Takuya Kawamura

Takuya Kawamura (川村 卓也, Kawamura Takuya, born 24 April 1986) is a Japanese professional basketball guard currently signed to the SeaHorses Mikawa.[1] In 2005, he skipped college and started playing professional basketball, following Kazuo Nakamura's advice.[2] In 2009, he decided to leave the Japan Basketball League and try to earn a contract in the NBA. In the 2009 NBA Summer League, the Phoenix Suns added Kawamura to their roster. He has been dubbed "Offence Machine"[3] and very talkative as he had a radio show on Tochigi's Radio Berry FM.

Takuya Kawamura
No. 0 Nishinomiya Storks
PositionShooting guard
LeagueB.League
Personal information
Born (1986-04-24) April 24, 1986
Morioka, Iwate, Japan
Listed height193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Listed weight92 kg (203 lb)
Career information
High schoolMorioka Minami
Playing career2005–present
Career history
2005–2008OSG
2008–2013Link Tochigi Brex
2013–2015Wakayama Trians
2015–2016Mitsubishi Electric
2016–2019Yokohama B-Corsairs
2019-2021SeaHorses Mikawa
2021-presentNishinomiya Storks
Career highlights and awards
  • Japan Basketball League Rookie of the Year (2006)
  • 3× JBL Scoring leader (2009–2011)
  • 4× JBL Best5 (2006, 2008–2010)
  • JBL All-star (2009)
Medals
FIBA Asia Challenge
Silver medal – second place 2010 BeirutTeam
William Jones Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2010 TaipeiTeam

His notable buzzer beaters

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA Summer League

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2009-10 Phoenix Suns 104.4.000.000.0000.00.00.000.0

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2005-06 OSG
2006-07
2007-08 353435.9.436.417.8124.11.71.20.114.6
2008-09 Tochigi 3535.7.408.408.7424.52.11.40.220.4
2009-10 4033.5.430.375.7543.82.71.30.220.5
2010-11 2834.2.395.354.7144.82.71.10.219.5
2011-12 373635.0.412.404.8383.94.51.70.120.4
2012-13 302834.5.428.435.7763.93.71.20.018.3
2013-14 Wakayama 463935.3.430.396.8113.15.11.20.219.2
2014-15 9427.0.388.321.9142.23.61.80.215.9
2015-16 Mitsubishi 423021.6.394.397.6671.81.20.50.17.7
2016-17 Yokohama 595729.5.402.321.7813.13.30.90.113.4
2017-18 574329.6.416.368.8073.23.60.80.113.6
2018-19 595331.3.426.360.8562.64.51.30.115.6

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2016-17 Yokohama 4426.37.353.286.8264.01.01.250.7515.3
2016-17 Yokohama 1119.48.000.0001.0004.02.0002.0
2017-18 Yokohama 4428.42.411.333.8264.85.80.75018.3
2018-19 Yokohama 3325.21.429.125.9292.35.71.00.6712.7

Early cup games

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2017 Yokohama 2229.59.438.5001.0004.03.01.009.5
2018 Yokohama 2227.34.367.3641.0003.53.51.00.516.5

All-star games

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2019 B.White 1120.01.545.375.0000.02.00.0015.0

National team statistics

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2006 Japan 511.00.263.235.0000.80.00.002.8
2007 Japan 822.07.451.477.5002.10.90.8014.6
2011 Japan 929.13.398.356.8261.73.11.2013.4

Personal

His older brother also plays basketball.[5] Takuya has been married with two children.[6]

References

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