Basketball Dec 29, 2020
Ibu Yamazaki's late shot seals Winter Cup comeback for Meisei
by Kaz Nagatsuka
The alma mater of Wizards star Rui Hachimura staged a dramatic fourth-quarter rally to triumph over Kyoto Prefecture's Higashiyama.
Basketball Dec 28, 2020
Diversity on display on court during All-Japan High School Tournament
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Rui Hachimura — born to a Japanese mother and Beninese father — is the most prominent example, but the number of players with at least one non-Japanese parent is growing.
Basketball Dec 28, 2020
Powerhouse Oka Gakuen captures Winter Cup title
by Kaz Nagatsuka
The dominant Oka Gakuen High School girls basketball program added another Winter Cup trophy to its mantle with an 89-65 win over Tokyo Seitoku University High School in the All-Japan High School final at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Monday. The Aichi Prefecture School won its ...
Basketball Dec 26, 2020
Winter Cup in danger of being called off early due to coronavirus
by Kaz Nagatsuka
On Saturday, the Kaishi Kokusai High School boys team became the seventh squad to withdraw from the tournament since it tipped off on Wednesday.
Basketball Oct 19, 2020
Basketball's Winter Cup to be held in December
by Kaz Nagatsuka
The Japan Basketball Association announced Monday that it would host the annual All-Japan High School Tournament in December. The event, which started in 1971 and is widely known as the Winter Cup, is considered the high school basketball equivalent of baseball’s Koshien tournament. A total of ...
Basketball Dec 29, 2019
Yuki Kawamura and Kubema Joseph Steve power Fukuoka Daiichi to second straight Winter Cup
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Fukuoka Daiichi added another crystal Winter Cup to its trophy shelf on Sunday with a dominant performance. The defending champion captured the title at the All-Japan High School Tournament with a 75-68 win over crosstown rival Fukuoka University Ohori in the boys' final at Musashino ...
Basketball Dec 28, 2019
Ohka Gakuen holds off Gifu Girls' late rally to capture Winter Cup title
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Ohka Gakuen survived reigning champion Gifu Girls' late surge and recaptured the Winter Cup title with a 72-67 victory on Saturday at Musashino Forest Sports Plaza. For Ohka Gakuen, the All-Japan High School Tournament crown was the 22nd title — and first in three years ...
Basketball Jan 12, 2019
Scoring sensation Keisei Tominaga emerges as new high school star
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Sakuragaoka Gakuen High School earned its first medal in the Winter Cup boys competition late last month. The Aichi Prefecture school used a simple offensive strategy to accomplish that goal: Give the ball to scoring machine Keisei Tominaga. It proved to be the proper plan. The ...
Basketball Dec 29, 2015
Hachimura lifts Meisei High to Winter Cup three-peat
by Kaz Nagatsuka
High school phenom Rui Hachimura racked up 34 points, 19 rebounds and three blocks to lead Meisei High School to its third consecutive championship in the All-Japan High School Tournament with a 78-73 win over Tsuchiura Nihon University High School in the boys' final ...
Basketball Dec 29, 2014
Hachimura delivers as Meisei claims high school title
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Louis Hachimura and Meisei High School came through at the right time — when the championship banner was on the line. With less than a minute left in the game, big man Hachimura blocked a dunk and then moments later made the game-winning basket by ...
Basketball Dec 28, 2014
Oka Gakuen beats Showa Gakuin for Winter Cup girls title
by Kaz Nagatsuka
After the game, Shinichi Inoue, longtime head coach for the Oka Gakuen High School girls basketball team, said that his team was "still weak." The team may not have received enough compliments from its boss. But it will bring another championship banner back to Nagoya, ...
Basketball Dec 28, 2013
Oka Gakuen captures back-to-back Winter Cup titles
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Oka Gakuen didn't repeat its nearly miserable state of the previous day. But it did repeat as champion. The Nagoya school kept its cool in the significant phase of the final quarter and successfully grabbed its second straight Winter Cup trophy with a 79-69 victory over ...