is a Japanese

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player for

Denso Iris The Denso Iris are a basketball team based in Kariya, Aichi, playing in the Women's Japan Basketball League. Denso Iris uses Wing Arena Kariya as its home arena. Notable players * Arisa Fujiwara * Kumiko Ōba *Maki Takada * Atsuko Watanabe Coa ...

and the Japanese national team. She competed at the

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, winning a silver medal.

Personal life

Monica's mother is Japanese and her father is a Nigerian of Igbo descent. Her older brother

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plays professional baseball for the

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Career

She participated at the

2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup The 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, the 18th edition of FIBA's premier international tournament for women's national basketball teams, was held in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain from 22 to 30 September 2018. This was the first edition to u ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Okoye, Monica 1999 births Living people Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Tokyo Japanese women's basketball players Japanese people of Nigerian descent Sportspeople of Nigerian descent Olympic basketball players for Japan Small forwards Olympic medalists in basketball Olympic silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Japanese women Denso Iris players Fujitsu Red Wave players