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professional

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player for the JX-Eneos Sunflowers of the

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(WJBL).

Professional career

WJBL

Tokashiki has played for the JX-Eneos Sunflowers, a team based in

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, since their 2010–11 season where she made her professional debut. In her opening season she led the Sunflowers to a championship as well as taking home Rookie of the Year, a place on the Best 5 team and the MVP award. She has enjoyed much success in this league and has led the Sunflowers to a championship each year since her debut.

WNBA

Tokashiki was signed by the Seattle Storm for the

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. In her first year with the Storm, she made the WNBA All-Rookie Team. Tokashiki signed a multiyear deal with the Storm in 2016. She played with the Storm during the 2016 and 2017 seasons, but missed the 2018 season to focus on preparing for the 2018 FIBA Women's World Cup with the Japanese national team. As of November 2021, Tokashiki is not on a WNBA roster and has not played in the league since the 2017 season.

International career

Tokashiki was chosen as the national athlete for in 2011, and in that year she participated in the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship for Women. She got FIBA Asia Championship MVP in 2013 and 2015, also winning the Championship on both occasions. She made her Olympic debut at the

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Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

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Playoffs

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References

1991 births Living people Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Japanese expatriate basketball people in the United States Japanese people of American descent Japanese women's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Japan Power forwards Seattle Storm players Eneos Sunflowers players Basketball players from Tokyo 21st-century Japanese sportswomen {{Japan-basketball-bio-stub