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team based in

Kashiwa is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 433,436 in 194,216 households and a population density of 3800 persons per km². The total area of the city is . The name of the city is written with a si ...

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, playing in the

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Notable players

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* Manami Fujioka *

Mikiko Hagiwara is a Japanese former professional basketball player. She won a silver medal with the Japan women's national basketball team at the Basketball at the 1994 Asian Games, 1994 Asian Games. Hagiwara also competed at the Basketball at the 1996 Summer O ...

* Saki Hayashi *

Hiromi Kawabata Hiromi Kawabata (川畑宏美, born 23 March 1979) is a Japanese former basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary obj ...

Noriko Koiso Noriko Koiso (née Hamaguchi, 小磯典子、旧姓濱口、born 15 January 1974) is a Japanese former basketball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί ...

Mari Konno is a Japanese former basketball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 2 ...

* Kaori Kusuda *

Yuka Mamiya is a Japanese basketball player. She represented Japan in the basketball competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 ...

Katrina McClain Johnson Katrina McClain (born September 19, 1965) is a retired American basketball player. She played for the University of Georgia, as well as many USA Basketball teams including three Olympic teams. McClain was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall ...

Yuki Miyazawa is a Japanese basketball player currently playing as a small forward for Fujitsu Red Wave. She represented Japan in the basketball competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio and won a silver medal with the Japanese national team at the 2020 ...

Yuko Oga is a Japanese basketball coach and former professional basketball player. A point guard, she played for JX Sunflowers of the Women's Japan Basketball League and the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA. Her nickname is Shin. Career She started play ...

Taeko Oyama Taeko Oyama (大山妙子, born 18 June 1974) is a Japanese former basketball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2 ...

* Masami Tachikawa * Ramu Tokashiki * Ryoko Yano *

Asami Yoshida (basketball) Asami Yoshida (吉田亜沙美 born October 9, 1987) is a Japanese professional basketball player for the JX-Eneos Sunflowers of the Women's Japan Basketball League The Women's Japan Basketball League is the premier women's basketball league ...

Head coaches

Kazuo Nakamura (basketball) is a former professional basketball head coach for Hamamatsu, Akita and Niigata and a former college basketball head coach for Akita Keizaihoka University in Japan. Nakamura always said to players, "Play basketball with all your heart." He admi ...

Tomohide Utsumi is a Japanese basketball coach. He coached the Japanese women's national team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team finished eighth. Personal His son, Shingo Utsumi is a professional basketball player for the Kyoto Hannaryz. Head coaching ...

* Kiyomi Sato *

Tom Hovasse Thomas Wayne Hovasse (born January 31, 1967) is an American basketball coach and former player. After growing up in Security, Colorado, he played college basketball at Penn State. After not being selected in the 1989 NBA draft, he played profes ...

* Eiki Umezaki 2012 all japan jx-toyota boshoku

References

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External links

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