Rui Hachimura, the first Japanese player selected in the opening round of the NBA draft, embarked on his professional basketball career Tuesday on the first day of the Washington Wizards' mini-camp. The 21-year-old, who was claimed by the Wizards with the ninth pick on Thursday ...
Gonzaga's Rui Hachimura named West Coast Conference Player of the Year
Rui Hachimura was named the West Coast Conference 2018-2019 Player of the Year on Tuesday after helping lead Gonzaga University, currently the nation's No. 1 team, to its seventh straight regular-season title and 20th consecutive win. The 21-year-old junior was also named to the All-WCC ...
Rui Hachimura making splash in second year with Gonzaga
It has been two seasons since Rui Hachimura took his talents to Spokane, Washington, and this year, the Gonzaga University forward began showing some of it. But even if he is on his way to making history, by possibly becoming the first-ever Japanese player to ...
Gonzaga's Rui Hachimura named to All-West Coast Conference First Team
Gonzaga University forward Rui Hachimura was named to the All-West Coast Conference First Team for the first time on Tuesday. The Japan-born player was one of 10 players on the conference's men's all-star team, along with Gonzaga teammates Johnathan Williams (senior forward) and Josh Perkins ...
Final Four excitement sinks in for Gonzaga trailblazer Hachimura
Rui Hachimura moved to the United States last year with a big dream to eventually become an NBA player. In order to achieve that, he will have to excel at college level. But who would have thought that he'd play until this deep into his ...
George Washington junior Yuta Watanabe shined in the school's season opener, scoring 18 points and grabbing six rebounds in the Colonials' 75-71 win on Friday night over the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore. Watanabe sank 10 of 12 free throws and drained 2 of 3 3-pointers. ...
Japanese men search for ways to improve
Even when you possess elite skills, physicality and elaborate Xs and Os, if you don't have a burning desire to win, you'll just waste those gifts. That's one of the concerns of Japan men's national basketball team head coach Kenji Hasegawa. "Physicality, height, the skill to ...
Hachimura cleared to enroll at Gonzaga
Japanese basketball standout Rui Hachimura announced on Wednesday that he has met the academic requirements to enroll at Gonzaga University and could begin playing for the school's basketball team as early as this fall. Hachimura, who committed to the Bulldogs last year, said that he ...
Gonzaga alumni sure Hachimura making right choice
Basketball phenom Rui Hachimura is headed to the United States to play for the Gonzaga University Bulldogs, the most prestigious college program a Japanese player will have ever suited up for. There will be challenges both on and off the court once Hachimura lands stateside, ...
