BABA Yudai

Date of Birth: 7 Nov 1995

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.98/6'5''

Place of birth: TOYAMA

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : MELBOURNE, VIC

Residence Country:

Australia

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

Occupation:

Physical Education - University of Tsukuba, Japan

Languages spoken:

English, Japanese

Melbourne United [United States of America] since 2020/21

Dean Vickerma [club], AUS; Julio Lamas [national], ARG

Position style:

Small forward (nikkansports.com, 19 Jul 2020)

Sporting relatives:

His father Toshiharu Baba represented Japan in basketball and was part of the team that won bronze at the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi, India. He became a coach after retiring from the sport. (SportsDeskOnline, 03 Feb 2020; number.bunshun.jp, 14 Dec 2018; news.yahoo.co.jp, 29 Jun 2017)

2017 for Japan, in Nagano, Japan (intensity.tokyo, 27 Apr 2018)

In July 2019 he sustained an injury to his right shoulder. (sponichi.co.jp, 13 Jul 2019)

In January 2018 he sprained the Lisfranc joint in his right foot during a match against Chiba Jets Funabashi in the Japanese B.League. He required about three weeks of recovery. (basketballking.jp, 09 Jan 2018)

National league:

NBL [AUS] (nbl.com.au, 19 Jul 2020)

He began playing basketball in grade one of primary school. (number.bunshun.jp, 14 Dec 2018; intensity.tokyo, 27 Apr 2018)

He was encouraged to try the sport by his sister and his father. (number.bunshun.jp, 14 Dec 2018)

To play in the NBA All Star Game. (tsukuba.ac.jp, 11 Nov 2020)

His father Toshiharu Baba. (sportingnews.com, 30 Mar 2020)

He was given the Break The Border Award at the 2019/20 B. League Award Show in Japan. (jiji.com, 29 May 2020)

He was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] for the 2018/19 season in the B.League in Japan. (sanspo.com, 12 May 2019)

He received the Rookie of the Season award at the 2017/18 B.League Award Show in Japan. (basketballking.jp, 29 May 2018)

General Interest

General
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
In 2017 he signed as a professional with Alvark Tokyo in Japan while still completing the final year of his degree at the University of Tsukuba. In July 2019 he went to the United States of America to participate in the NBA Summer League, and in October of that year he signed a contract with the Texas Legends in the NBA G League. In 2020 he joined Melbourne United for the 2020/21 NBL season in Australia. (nikkansports.com, 14 Sep 2020; nbl.com.au, 19 Jul 2020; dot.asahi.com, 05 Jan 2020; mavs.com, 20 Sep 2019; olympicchannel.com, 17 Oct 2019)

FATHER'S REQUEST
He acquired a teacher's licence after completing his degree in physical education at the University of Tsukuba following a request from his father, who had had difficulties finding a job after retiring from competition. "I was told to get a teacher's licence by my father. He even said to me, 'It is the only thing I would like to ask'. I wouldn't be born without my father, and he was the reason why I took up basketball. I think that he was the one who made a foundation in my sporting career, so I was playing in order to surpass him. My father influenced me to become who I am now." (sportingnews.com, 30 Mar 2020)

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Legend

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

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