Joji Takeuchi

Joji Takeuchi

No. 15 – Alvark Tokyo
Position	Power forward
League	B.League
Personal information
Born	(1985-01-29) January 29, 1985 Suita, Osaka, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Rakunan
College	Tokai University
Playing career	2007–present
Career history
2007–2016	Hitachi SunRockers
2016-present	Alvark Tokyo
Career highlights and awards
NBL All-star Game (2013)
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Japan Asian Games 2014 South Korea Team competition

Joji Takeuchi (竹内 譲次、born January 29, 1985 in Suita, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Alvark Tokyo of the B.League. Takeuchi 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] Takeuchi's twin brother Kosuke is also a member of the Japanese national basketball team.^[2]

As a 21-year-old, Takeuchi averaged 6.2 points and 5.2 rebounds per game for the host Japanese at the 2006 FIBA World Championship.^[3] Takeuchi has earned a bigger role with the Japanese team over the past four years; his best tournament performance to date was at the FIBA Asia Championship 2009, in which he averaged 9.8 points and 7.2 rebounds per game.^[4] Despite his performance, Japan stumbled to a disappointing tenth-place finish, its worst ever performance in 24 FIBA Asia Championship appearances.

Takeuchi played professionally with the Hitachi SunRockers of the JBL Super League. In the 2009-10 season, Takeuchi entered the month-long winter break averaging 16.1 points and 9.4 rebounds per game for the third-place Seahorses.^[5] He was also named to the JBL All-Star Game as the leading power forward vote-getter for the East.^[6]

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