Joji Takeuchi

Joji Takeuchi
No. 15 – Osaka Evessa
Position	Power forward / Center
League	B.League
Personal information
Born	January 29, 1985 (age 39); 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
2016–2021	Alvark Tokyo
2021–present	Osaka Evessa
Career highlights and awards
	FIBA Asia Champions Cup champion (2019); 2× B.League champion (2018, 2019); NBL All-Star (2013);
Men's basketball
Representing Japan
East Asian Games
Asian Games
FIBA Asia Champions Cup

Joji Takeuchi (竹内譲次、born January 29, 1985, in Suita, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Osaka Evessa 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]

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


Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2013-14	Hitachi	36	29.3	.513	.182	.667	9.3	2.2	0.7	1.0	1.7	12.3
2014-15	Hitachi	53	28.1	.557	.250	.758	8.2	2.0	0.9	0.7	1.6	12.5
2015-16	Hitachi	51	30.5	.496	.237	.716	7.8	1.9	1.0	1.2	1.5	12.3
2016-17	A Tokyo

References

^ Player Profile Archived 2010-01-15 at the Wayback Machine at FIBA.com
^ Japan Times: 'Twin Towers' look to rise even higher.
^ FIBA Archive
^ "FIBA Player Profile". Archived from the original on 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
^ Joji Takeuchi at asia-basket.com
^ asia-basket.com Archived 2010-01-17 at the Wayback Machine: "JBL All-Star game rosters set" (December 6, 2009)