Yusuke Okada (basketball) explained

Position:Point guard
Yusuke Okada
Number:10
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lb:176
Team:Altiri Chiba
League:B.League
Nationality:Japanese
Birth Date:September 17, 1984
Birth Place:Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Highschool:Tsuchiura Nihon University High
College:Aoyama Gakuin University
Draft:Undrafted
Career Start:2007
Years1:2007-14
Team1:Toyota Alvark
Years2:2014
Team2:Tsukuba Robots
Years3:2015
Team3:Hiroshima Dragonflies
Years4:2015-16
Team4:Chiba Jets
Years5:2016-2020
Team5:Kyoto Hannaryz
Years6:2020-2021
Team6:Earth Friends Tokyo Z
Years7:2021-
Team7:Altiri Chiba
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is a Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Altiri Chiba of the B.League. Okada also is a member of the Japan national basketball team, debuting for the team in the FIBA Asia Championship 2009.[1]

Okada averaged 8.9 points per game the Japanese team at the 2009 championship, including a game-high 30 points on 10 3-pointers in a 148-45 preliminary round victory over Sri Lanka.[2] Despite his performance, Japan stumbled to a disappointing tenth place finish, its worst ever performance in 24 FIBA Asia Championship appearances.

Okada played professionally with the Toyota Alvark of the JBL Super League. In the 2009-10 season, Okada entered the month-long winter break averaging 8.1 points per game for the Alvark.[3]

Certified Public Accountant

Okada earned Japanese CPA license in November 2010.[4]

3x3 clubs

He owns Dime 3x3 teams in Tokyo, Osaka and Hachinohe.[5]

Career statistics

|-| align="left" | 2007-08| align="left" rowspan="7" | Toyota| 30|| || 9.9|| .273|| .247|| .875|| 0.6|| 0.1|| 0.2|| 0.0|| 3.2|-| align="left" | 2008-09| 35|| || 20.2|| .418|| .426|| .708|| 1.2|| 0.8|| 0.6|| 0.1|| 9.5|-| align="left" | 2009-10| 41|| || 19.1|| .413|| .438|| .700|| 1.1|| 1.0|| 0.5|| 0.0|| 7.1|-| align="left" | 2010-11| 36|| || 27.1|| .386|| .344|| .824|| 1.4|| 0.9|| 0.4|| 0.1|| 9.3|-| align="left" | 2011-12| 42|| 42|| 23.3|| .407|| .390|| .714|| 1.4|| 0.9|| 0.5|| 0.1|| 9.6|-| align="left" | 2012-13| 42|| 42|| 21.2|| .377|| .377|| .667|| 1.3|| 0.8|| 0.4|| 0.1|| 8.2|-| align="left" | 2013-14| 54|| 54|| 18.9|| .398|| .415|| .676|| 1.3|| 0.8|| 0.4|| 0.1|| 7.4 |-| rowspan="2" align="left" | 2014-15| align="left" | Tsukuba| 16|| 15|| 28.1|| .297|| .321|| .783|| 1.4|| 1.2|| 1.0||0.0|| 8.7 |-| align="left" | Hiroshima D| 28|| 0|| 22.7|| .322|| .311|| .775|| 2.4|| 1.7|| 0.6|| 0.0|| 7.7|-| align="left" | 2015-16| align="left" | Chiba| 54|| 34|| 21.3|| .396|| .400|| .848|| 1.1|| 0.6|| 0.3|| 0.0|| 5.1|-| align="left" | 2016-17| align="left" | Kyoto| 60|| 60|| 28.0|| .347|| .349|| .859|| 1.7|| 1.4|| 0.5|| 0.0|| 10.2|-| align="left" | 2017-18| align="left" | Kyoto| 60|| 60|| 23.5|| .381|| .359|| .844|| 1.4|| 1.3|| 0.3|| 0.1||8.1|-

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20090819021228/http://china2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fascm/player/p/pid/79148/sid/7038/tid/309/profile.html Player Profile
  2. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/5/grid/A/rid/7118/sid/7038/tid/309/_/2009_FIBA_Asia_Championship_for_Men/statistic.html Japan v. Sri Lanka
  3. http://www.asia-basket.com/player.asp?Cntry=JPN&PlayerID=107801 Yusuke Okada
  4. Web site: バスケ日本代表の岡田選手、公認会計士に合格 . 日本経済新聞. 2010-11-21. 2015-02-03.
  5. Web site: 岡田 優介 – TOKYO DIME(東京ダイム)公式ウェブサイト- Professional 3×3 Basketball Team-.