Japan men's national wheelchair basketball team

The Japan Men's National Wheelchair Basketball Team is the wheelchair basketball side that represents Japan in international competitions for men as part of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation.

Japan
IWBF zoneIWBF Asia Oceania
National federationJapan Wheelchair Basketball Federation (JWBF)
Paralympic Games
Appearances10
Wheelchair Basketball Asia Oceania Championship 2013

Current roster edit

The following 12 players named for the Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer ParalympicsMen's tournament.[1]

Head coach:Kazuyuki Kyoya

# Name Class.
1 Akira Toyoshima豊島 英 2.0
2 Renshi Chokai鳥海 連志 2.5
6 Rin Kawahara(川原凛) 1.5
7 Takuya Furusawa(古澤拓也) 3.0
8 Ryuga Akaishi(赤石竜我) 2.5
10 Tetsuya Miyajima(宮島徹也) 4.0
11 Kiyoshi Fujisawa(藤澤潔) 2.0
13 Reo Fujimoto藤本 怜央 4.5
21 Yoshinobu Takamatsu(髙柗義伸) 4.0)
25 Kei Akita(秋田啓) 3.5
26 Takayoshi Iwai(岩井孝義) 1.0
55 Hiroaki Kōzai香西 宏昭 3.5

Competitions edit

Wheelchair Basketball World Championship edit

Year Position W L
  1994 11th[2]
  1998 9th[2]
  2002 8th[2]
  2006 7th[2]
  2010 10th 2 5
  2014 9th 3 4
  2018 9th 3 2
Total

Summer Paralympics edit

Year Position W L
  1976
  1980
 /  1984
  1988
  1992 9th
  1996 8th
  2000 9th 2 5
  2004 8th 2 5
  2008 7th 3 5
  2012 9th 2 4
  2016 9th 2 4
  2021   6 2
  2024
Total

Asian Para games edit

Other edit

Year Position W L
  2013[3][4]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "東京2020パラリンピック競技大会 車いすバスケットボール日本代表内定選手のお知らせ". Japan Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Tokyo. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "World Championships - Results". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-07-09.
  3. ^ "Pinoys make waves in Asian wheelchair basketball joust".
  4. ^ "Arab Times - Leading English Daily in Kuwait".