Joji Takeuchi (竹内譲次、born January 29, 1985, in

Suita, Osaka is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 381,238 in 182,636 households, and a population density of 11,000 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . It is a suburban city of Osaka City and a p ...

, Japan) is a Japanese professional

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player. He plays for the Osaka Evessa of the B.League. Takeuchi also is a member of the

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, playing for the team in the

2006 FIBA World Championship The 2006 FIBA World Championship was the 15th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. The tournament was hosted by Japan and held from 19 August to 3 September 2006. It was co-organised b ...

and both the

FIBA Asia Championship 2007 The 2007 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the men's basketball tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing. The tournament was held in Tokushima, Japan from July 28 to August 5, 2007. Participati ...

and

FIBA Asia Championship 2009 The 2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the biennial Asian continental championship and also served as the FIBA Asia qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held from August 6 to 16, 2009 in Tianjin, China ...

. Takeuchi's twin brother Kosuke is also a member of the Japanese national basketball team. As a 21-year-old, Takeuchi averaged 6.2 points and 5.2 rebounds per game for the host Japanese at the

. Takeuchi has earned a bigger role with the Japanese team over the past four years; his best tournament performance to date was at the

, in which he averaged 9.8 points and 7.2 rebounds per game. Despite his performance, Japan stumbled to a disappointing tenth-place finish, its worst ever performance in 24

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appearances. Takeuchi played professionally with the

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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. He was also named to the JBL All-Star Game as the leading power forward vote-getter for the East.asia-basket.com
: "JBL All-Star game rosters set" (December 6, 2009)

Career statistics

, - , align="left" , 2013-14 , align="left" , Hitachi , 36, , , , 29.3, , .513, , .182, , .667, , 9.3, , 2.2, , 0.7, , 1.0, , 1.7, , 12.3 , - , align="left" , 2014-15 , align="left" , Hitachi , 53, , , , 28.1, , .557, , .250, , .758, , 8.2, , 2.0, , 0.9, , 0.7, , 1.6, , 12.5 , - , align="left" , 2015-16 , align="left" , Hitachi , 51, , , , 30.5, , .496, , .237, , .716, , 7.8, , 1.9, , 1.0, , 1.2, , 1.5, , 12.3 , - , align="left" , 2016-17 , align="left" , A Tokyo , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , -

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Takeuchi, Joji 1985 births Living people Tokai University alumni Alvark Tokyo players Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in basketball Basketball players at the 2006 Asian Games Basketball players at the 2010 Asian Games Basketball players at the 2014 Asian Games Japanese men's basketball players Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Sportspeople from Suita Basketball players from Osaka Prefecture Power forwards Sun Rockers Shibuya players 2006 FIBA World Championship players 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players Japanese twins