, nicknamed Shocho, is a former Japanese professional

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player and served for

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of the

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as the ambassador. Takahashi is currently the instructor for Toreiku

Katagami is a city located in Akita Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 32,858 in 13,897 households, and a population density of 330 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Katagami is located in the coastal ...

. He was selected by the

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with the third overall pick in the 2006 bj League draft. He has played for the four Tohoku clubs of the

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. In October 2015 he became a one-day honorary

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at the Akita Higashi Police Station. Since then a police officer

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has become popular among Akita's boosters. Takahashi studies

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to improve his game, and he is an

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collector. His retirement memorial game was held at

Akita Prefectural Gymnasium is a stadium in Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. The gymnasium was built in 1968. Yoshio Kobayashi and Masatoshi Soh were the architects. Masao Sitoh and Arata Ono were the structural engineers. It is west of the Akita Station. The gymnasi ...

on October 29, 2017.

Career statistics

Regular season

, - , align="left" , 2006-07 , align="left" ,

Sendai is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Miyagi Prefecture, the largest city in the Tōhoku region. , the city had a population of 1,091,407 in 525,828 households, and is one of Japan's 20 Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, desig ...

, 40 , , 40 , , 29.2 , , 37.0 , , 34.6 , , 62.5 , , 0.9 , , 1.8 , , 0.6 , , 0.0 , , 8.5 , - , align="left" , 2007-08 , align="left" , Sendai , 41 , , 37 , , 24.1 , , 40.3 , , 32.5 , , 73.8 , , 0.9 , , 2.2 , , 0.7 , , 0.0 , , 6.7 , - , align="left" , 2008-09 , align="left" , Sendai , 52 , , 52 , , 28.4 , , 39.4 , , 37.3 , , 76.8 , , 1.4 , , 3.8 , , 0.8 , , 0.1 , , 8.8 , - , align="left" , 2009-10 , align="left" , Sendai , 47 , , 45 , , 29.0 , , 39.9 , , 34.7 , , style="background-color:#CFECEC;, 88.2 , , 1.2 , , 3.6 , , 0.4 , , 0.2 , , 10.9 , - , align="left" , 2010-11 , align="left" , Sendai , 32 , , 3 , , 23.0 , , 40.3 , , 37.6 , , 83.7 , , 1.0 , , 2.4 , , 0.3 , , 0.0 , , 7.2 , - , align="left" , 2011-12 , align="left" , Sendai , 42 , , 3 , , 11.1 , , 38.8 , , 28.8 , , 70.0 , , 0.5 , , 0.7 , , 0.3 , , 0.0 , , 3.4 , - , align="left" , 2012-13 , align="left" , Iwate , 52 , , 49 , , 30.5 , , 43.6 , , 42.5 , , 79.2 , , 1.8 , , 2.7 , , 0.7 , , 0.1 , , 10.3 , - , align="left" , 2013-14 , align="left" , Iwate , 52 , , 50 , , 28.9 , , 42.8 , , 37.6 , , 84.5 , , 1.7 , , 3.4 , , 0.8 , , 0.1 , , 10.1 , - , align="left" , 2014-15 , align="left" ,

Aomori is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 278,964 in 136,457 households, and a population density of 340 people per square kilometer spread over the city's total area of ...

, 48 , , 24 , , 21.6 , , 34.4 , , 31.0 , , 87.5 , , 1.5 , , 2.7 , , 0.4 , , 0.1 , , 6.3 , - , align="left" , 2015-16 , align="left" ,

Akita is a Japanese name and may refer to: Places * 8182 Akita, a main-belt asteroid * Akita Castle, a Nara period fortified settlement in Akita, Japan * Akita Domain, also known as Kubota Domain, feudal domain in Edo period Japan * Akita, Kumamoto, ...

, 52 , , 0 , , 20.0 , , 37.4 , , 34.3 , , 77.8 , , 1.6 , , 2.9 , , 0.3 , , 0.0 , , 4.9 , - , style="background-color:#FFCCCC" align="left" , 2016-17 , align="left" , Akita , 55 , , 2 , , 12.7 , , 36.0 , , 36.4 , , 66.7 , , 0.7 , , 0.7 , , 0.2 , , 0.0 , , 2.8 , - , - , - class="sortbottom" ! style="text-align:center;" colspan=2, Career 2006-17 !513 , , 305 , , 23.5 , , .395 , , .356 , , .805 , , 1.2 , , 2.5 , , 0.5 , , 0.1 , , 7.3 , -

Playoffs

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2011-12 , style="text-align:left;", Sendai , 2 , , , , 7.0 , , .143 , , .000 , , .000 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 1.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2015-16 , style="text-align:left;", Akita , 6 , , 0 , , 20.17 , , .361 , , .375 , , .833 , , 1.17 , , 2.83 , , 0.33 , , 0.17 , , 6.17 , - , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016-17 , style="text-align:left;", Akita , 3 , , 0 , , , , .333 , , .000 , , .000 , , 0.33 , , 0.66 , , 0.33 , , 0 , , 0.7 , -

Trivia

*He loves to read

Yoshihiro Takahashi is a Japanese manga artist. He writes under a pen name in which his first name ''Yoshihiro'' is spelled out in hiragana (よしひろ). Takahashi was born September 18, 1953, in Higashinaruse, Akita. He was very interested in drawing coming of a ...

's Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin

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Personal

His father Norito Takahashi runs a restaurant in Okubo,

where Kenichi's awards, pictures and uniforms are displayed.

References

External links

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3 point and Fly AgainBj League 3 point contest
{{DEFAULTSORT:Takahashi, Kenichi 1980 births Living people Akita Northern Happinets players Aomori Wat's players Iwate Big Bulls players Japanese men's basketball players Prestige International Aranmare Akita coaches Sendai 89ers players Sportspeople from Akita Prefecture Tohoku Gakuin University alumni