Takuya Nakayama (born July 24, 1994) is a Japanese professional

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player who plays for the

Akita Northern Happinets The Akita Northern Happinets are a Japanese professional basketball team based in Akita that competes in the Eastern Conference of the First Division of the B.League. The team was formed as an expansion team of the bj league in 2010 and found s ...

of the

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in Japan. He wears #17 because his mother, Yuko was born on the 17th day of the month. On April 22, 2017, Nakayama made the longest shot of the B.League at first quarter buzzer beater. On December 30, 2017, he hit another longest shot of the league at the third quarter buzzer beater.

B.League Multiple-time steal leader

He won the Steal leader award two years in a row.

Career statistics

Regular season

, - , style="background-color:#FFCCCC" align="left" , 2016-17 , align="left" , Akita , 22 , , 5 , , 16.5 , , 45.9 , , 40.7 , , 66.7 , , 2.0 , , 1.2 , , 0.9 , , 0.1 , , 4.7 , - , align="left" , 2017-18 , align="left" , Akita , 56 , , 44 , , 24 , , 45.7 , , 31.7 , , 59.4 , , 4.3 , , 3.8 , , bgcolor="CFECEC", 2.1* , , 0.1 , , 8.5 , - , align="left" , 2018-19 , align="left" , Akita , 58 , , 44 , , 29.9 , , 40.8 , , 18.5 , , 62.2 , , 4.8 , , 5.4 , , bgcolor="CFECEC", 2.2* , , 0.1, , 7.3 , - , align="left" , 2019-20 , align="left" , Akita , 32 , , 17 , , 23.7 , , 46.7 , , 29.4 , , 59.6 , , 3.7 , , 3.6 , , 2.1 , , 0.0, , 6.7 , - , align="left" , 2020-21 , align="left" , Akita , 56 , , 21 , , 22.8 , , .405 , , .256 , , .724 , , 3.5 , , 3.2 , , 1.5 , , 0.0, , 6.8 , -

Playoffs

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2016-17 , style="text-align:left;", Akita , 2 , , , , 23.0 , , .500 , , .333 , , 1.000 , , 2.0 , , 0.5 , , 2.0 , , 0 , , 5.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2017-18 , style="text-align:left;", Akita , 5 , , 3 , , 20:37 , , .265 , , .250 , , .500 , , 5.4 , , 3.4 , , 1.4 , , 0 , , 4.4 , -

Early cup games

, - , style="text-align:left;", 2017 , style="text-align:left;", Akita , 2 , , 1 , , 18:22 , , .385 , , .167 , , 1.000 , , 4.5 , , 1.5 , , 1.5 , , 0 , , 5.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2018 , style="text-align:left;", Akita , 2 , , 2 , , 27:49 , , .444 , , .000 , , .500 , , 5.0 , , 3.0 , , 3.5 , , 0 , , 5.5 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2019 , style="text-align:left;", Akita , 2 , , 2 , , 25:14 , , .333 , , 1.000 , , 1.000 , , 5.5 , , 1.5 , , 1.0, , 0.5 , , 3.5 , -

Preseason games

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Outfits

He plays with Nike, Inc., Nike Kyrie Low 2 basketball shoes and Stance socks and wears Air Force 1 Foamposite Pro Cup shoes on the Akita's snowy streets.

Shē pass

His one-handed overhead pass to his side is called "Sheeeh! pass", because it looks like Sheeeh! pose in Japanese cartoon,

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External links

Highlights 2018Defence Highlights 2019Tsukuba vs Tokai 2016Stats

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nakayama, Takuya 1994 births Living people Tokai University alumni Akita Northern Happinets players Japanese men's basketball players People from Izumi, Yokohama Sportspeople from Yokohama Basketball players from Kanagawa Prefecture Guards (basketball)