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Keijuro Matsui
No. 16 – Kagawa Five Arrows
PositionGuard
LeagueB.League
Personal information
Born (1985-10-16) October 16, 1985 (age 39)
Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight183 lb (83 kg)
Career information
High schoolMontrose Christian School
(Rockville, Maryland)
CollegeColumbia (2005–2009)
NBA draft2009: undrafted
Playing career2009–present
Career history
2009–2010Rera Kamuy Hokkaido
2010–2011Hitachi SunRockers
2011–2017Toyota Alvark
2017–2019SeaHorses Mikawa
2019–2021Kyoto Hannaryz
2021–2023Toyama Grouses
2023–presentKagawa Five Arrows

Keijuro Matsui (popularly known as KJ) (born October 16, 1985) is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Kagawa Five Arrows of the B.League. He is a former guard for the Columbia Lions basketball team at Columbia University and the first Japanese native basketball player in NCAA Division I history. Matsui also played in the 2005 Nike Hoop Summit for the World Select Team, only the second Japanese to do so. In the summit he scored seven points in 11 minutes. Following his collegiate career, he relocated to his native country, where he has played ever since.

Career statistics

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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
Denotes seasons in which Matsui won an championship
* Led the league
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2009-10 Hokkaido 41 17.05 .413 .399 .757 1.78 0.44 0.27 0 6.76
2010-11 Hitachi 36 22.17 .417 .349 .800 1.58 0.81 0.28 0.05 8.42
2011-12† Toyota 42 18.83 .449 .424 .813 1.76 0.55 0.36 0.07 8.69
2012-13 Toyota 42 18.7 .458 .494* .814 2.2 0.8 0.2 0.1 9.6
2013-14 Toyota 54 21.6 .446 .408 .839 1.8 1.0 0.5 0.0 10.7
2014-15 Toyota 54 5 22.3 .406 .432 .676 2.3 1.3 0.6 0.0 9.4
2015-16 Toyota 55 13 20.8 .478 .449* .816 1.4 1.4 0.6 0 11.2
2016-17 A Tokyo 59 6 16.8 .399 .395 .939 1.4 0.4 0.2 0.1 6.1
2017-18 Mikawa 55 6 12.8 .440 .403 .677 0.9 0.9 0.4 0.0 4.9

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