Kosuke Takeuchi

Kosuke Takeuchi (竹内 公輔、born January 29, 1985 in Suita, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Link Tochigi Brex of the B.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]

Kosuke Takeuchi

No. 10 – Utsunomiya Brex
Position	Power forward
League	B.League
Personal information
Born	(1985-01-29) January 29, 1985 Suita, Osaka, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Rakunan
College	Keio University
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Japan Asian Games 2014 South Korea Team competition FIBA Asia Championship 2009 Tianjin Team competition East Asian Games 2009 Hong Kong Team competition FIBA Asia Challenge 2010 Beirut Team 2012 Tokyo Team EABA Championship 2017 Nagano Team

As a 21-year-old, Takeuchi averaged 5.4 points and 4.4 rebounds per game for the host Japanese at the 2006 FIBA World Championship.[2] Takeuchi has earned a bigger role with the Japanese team over the past four years; his best tournament performance to date was at the FIBA Asia Championship 2009, in which he averaged 13 points and a team-leading 8.2 rebounds per game.[3] Despite his performance, Japan stumbled to a disappointing tenth-place finish, its worst ever performance in 24 FIBA Asia Championship appearances. He was invited to play with the Minnesota Timberwolves during the 2010 summer league in Las Vegas in 2010.

Takeuchi played professionally with the Aisin Seahorses of the JBL Super League. In the 2009-10 season, Takeuchi entered the month-long winter break averaging 15.4 points and 11.3 rebounds per game for the first-place Seahorses.[4] He was also named to the JBL All-Star Game as the leading power forward vote-getter for the West.[5]