Daiji Yamada (山田大治、born June 8, 1981) is a Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for Toyama Grouses of the Japanese

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. Yamada also is a long-time member of the Japan national basketball team, playing for the team in the

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and both the FIBA Asia Championship 2007 and FIBA Asia Championship 2009. He made his debut for the national team in 1999 at the FIBA World Championship for Junior Men Yamada averaged 7 points and 2.3 rebounds per game for the host Japanese at the

. In his most recent national team appearance, Yamada averaged 10 points and 4.6 rebounds per game for the Japanese at the FIBA Asia Championship 2009 tournament. Despite his performance, Japan stumbled to a disappointing tenth place finish, its worst ever performance in 24

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appearances. Yamada played professionally with Hokkaido in the

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. In the 2009-10 season, Yamada entered the month-long winter break averaging 14 points and 4.9 rebounds per game for the Alvark.Daiji Yamada
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yamada, Daiji 1981 births Living people Alvark Tokyo players Basketball players at the 2010 Asian Games Hiroshima Dragonflies players Levanga Hokkaido players Nihon University Red Sharks men's basketball players Utsunomiya Brex players Japanese men's basketball players Panasonic Trians players Power forwards (basketball) Toyama Grouses players 2006 FIBA World Championship players Asian Games competitors for Japan