Japan's "Big Three" — Rui Hachimura, Yuta Watanabe and Nick Fazekas — headline the provisional roster of the Japan men's national team for the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup, the Japan Basketball Association officially announced on Tuesday.
The 16-man squad was introduced at Fuji Television headquarters in Odaiba.
The majority of the team competed during the Asian qualifiers, such as B. League stars Ryusei Shinoyama, Joji Takeuchi, Daiki Tanaka, Yudai Baba and Makoto Hiejima. The team overcame a 0-4 start, winning the next eight games in a row in the regional preliminaries to clinch a berth to the World Cup.