuka, Japan men bounce back against Czech Republic, The Japan Times, 15 August 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
Web site: 【新入団】古川孝敏選手契約合意のお知らせ.
Web site: Sendai 89ers finalize deal with veteran leader Jerome Tillman for 2019-20 season. 11 June 2019.
Web site: NNNﾆｭｰｽ. https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215522/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:c6hKQQ-CCjYJ:www.ybc.co.jp/nnn/i/news93e4wh0o882f5ejsqc.html+&cd=2&hl=ja&ct=clnk&gl=jp. dead. June 2, 2021.