National Basketball Association player Yuta Watanabe announced April ... University before becoming the second Japanese player to make it to the NBA. Over six seasons, Watanabe bounced around ...

Yuta Watanabe, who recently returned to Japan ... of many the 29-year-old Watanabe is expected to field in Japan, with the former NBA player considered hot property in his homeland.

Yuta Watanabe, and more Looking at the only Japanese players to have played in the NBA, featuring Rui Hachimura, Yuta Watanabe, and more Who is Yuta Watanabe? Evaluating his career trajectory so ...

Rui Hachimura and Yuta Watanabe slam-dunked through the glass ceiling for Japanese basketball players to make it to the NBA. Now, they have inspired a succession of young Japanese hoopsters to ...

What Rui Hachimura and Yuta Watanabe helped begin ... Having multiple Japanese players active in the G-League and flirting with NBA rosters is no longer an anomaly. It’s becoming part of ...

Japan forward ... is a cutting-edge player performing so well in the NBA," Murofushi said. "They need to have a big heart to communicate and willingness to compromise." Watanabe reiterated that ...

Kawamura is only the fourth ever NBA player from Japan and it’s been a whirlwind ... former Grizzlies forward Yuta Watanabe, and Yuta Tabuse, the pioneering 5-foot-9 point guard who played ...

former Grizzlies forward Yuta Watanabe, and Yuta Tabuse, the pioneering 5-foot-9 point guard who played four games for the Phoenix Suns in the 2004-05 season. “He’s the first Japanese NBA player, and ...