Japan Men’s Team for Rio 2016 Paralympic Games
The highest ranking the Japanese Men have achieved in the past is seventh at either a the Paralympics or World Championships. For Japan, who are is striving to achieve a sixth or higher finish at the Rio 2016 Paralympics Games there are three key players’ Hiroaki Kozai, 27, Reo Fujimoto, 32, and Mitsugu Chiwaki, 34 who all currently play for the same Bundesliga team (BG Baskets Hamburg).

Number
0
2
3
4
10
11
13
15
18
24
31
55
Player
Renshi CHOKAI
Akira TOYOSHIMA
Daisuke TSUCHIKO
Reo FUJIMOTO
Tetsuya MIYAJIMA
Kiyoshi FUJISAWA
Mitsugu CHIWAKI
Shingo FUJII
Hiroyuki NAGATA
Naohiro MURAKAMI
Takenori ISHIKAWA
Hiroaki KOZAI
Club
Sasebo WBC
Miyagi MAX
Chiba Hawks
BG Baskets Hamburg
Toyama Club
Saitama Lions
BG Baskets Hamburg
Miyagi MAX
Saitama Lions
Itami Super Phoenix
Para Kanagawa Sports Club
BG Baskets Hamburg
Class
2.0
2.0
4.0
4.5
4.0
2.0
2.5
1.5
2.0
4.0
1.5
3.5