Daiji Yamada
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| Born | June 8, 1981 Osaka, Japan | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 6.75 in (2.00 m) | |||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||||||||||
| High school | Osaka | |||||||||||||||||
| College | Nihon University | |||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2004–2020 | |||||||||||||||||
| Position | Power forward | |||||||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Alvark Tokyo | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Panasonic Trians | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2011 | Levanga Hokkaido | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2016 | Utsunomiya Brex | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Hiroshima Dragonflies | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Toyama Grouses | |||||||||||||||||
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Daiji Yamada (山田 大治、born June 8, 1981) is a Japanese former professional basketball player. Yamada also was a long-time 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] He made his debut for the national team in 1999 at the FIBA World Championship for Junior Men
Yamada averaged 7 points and 2.3 rebounds per game for the host Japanese at the 2006 FIBA World Championship.[2] In his most recent national team appearance, Yamada averaged 10 points and 4.6 rebounds per game for the Japanese at the FIBA Asia Championship 2009 tournament.[3] Despite his performance, Japan stumbled to a disappointing tenth place finish, its worst ever performance in 24 FIBA Asia Championship appearances.
Yamada played professionally with Hokkaido in the JBL Super League. In the 2009-10 season, Yamada entered the month-long winter break averaging 14 points and 4.9 rebounds per game for the Alvark.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Player Profile Archived 2009-08-19 at the Wayback Machine at FIBA.com
- ^ "FIBA Archive". Archived from the original on 2009-08-19. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
- ^ "FIBA Archive". Archived from the original on 2009-08-19. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
- ^ Daiji Yamada at asia-basket.com
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Alvark Tokyo players
- Basketball players at the 2010 Asian Games
- Hiroshima Dragonflies players
- Levanga Hokkaido players
- Nihon University Red Sharks men's basketball players
- Utsunomiya Brex players
- Japanese men's basketball players
- Panasonic Trians players
- Power forwards
- Toyama Grouses players
- 2006 FIBA World Championship players
- Asian Games competitors for Japan
- Sportspeople from Osaka