HIEJIMA Makoto

Date of Birth: 11 Aug 1990

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.91/6'3''

Place of birth: FUKUOKA

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Basketball	Men JPN Japan	11

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Saitama Super Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group C #08 JPN Japan 77 ESP Spain 88	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group C #18 SLO Slovenia 116 JPN Japan 81	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Men's Preliminary Round Group C #30 ARG Argentina 97 JPN Japan 77	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
31	Men	2019	People's Republic of China

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Men	2017	Beirut, LIB

Hiejima (aisin.co.jp, 28 Aug 2014)

Occupation:

Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, JPN

Languages spoken:

Brex Arena Utsunomiya [Japan] since 2019

Ryuzo Anzai [club], JPN; Julio Lamas [national], ARG

Position style:

Shooting Guard (utsunomiyabrex.com, 28 Jan 2020)

In December 2020 he damaged the posterior articular capsule of his right knee joint and bruised bones in his right leg during a match against the Toyama Grouses in the B.League in Japan. (nikkansports.com, 12 Dec 2020)

He sustained an injury to his knee in the opening game of the 2019/20 B.League. (basketballking.jp, 04 Dec 2020)

National league:

B.League [JPN] (bleague.jp, 24 Jan 2020)

He began playing basketball at age seven. (yahoo.co.jp, 15 Dec 2019; nishinippon.co.jp, 20 Apr 2019)

He was influenced by his older brother. (bojweblog.blog101.fc2.com, 03 Oct 2011)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (nikkansports.com, 12 Dec 2020)

His mother, who passed away in 2018. (yahoo.co.jp, 15 Dec 2019)

He was presented with the Most Valuable Player [MVP] Award at the 2017/18 B.League Award Show in Japan. (basketballking.jp, 29 May 2019)

General Interest

General
OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE
In August 2018 he moved to Australia after he signed a contract with the Brisbane Bullets. He returned to Japan in January 2019. "I'm a little bit sad to be leaving Australia, but I'm grateful for the challenge. My personal aim in my basketball career is to focus on the 2020 Olympic Games. However, I'll continue to study English." (sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 16 Jan 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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