is a former Japanese professional

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player who played for the Akita Northern Happinets of the

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in Japan. Mizumachi was born in

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, Japan and started playing basketball while in elementary school. After graduating from

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in 2004 he decided to enter professional basketball, against his parents' wishes. He joined a team below

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's organization. In 2005 he was drafted by the

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in the seventh round (26th overall) of the 2005

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draft. During three seasons with Oita he was named as a deputy captain, but was released at the end of the 2007-08 season. He was then signed by Niigata and spent two seasons with their bj league team. In June 2010 Mizumachi was signed by the Happinets in the second round of the 2010 expansion draft and has served as captain throughout the club's seven seasons in the bj league. He was one of 12 players to participate in all eleven seasons of the bj league. He has remained with Akita following the team's entry into the

in September 2016, but has been replaced as captain by

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. His nickname is "Macho". His retirement ceremony was held at the

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on April 3, 2019.

Career statistics

Regular season

, - , align="left" , 2005-06 , align="left" , Oita , 31, , 4, , 14, , 36.7%, , 25.0%, , 76.9%, , 1.4 , , 1.4, , 0.5, , 0, , 2 , - , align="left" , 2006-07 , align="left" , Oita , 22, , 7, , 12, , 43.6%, , 33.3%, , 0.0%, , 1.3 , , 1.2, , 0.4, , 0, , 1.8 , - , align="left" , 2007-08 , align="left" , Oita , 29, , 5, , 9, , 32.4%, , 0.0%, , 75.0%, , 1.2 , , 0.9, , 0.3, , 0, , 1 , - , align="left" , 2008-09 , align="left" , Niigata , 29, , 0, , 4, , 42.1%, , 11.1%, , 50.0%, , 0.7 , , 0.2, , 0.3, , 0.1, , 0.7 , - , align="left" , 2009-10 , align="left" , Niigata , 35, , 11, , 6, , 41.0%, , 50.0%, , 66.7%, , 0.8 , , 0.6, , 0.4, , 0, , 1.2 , - , align="left" , 2010-11 , align="left" , Akita , 50, , 45, , 29, , 33.2%, , 30.3%, , 59.2%, , 3.1 , , 2.8, , 1.3, , 0, , 4.6 , - , align="left" , 2011-12 , align="left" , Akita , 50, , 11, , 18, , 42.9%, , 33.8%, , 51.7%, , 1.9 , , 1.6, , 0.8, , 0, , 3.5 , - , align="left" , 2012-13 , align="left" , Akita , 44, , 13, , 7, , 46.9%, , 28.6%, , 66.7%, , 1.0 , , 0.9, , 0.6, , 0, , 1.3 , - , align="left" , 2013-14 , align="left" , Akita , 41, , 0, , 6.0, , 45.5%, , 28.6%, , 42.9%, , 0.3, , 0.7, , 0.5, , 0, , 1.2 , - , align="left" , 2014-15 , align="left" , Akita , 50, , 13, , 13.2, , 47.1, , 26.5, , 66.7, , 1.0, , 1.5, , 0.5, , 0.1, , 2.7 , - , - , align="left" , 2015-16 , align="left" , Akita , 52, , 32, , 16.2, , 41.7, , 28.3, , 52.6, , 1.8, , 2.0, , 0.8, , 0.1, , 2.9 , - , - , style="background-color:#FFCCCC" align="left" ,

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, align="left" , Akita , 45, , 2, , 10.4, , 25.0, , 0, , 50.0, , 0.8, , 0.7, , 0.4, , 0, , 0.8 , - , - , align="left" , 2017-18 , align="left" , Akita , 48, , 8, , 8.4, , 37.8, , 22.2, , 55.6, , 0.8, , 0.6, , 0.4, , 0, , 1.4 , - , - class="sortbottom" ! style="text-align:center;" colspan=2, Career ! 526, , , , 12.5, , 39.1, , 27.9, , 58.6, , 1.4, , 1.2, , 0.6, , 0.0, , 2.1

Playoffs

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2010-11 , style="text-align:left;", Akita , 2 , , , , 31.0 , , .455 , , .333 , , .500 , , 3.5 , , 4.5 , , 1.5, , 0.0 , , 6.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2011-12 , style="text-align:left;", Akita , 4 , , , , 14.5 , , .500 , , .800 , , .000 , , 1.0 , , 1.3 , , 0.5, , 0.0 , , 3.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2013-14 , style="text-align:left;", Akita , 3 , , 0 , , 4.00 , , .667 , , .000 , , .000 , , 1.0 , , 0.33 , , 0, , 0 , , 1.33 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016-17 , style="text-align:left;", Akita , 1 , , 0 , , , , .000 , , .000 , , .000 , , 0 , , 1.0 , , 0, , 0 , , 0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017-18 , style="text-align:left;", Akita , 5 , , 0 , , 8.06 , , .200 , , .000 , , 1.000 , , 1.6 , , 1.8 , , 0.6 , , 0 , , 0.8 , - Mizumachi ryosuke

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mizumachi, Ryosuke 1981 births Living people Akita Northern Happinets players Ehime Orange Vikings players Gakushuin University alumni Niigata Albirex BB players Japanese men's basketball players Sportspeople from Saga Prefecture People from Imari, Saga