Ramu Tokashiki
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Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | WJBL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Kita-ku, Tokyo, Japan | June 11, 1991||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 4[1] in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 176 lb (80 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career | 2010–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2010–present | JX-Eneos Sunflowers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Seattle Storm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ramu Tokashiki (渡嘉敷来夢, Tokashiki Ramu, born June 11, 1991) is a Japanese professional basketball player for the JX-Eneos Sunflowers of the Women's Japan Basketball League (WJBL).
Career[]
WJBL[]
Tokashiki has played for the JX-Eneos Sunflowers, a team based in Kashiwa, since their 2010–11 season where she made her professional debut. In her opening season she led the Sunflowers to a championship as well as taking home Rookie of the Year, a place on the Best 5 team and the MVP award. She has enjoyed much success in this league and has led the Sunflowers to a championship each year since her debut.[2]
WNBA[]
Tokashiki was signed by the Seattle Storm for the 2015 WNBA season alongside the likes of Sue Bird. She enjoyed a successful debut season and found herself on the WNBA All-Rookie Team. Tokashiki has re-signed with the Storm for the 2016 season. Ever since, Tokashiki only missed the 2018 season to focus on the Japanese team's preparation for the 2018 FIBA Women's World Cup.[3]
National Team[]
Tokashiki was chosen as the national athlete for in 2011, and in that year she participated in the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship for Women. She got FIBA Asia Championship MVP in 2013 and 2015, also winning the Championship on both occasions. She made her Olympic debut at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[4]
References[]
- ^ JX-Eneos Sunflowers Profile
- ^ "サイト:トップ | WJBL(バスケットボール女��日本リーグ)公式サイト". www.wjbl.org (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-05-23.
- ^ Ramu Tokashiki to miss 2018 WNBA Season
- ^ "archive.fiba.com: Players". FIBA.
- Japanese basketball biography stubs
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Japanese expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Japanese people of American descent
- Japanese women's basketball players
- Olympic basketball players of Japan
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Seattle Storm players