OCHIAI Tomoya

3x3 World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
11	Men	2016	People's Republic of China
14	Men	2019	Netherlands
14	Men	2018	Philippines
20	Men	2014	Russian Federation

3x3 Asia Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2018	People's Republic of China
8	Men	2017	Mongolia

Worm (dime-3x3.com, 25 Feb 2021; tokyoheadline.com, 27 Dec 2020)

Athlete

Hosei University , Tokyo, JPN

Japanese

Torsten Loibl [national], GER

He has played 5-on-5 basketball in Japan's national second tier [B2] league. (koshigaya-alphas.com, 06 Mar 2021)

2014 for Japan (doda.jp, Jan 2020; tokyoheadline.com, 27 Dec 2020)

In late 2016 he underwent surgery on his right knee after he tore the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] at the 2016 World Championships in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. He was sidelined for ten months. (hosei.ac.jp, 28 Jul 2017; Instagram profile, 18 Dec 2016)

He began playing basketball at age nine at primary school, and took up 3x3 in 2013. (doda.jp, 01 Jan 2020; hosei.ac.jp, 28 Jul 2017)

Despite receiving offers from a number of clubs, he quit 5-on-5 basketball in 2011 to focus on his university studies and work as a model. In 2013 he took up 3x3 basketball after being encouraged to join a street team by a friend. "At that time [2011] I had lost my enthusiasm for the sport, and I began my modelling career, but I also had to do other part-time jobs. For me, 3x3 basketball is not just another sporting career, but it changed my life. Therefore, I want to let more people in the world know about it." (doda.jp, 01 Jan 2020; tokyoheadline.com, 27 Dec 2020; hosei.ac.jp, 28 Jul 2017)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (japanpost.jp, 18 May 2020)

US basketball player Dennis Rodman. (hosei.ac.jp, 28 Jul 2017)