Kei Igarashi
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| Niigata Albirex Basketball | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard |
| League | B.League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
May 7, 1980 Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
Kei Igarashi (五十嵐 圭、born May 7, 1980 in Jōetsu, Niigata, Japan) is a Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Toyota Alvark of the JBL Super League. Takeuchi also is a 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.[1]
Igarashi averaged 9 points and 3 assists per game for the host Japanese at the 2006 FIBA World Championship.[2] Igarashi scored a team-high 18 points and added three assists in Japan's lone win at the tournament, a 78-61 preliminary round victory over Panama.[3] In his most recent, national team appearance, Igarashi had a team-leading 3.6 assists per game, good for third best overall in the tournament.[4] Despite his performance, Japan stumbled to a disappointing tenth-place finish, its worst ever performance in 24 FIBA Asia Championship appearances.
Igarashi currently plays professionally with the Toyota Alvark of the JBL Super League. In the current 2009-10 season, Takeuchi entered the month-long winter break averaging 9.3 points and 2.9 assists per game for the Alvark.[5] The popular Igarashi was also named to the JBL All-Star Game as the leading point guard vote-getter for the East.[6]
References
- ↑ Player Profile at FIBA.com
- ↑ FIBA Archive
- ↑ Japan v. Panama boxscore at FIBA.com
- ↑ FIBA Archive
- ↑ Kei Igarashi at asia-basket.com
- ↑ asia-basket.com: "JBL All-Star game rosters set" (December 6, 2009)