Kosuke Takeuchi (竹内公輔、born January 29, 1985 in Suita, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

player. He plays for the

Utsunomiya Brex Utsunomiya Brex is a Japanese professional basketball team based in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. After winning the JBL 2 in 2008, the team played in the National Basketball League. In July 2015 it was announced that the team would compete in t ...

of the

B.League The B.League is a professional men's basketball league that began in Japan in September 2016. The league is operated by the Japan Professional Basketball League and was formed as a result of a merger between the National Basketball League that ...

. Takeuchi also is a member of the

Japan national basketball team The Japan national basketball team is administered by the Japan Basketball Association (JBA), (Japanese: 日本バスケットボール協会, ''Nihon Basukettobōru Kyōkai''). At the 1936 founding member of FIBA Asia, Japan has one of Asia ...

, 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 ...

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. Participa ...

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, Chin ...

. As a 21-year-old, Takeuchi averaged 5.4 points and 4.4 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 13 points and a team-leading 8.2 rebounds per game. Despite his performance, Japan stumbled to a disappointing tenth-place finish, its worst ever performance in 24

FIBA Asia Championship The FIBA Asia Cup (formerly the FIBA Asia Championship and ABC Championship) is an international basketball tournament which takes place every four years between the men's national teams of Asia and Oceania. Through the 2015 edition, the tourna ...

appearances. He was invited to play with the Minnesota Timberwolves during the 2010 summer league in Las Vegas in 2010. Takeuchi played professionally with the

Aisin Seahorses Seahorses Mikawa is a Japanese professional basketball team located in Kariya and sponsored by Aisin. The team was founded in 1947. The team played in the National Basketball League. In July 2015 it was announced that the team will compete ...

of the JBL Super League. In the 2009-10 season, Takeuchi entered the month-long winter break averaging 15.4 points and 11.3 rebounds per game for the first-place Seahorses. He was also named to the JBL All-Star Game as the leading power forward vote-getter for the West.asia-basket.com
: "JBL All-Star game rosters set" (December 6, 2009)

Career statistics

Regular season

, - , align="left" , JBL 2007-08 , align="left" rowspan="4" , Aisin , 35 , , , , 35.3 , , .549 , , .415 , , .719 , , 9.7 , , 1.1 , , 0.8 , , 1.8 , , 1.2 , , 14.3 , - , align="left" , JBL 2008-09 , 35 , , , , 37.7 , , .565 , , .403 , , .805 , , 10.0 , , 1.1 , , 0.6 , , 1.9 , , 1.6 , , 18.3 , - , align="left" , JBL 2009-10 , 42 , , , , 38.0 , , .539 , , .246 , , .661 , , 11.0 , , 1.2 , , 0.8 , , 2.0 , , 1.6 , , 15.8 , - , align="left" , JBL 2010-11 , 36 , , , , 37.2 , , .578 , , .353 , , .741 , , 11.0 , , 1.6 , , 0.6 , , 1.8 , , 1.8 , , 16.8 , - , align="left" , JBL 2011-12 , align="left" rowspan="3" , Toyota , 36 , , , , 23.3, , .543 , , .000 , , .727 , , 6.8 , , 1.2 , , 0.5 , , 1.2 , , 1.1 , , 10.6 , - , align="left" , JBL 2012-13 , 38 , , , , 25.2 , , .472 , , .000 , , .605 , , 7.2 , , 0.9 , , 0.7 , , 1.0 , , 1.2 , , 9.3 , - , align="left" , NBL 2013-14 , 37 , , 18, , 21.6 , , .607 , , .333 , , .676 , , 6.8 , , 0.7 , , 0.5 , , 0.8 , , 0.9 , , 10.7 , - , align="left" , NBL 2014-15 , rowspan="2" align="left" , Hiroshima , 46 , , , , 31.8, , .526 , , .357 , , .771 , , 8.4 , , 1.4 , , 0.7 , , 0.9 , , 1.3 , , 14.0 , - , align="left" , NBL 2015-16 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , -

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Takeuchi, Kosuke 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Osaka Prefecture 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 Hiroshima Dragonflies players Japanese men's basketball players Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Power forwards (basketball) SeaHorses Mikawa players People from Suita 2006 FIBA World Championship players Twin sportspeople Japanese twins