is a Japanese professional

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player who plays for Nagasaki Velca of the

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in Japan. Following his college graduation, Sugasawa became a school teacher, but decided to be a professional basketball player. In 2012 he was picked up by the

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with the first overall pick in the bj League draft. He has been a Happinets hooper since 2013. Former Head Coach Nakamura said that "Sugasawa is the best unsung player." Sugasawa used to sell T-shirts at

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when he belonged to the TGI D-Rise, a development club for

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. He can speak

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Career statistics

Regular season

, - , align="left" , 2011-12 , align="left" , TGI , 27, , 8, , 15.6 , , 50.0%, , 45.5%, , 61.0%, , 3.6 , , 0.4, , 0.3, , 0, , 5.7 , - , align="left" , 2012-13 , align="left" , Gunma , 28, , 0, , 6.4 , , 26.7%, , 21.1%, , 45.5%, , 0.9 , , 0.2, , 0.3, , 0.1, , 2.1 , - , align="left" , 2013-14 , align="left" , Akita , 46, , 0, , 6.7 , , 54.3%, , -, , 47.6%, , 1.2 , , 0.2, , 0.2, , 0, , 1.3 , - , align="left" , 2014-15 , align="left" , Akita , 24, , 0 , , 4.6 , , 44.4% , , 34.8% , , 83.3% , , 0.8 , , 0.2 , , 0.2 , , 0.0 , , 2.4 , - , align="left" , 2015-16 , align="left" , Akita , , 47 , , 0 , , 10.6 , , 41.3% , , 34.2% , , 76.6% , , 1.1 , , 0.6 , , 0.4 , , 0.1 , , 3.5 , - , style="background-color:#FFCCCC" align="left" , 2016-17 , align="left" , Akita , , 56 , , 7 , , 11.3 , , 24.6% , , 20.2% , , 73.9% , , 1.2 , , 0.4 , , 0.2 , , 0.0 , , 1.8 , - , style="background-color:#FFCCCC" align="left" , 2017-18 , align="left" , Iwate , , 58 , , 39 , , 20.0 , , 35.8% , , 22.4% , , 61.1% , , 3.6 , , 1.5 , , 0.8 , , 0.1 , , 5.9 , - , align="left" , 2018-19 , align="left" , Sendai , , 58 , , , , 10.8 , , 40.7% , , 35.7% , , 74.3% , , 1.4 , , 0.9 , , 0.2 , , 0.0 , , 3.6 , - , align="left" , 2019-20 , align="left" , Toyama , , 32 , , 2 , , 6.0 , , 27.6% , , 26.3% , , 81.8% , , 0.9 , , 0.2 , , 0.1 , , 0.0 , , 1.6 , - , align="left" , 2020-21 , align="left" , Kyoto , , 12 , , , , 9.7 , , 28.6% , , 20.0% , , 42.9% , , 1.0 , , 0.8 , , 0.0 , , 0.1 , , 1.5 , -

Playoffs

, - , align="left" , 2013-14 , align="left" , Akita , 3, , , , 1.33, , .500, , .000, , .250, , 0 , , 0.67, , 0, , 0, , 0.67 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2016-17 , style="text-align:left;", Akita , 3 , , 0 , , 24.12 , , .667 , , .000 , , .000 , , 1.0 , , 0.0, , 0 , , 0 , , 1.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017-18 , style="text-align:left;", Iwate , 1 , , 1 , , 1.59 , , .000 , , .000 , , .000 , , 0.0 , , 0.0, , 0 , , 0 , , 0.0 , -

Early cup games

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2017 , style="text-align:left;", Iwate , 3 , , 3 , , 20:03 , , .267 , , .375 , , 1.000 , , 2.3 , , 3.0 , , 0.33 , , 0.0 , , 4.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018 , style="text-align:left;", Sendai , 2 , , 0 , , 7:53 , , .000 , , .000 , , .500 , , 1.5 , , 0.5 , , 0.0 , , 0 , , 0.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019 , style="text-align:left;", Toyama , 2 , , 0 , , 4:31 , , .500 , , .500 , , .000 , , 1.0 , , 0.5 , , 0.0 , , 0 , , 1.5 , -

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sugasawa, Noriyuki 1987 births Living people Akita Northern Happinets players Gunma Crane Thunders players Iwate Big Bulls players Japanese men's basketball players Kyoto Hannaryz players Sendai 89ers players Sportspeople from Ibaraki Prefecture Sportspeople from Okinawa Prefecture TGI D-Rise players Toyama Grouses players Forwards (basketball)