Keijuro Matsui (popularly known as KJ) (born October 16, 1985) is a Japanese professional

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player for the

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of the B.League. He is a former guard for the

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basketball team at

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and the first Japanese native basketball player in

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Division I history. Matsui also played in the 2005

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for the World Select Team, only the second Japanese to do so. In the summit he scored seven points in 11 minutes. Following his collegiate career, he relocated to his native country, where he has played ever since.

Career statistics

, - , align="left" , 2009-10 , align="left" , Hokkaido , 41 , , , , 17.05 , , .413 , , .399 , , .757 , , 1.78 , , 0.44 , , 0.27 , , 0 , , 6.76 , - , align="left" , 2010-11 , align="left" , Hitachi , 36 , , , , 22.17 , , .417 , , .349 , , .800 , , 1.58 , , 0.81 , , 0.28 , , 0.05 , , 8.42 , - , align="left" style="background-color:#afe6ba; border: 1px solid gray" , 2011-12† , align="left" , Toyota , 42 , , , , 18.83 , , .449 , , .424 , , .813 , , 1.76 , , 0.55 , , 0.36 , , 0.07 , , 8.69 , - , align="left" , 2012-13 , align="left" , Toyota , 42, , , , 18.7, , .458, , bgcolor="CFECEC", .494*, , .814, , 2.2, , 0.8, , 0.2, , 0.1, , 9.6 , - , align="left" , 2013-14 , align="left" , Toyota , 54, , , , 21.6, , .446, , .408, , .839, , 1.8, , 1.0, , 0.5, , 0.0, , 10.7 , - , align="left" , 2014-15 , align="left" , Toyota , 54, , 5 , , 22.3, , .406, , .432, , .676, , 2.3, , 1.3, , 0.6, , 0.0, , 9.4 , - , align="left" , 2015-16 , align="left" , Toyota , 55, , 13 , , 20.8, , .478, , bgcolor="CFECEC", .449*, , .816, , 1.4, , 1.4, , 0.6, , 0, , 11.2 , - , align="left" , 2016-17 , align="left" , A Tokyo , 59 , , 6 , , 16.8 , , .399 , , .395 , , .939 , , 1.4 , , 0.4, , 0.2 , , 0.1 , , 6.1 , - , align="left" , 2017-18 , align="left" , Mikawa , 55 , , 6 , , 12.8 , , .440 , , .403 , , .677 , , 0.9 , , 0.9 , , 0.4 , , 0.0 , , 4.9 , -

References

KJ Matsui Columbia Lions profile
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