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| Born | (1981-06-08) June 8, 1981 (age 43) Osaka, Japan | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 6.75 in (2.00 m) | |||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 230 lb (104 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||||||||||
| High school | Osaka | |||||||||||||||||
| College | Nihon University | |||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2004–2020 | |||||||||||||||||
| Position | Power forward | |||||||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Alvark Tokyo | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Panasonic Trians | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2011 | Levanga Hokkaido | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2016 | Utsunomiya Brex | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Hiroshima Dragonflies | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Toyama Grouses | |||||||||||||||||
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Daiji Yamada (山田 大治、born June 8, 1981) is a Japanese former professional basketball player. Yamada also was a long-time member of the Japan national basketball team, playing for the team in the 2006 FIBA World Championship and both the FIBA Asia Championship 2007 and FIBA Asia Championship 2009. He made his debut for the national team in 1999 at the FIBA World Championship for Junior Men
Yamada averaged 7 points and 2.3 rebounds per game for the host Japanese at the 2006 FIBA World Championship. In his most recent national team appearance, Yamada averaged 10 points and 4.6 rebounds per game for the Japanese at the FIBA Asia Championship 2009 tournament. Despite his performance, Japan stumbled to a disappointing tenth place finish, its worst ever performance in 24 FIBA Asia Championship appearances.
Yamada played professionally with Hokkaido in the JBL Super League. In the 2009-10 season, Yamada entered the month-long winter break averaging 14 points and 4.9 rebounds per game for the Alvark.
References
- Player Profile Archived 2009-08-19 at the Wayback Machine at FIBA.com
- "FIBA Archive". Archived from the original on 2009-08-19. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
- "FIBA Archive". Archived from the original on 2009-08-19. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
- Daiji Yamada at asia-basket.com
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Alvark Tokyo players
- Basketball players at the 2010 Asian Games
- Hiroshima Dragonflies players
- Levanga Hokkaido players
- Nihon University Red Sharks men's basketball players
- Utsunomiya Brex players
- Japanese men's basketball players
- Panasonic Trians players
- Power forwards
- Toyama Grouses players
- 2006 FIBA World Championship players
- Asian Games competitors for Japan
- Sportspeople from Osaka