Takuya Nakayama Explained

Takuya Nakayama 中山拓哉
Position:	Point guard / shooting guard
Height Ft:	5
Height In:	11.8
Weight Lb:	187
League:	B.League
Team:	Akita Northern Happinets
Number:	17
Nationality:	Japanese
Birth Date:	1994 7, mf=yes
Birth Place:	Izumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa
Highschool:	Tokai University Sagami (Sagamihara, Kanagawa)
College:	Tokai University (2013–2017)
Career Start:	2017
Years1:	2017–present
Team1:	Akita Northern Happinets
Highlights:	B1 Steal leader (2018-19) B2 Steal leader (2017-18) B.League All-Star (2018) All Japan Intercollegiate Basketball Championship MVP (2016) All Japan Intercollegiate Basketball Championship Assist leader (2016)

Takuya Nakayama (born July 24, 1994) is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for the Akita Northern Happinets of the B.League in Japan.^[1] He wears #17 because his mother, Yuko was born on the 17th day of the month.^[2] On April 22, 2017, Nakayama made the longest shot of the B.League at first quarter buzzer beater.^[3] On December 30. 2017, he hit another longest shot of the league at the third quarter buzzer beater.^[4]

B.League Multiple-time steal leader

He won the Steal leader award two years in a row.

Career statistics

Led the league

Regular season

|-|style="background-color:#FFCCCC" align="left" | 2016-17| align="left" | Akita|22 ||5 || 16.5 ||45.9 || 40.7 ||66.7 || 2.0 || 1.2 || 0.9 ||0.1 || 4.7|-| align="left" | 2017-18| align="left" | Akita|56 ||44 || 24 ||45.7 || 31.7 ||59.4 || 4.3 || 3.8 || bgcolor="CFECEC"|2.1* ||0.1 || 8.5|-| align="left" | 2018-19| align="left" | Akita| 58 || 44 || 29.9 ||40.8 ||18.5 || 62.2 ||4.8 ||5.4 ||bgcolor="CFECEC"|2.2* ||0.1||7.3|-| align="left" | 2019-20| align="left" | Akita| 32 || 17 || 23.7 ||46.7 ||29.4 || 59.6 ||3.7 ||3.6 ||2.1 ||0.0||6.7|-| align="left" | 2020-21| align="left" | Akita| 56 || 21 || 22.8 ||.405 ||.256 || .724 ||3.5 ||3.2 ||1.5 ||0.0||6.8|-

Playoffs

|-|style="text-align:left;"|2016-17|style="text-align:left;"|Akita| 2 || || 23.0 || .500 || .333 || 1.000 || 2.0 || 0.5 || 2.0 || 0 || 5.5|-|style="text-align:left;"|2017-18|style="text-align:left;"|Akita| 5 || 3 || 20:37 || .265 || .250 || .500 || 5.4 || 3.4 || 1.4 || 0 || 4.4|-

Early cup games

|-|style="text-align:left;"|2017|style="text-align:left;"|Akita| 2 || 1 || 18:22 || .385 || .167 || 1.000 || 4.5 || 1.5 || 1.5 || 0 || 5.0|-|style="text-align:left;"|2018|style="text-align:left;"|Akita|2 || 2 || 27:49 || .444 || .000 || .500 || 5.0 || 3.0 || 3.5 || 0 || 5.5|-|style="text-align:left;"|2019|style="text-align:left;"|Akita|2 || 2 || 25:14 || .333 || 1.000 || 1.000 || 5.5 || 1.5 || 1.0|| 0.5 || 3.5|-

Preseason games

|-| align="left" |2018| align="left" | Akita| 2 || 1 || 27.4 || .100 ||.000 || 1.000||4.0 || 5.0||2.5 || 0.0 || 3.0|-| align="left" |2019| align="left" | Akita| 3 || 1 || 21.9 || .412 ||.000 || .857||2.3 || 4.3||4.3 || 0.0 || 5.7|-Source: Changwon1Changwon2Source: UtsunomiyaToyamaSendai

Outfits

He plays with Nike Kyrie Low 2 basketball shoes and Stance socks and wears Air Force 1 Foamposite Pro Cup shoes on the Akita's snowy streets. ^{[5] [6]}

Shē pass

His one-handed overhead pass to his side is called "Sheeeh! pass", because it looks like Sheeeh! pose in Japanese cartoon, Osomatsu-kun.^{[7] [8]}

External links

• Highlights 2018
• Defence Highlights 2019
• Tsukuba vs Tokai 2016
• Stats

Notes and References

1. Web site: Akita Northern Happinets . 【新入団】選手契約合意のお知らせ. 12 January 2017 . 12 January 2017.
2. Web site: Akita Asahi Broadcasting . 13 January 2017 .
3. Web site: B.League . これはなかなかお目にかかれない...自陣フリースローラインからのスーパーショット. 24 April 2017 . 24 April 2017.
4. Web site: natu. タクちゃんのブザビ. 31 December 2017 . 31 December 2017.
5. Web site: 「僕は秋田が好き」エアフォース1を履いて秋田ライフ満喫の秋田ノーザンハピネッツ・中山拓哉選手 ＜Bリーグ×ファッションの密な関係Vol.11＞. 2 March 2019.
6. Web site: - YouTube. YouTube.
7. Web site: 新潟戦で中山選手秘儀シェーパス披露！多田選手オープニング３Ｐシュート炸裂で連勝 ｜ 秋田ノーザンハピネッツのクレイジーピンクに魅せられて～籠球（ろうきゅう）侍参上～.
8. 1073208949862592513. ssksn. @hapi_bigface タクちゃんもやれます。#シェーパス . 13 December 2018.