WATANABE Yuta

Date of Birth: 13 Oct 1994

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 2.06/6'9''

Place of birth: MIKI

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

Occupation:

George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

Languages spoken:

English, Japanese

Toronto Raptors [Canada] since 2020

Nick Nurse [club] USA; Julio Lamas [national], ARG

Position style:

Shooting Guard, Small forward (raptorshq.com, 02 Dec 2020)

Sporting relatives:

His mother Miku Kubota played basketball at international level and captained the Japanese national team. His father was involved in the sport at club level in Japan, while his sister Yuki played in the Women's Japan Basketball League from 2011 until 2014. (mainichi.jp, 03 Jan 2020; olympicchannel.com, 23 Aug 2019; kobe-np.co.jp, 04 Dec 2018; wjbl.org, 01 Jan 2014)

In August 2019 he sprained his right ankle during training and was sidelined for about 10 days. (japantimes.co.jp, 11 Sep 2019; basketballking.jp, 14 Aug 2019; nikkansports.com, 07 Aug 2019)

In July 2019 he sustained a calf injury while playing in the NBA Summer League. (japantimes.co.jp, 11 Sep 2019)

National league:

NBA [USA] (nba.com, 04 Dec 2020)

He began playing basketball in grade one of primary school. (olympicchannel.com, 23 Aug 2019)

He was encouraged to try the sport by his parents. (olympicchannel.com, 23 Aug 2019)

US basketball player Kobe Bryant. (Instagram profile, 27 Jan 2020; NBA G League Twitter profile, 04 Jan 2020)

He was named the 2017/18 Atlantic 10 Conference Defensive Player of the Year while playing for George Washington University in the United States of America (nba.com, 20 Jul 2018)

General Interest

General
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He moved to the United States of America in 2013, and began studying at George Washington University in 2014. In 2018 he signed a two-way contract with the Memphis Grizzlies and the Memphis Hustle, making his NBA debut in a match against the Phoenix Suns in October 2018. He began playing for the Toronto Raptors after signing a two-way contract in December 2020. (nhk.or.jp, 06 Dec 2020; sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 21 Jan 2020; olympicchannel.com, 23 Aug 2019; english.kyodonews.net, 12 Apr 2019; nba.com, 20 Jul 2018; hypebeast.com. 22 Dec 2020)

Milestones

He is the first Japanese-born player to receive a National Collegiate Athletic Association [NCAA] Division I basketball scholarship. He played for George Washington University in the United States of America from 2014 until 2018. (ncaa.com, 21 Jan 2015; nytimes.com, 21 Jan 2015; netscoutsbasketball.com, 11 Feb 2014)

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Legend

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

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