(June 28, 1906 in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

, Japan – November 9, 1996 in

, Japan) was a Japanese basketball player and administrator. As a player, he represented Tokyo Shoka University from 1928 to 1934, winning two All-Japanese Championships. He was a member of the

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from 1959, member of the

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Central Board (1959-1989) and one of the founders and member of the Central Board of the Asian Basketball Confederation (now

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) (1960-1989). In 1994, he was awarded the

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. In 2007, he was enshrined as a contributor in the

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External links

FIBA Hall of Fame page on Ueda
1906 births 1996 deaths Basketball players from Tokyo FIBA Hall of Fame inductees Japanese men's basketball players {{Japan-basketball-bio-stub