Japan men's national 3x3 team

The Japan men's national 3x3 team represents Japan in international 3x3 (3 against 3) basketball competitions. It is governed by the Japan Basketball Association (JBA). (Japanese: 日本バスケットボール協会)[1]

Japan

FIBA zone	FIBA Asia
National federation	Japan Basketball Association
Coach	Torsten Loibl
World Championships
Appearances	4 (2014, 2016, 2018, 2019)
Medals	None
Asian Championships
Appearances	4 (2013, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Medals	Bronze: (2018)
Home Away

It represents the country in international 3x3 (3 against 3) basketball competitions.

As of late 2019, the head coach has been Torsten Loibl.[2]

Summer Olympics

Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Players
2020 Tokyo	TBD				N/A
Total

3x3 World Cup

Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Players
2014 Russia	-	5	1	4	Nomoto, Ochai, Suzuki, Takaku
2016 China	11th	4	2	2	Komatsu, Kawachi, Ochiai, Suzuki
2018 Philippines	14th	4	1	3	Komatsu, Noro, Ochiai, Suzuki
2019 Netherlands	14th	4	2	2	Kobayashi, Komatsu, Ochiai, Yasuoka
Total	-	17	6	11

Performance at Asian Games

Year	Pos	Pld	W	L	Players
2018	5th	6	5	1	Sugimoto, Matsuwaki, Miyakoshi, Arakawa

3x3 Asia Cup

Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Players
2013 Doha		3	1	2	Aoki, S.Hasegawa, T.Hasegawa, Ikeda
2017 Ulaanbaatar	8th	3	1	2	Hilke, Komatsu, Ochiai, Kawachi
2018 Shenzhen	3rd	5	3	2	Komatsu, Noro, Ochiai, Suzuki
2019 Changsha	7th	3	1	2	Fujitaka, Kobayashi, Sugiura, Yasuoka

Team

Current roster

Japan men's national 3x3 team roster
Players	Coaches
} Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age F 3 Soichiro Fujitaka 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 29 – 11 October 1991 G 6 Daisuke Kobayashi 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 33 – 24 June 1987 F 12 Yo Nishino 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 22 – 27 July 1998 F 14 Yusei Sugiura 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 25 – 24 June 1995 G 23 Ryuto Yasuoka 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 25 – 25 April 1995 G 10 Tensho Sugimoto 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 22 – 20 July 1998 F 91 Tomoya Ochiai 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 33 – 18 June 1987 F 70 Masahiro Komatsu 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 36 – 22 April 1984 F 31 Shuta Hara 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 27 – 17 December 1993 F Ira Brown F Yuya Nagayoshi G Takuya Hashimoto	Head coach Torsten Loibl Assistant coach(es) Makoto Hasegawa Legend (C) Team captain * (C) Team captain (NP) Naturalized player Injured

Practice facilities

• Ajinomoto National Training Center

See also

• Japan men's national under-23 3x3 team
• Japan women's national 3x3 team
• Japan men's national basketball team

References

1. Profile - Japan, FIBA.com, Retrieved 3 July 2016.
2. Japan's 3x3 squad for Tokyo 2020 takes shape, Kaz Nagatsuka (The Japan Times), 22 November 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2020.