Kei Igarashi

Kei Igarashi (五十嵐 圭、born May 7, 1980 in Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan) is a Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Niigata Albirex BB of the B.League. He also is a member of the Japan national basketball team, playing for the team in the 2006 FIBA World Championship and both the FIBA Asia Championship 2007 and FIBA Asia Championship 2009.[1]

Kei Igarashi

No. 7 – Niigata Albirex BB
Position	Point guard
League	B.League
Personal information
Born	May 7, 1980 Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school	Hokuriku
College	Chuo University
Playing career	2003–present
Career history
2003-2009	Hitachi Sunrockers
2009-2010	Toyota Alvark
2010-2016	Mitsubishi Electric
2016-	Niigata Albirex BB
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Japan FIBA Asia Championship 2009 Tianjin Team competition

Igarashi averaged 9 points and 3 assists per game for the host Japanese at the 2006 FIBA World Championship.[2] Igarashi scored a team-high 18 points and added three assists in Japan's lone win at the tournament, a 78-61 preliminary round victory over Panama.[3] In his most recent, national team appearance, Igarashi had a team-leading 3.6 assists per game, good for third best overall in the tournament.[4] Despite his performance, Japan stumbled to a disappointing tenth-place finish, its worst ever performance in 24 FIBA Asia Championship appearances.

In the 2009-10 season, he entered the month-long winter break averaging 9.3 points and 2.9 assists per game for the Alvark.[5] The popular Igarashi was also named to the JBL All-Star Game as the leading point guard vote-getter for the East.[6]

References

1. Player Profile at FIBA.com
2. FIBA Archive
3. Japan v. Panama boxscore at FIBA.com
4. FIBA Archive
5. Kei Igarashi at asia-basket.com
6. asia-basket.com Archived 2010-01-17 at the Wayback Machine: "JBL All-Star game rosters set" (December 6, 2009)