Takuya Nakayama
中山拓哉
PositionPoint guard / shooting guard
Height5 ft
Height in11.8
Weight lb187
LeagueB.League
TeamAkita Northern Happinets
Number17
Birth dateJuly 24, 1994 (age 32)
Birth placeIzumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
HighschoolTokai University Sagami
(Sagamihara, Kanagawa)
CollegeTokai University (2013–2017)
Career start2017
Years 12017–present
Team 1Akita Northern Happinets
Highlights
  • B1 Steal leader (2018-19)
  • B2 Steal leader (2017-18)
  • B.League All-Star (2018)
  • All Japan Intercollegiate Basketball Championship MVP (2016)
  • All Japan Intercollegiate Basketball Championship Assist leader (2016)

Takuya Nakayama (born July 24, 1994) is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for the Akita Northern Happinets of the B.League in Japan.[1] He wears #17 because his mother, Yuko was born on the 17th day of the month.[2] On April 22, 2017, Nakayama made the longest shot of the B.League at first quarter buzzer beater.[3] On December 30, 2017, he hit another longest shot of the league at the third quarter buzzer beater.[4]

B.League Multiple-time steal leader

He won the Steal leader award two years in a row.

Career statistics

Led the league

Regular season

|- |style="background-color:#FFCCCC" align="left" | 2016-17 | align="left" | Akita |22 ||5 || 16.5 ||45.9 || 40.7 ||66.7 || 2.0 || 1.2 || 0.9 ||0.1 || 4.7 |- | align="left" | 2017-18 | align="left" | Akita |56 ||44 || 24 ||45.7 || 31.7 ||59.4 || 4.3 || 3.8 || bgcolor="CFECEC"|2.1* ||0.1 || 8.5 |- | align="left" | 2018-19 | align="left" | Akita | 58 || 44 || 29.9 ||40.8 ||18.5 || 62.2 ||4.8 ||5.4 ||bgcolor="CFECEC"|2.2* ||0.1||7.3 |- | align="left" | 2019-20 | align="left" | Akita | 32 || 17 || 23.7 ||46.7 ||29.4 || 59.6 ||3.7 ||3.6 ||2.1 ||0.0||6.7 |- | align="left" | 2020-21 | align="left" | Akita | 56 || 21 || 22.8 ||.405 ||.256 || .724 ||3.5 ||3.2 ||1.5 ||0.0||6.8 |-

Playoffs

|- |style="text-align:left;"|2016-17 |style="text-align:left;"|Akita | 2 || || 23.0 || .500 || .333 || 1.000 || 2.0 || 0.5 || 2.0 || 0 || 5.5 |- |style="text-align:left;"|2017-18 |style="text-align:left;"|Akita | 5 || 3 || 20:37 || .265 || .250 || .500 || 5.4 || 3.4 || 1.4 || 0 || 4.4 |-

Early cup games

|- |style="text-align:left;"|2017 |style="text-align:left;"|Akita | 2 || 1 || 18:22 || .385 || .167 || 1.000 || 4.5 || 1.5 || 1.5 || 0 || 5.0 |- |style="text-align:left;"|2018 |style="text-align:left;"|Akita |2 || 2 || 27:49 || .444 || .000 || .500 || 5.0 || 3.0 || 3.5 || 0 || 5.5 |- |style="text-align:left;"|2019 |style="text-align:left;"|Akita |2 || 2 || 25:14 || .333 || 1.000 || 1.000 || 5.5 || 1.5 || 1.0|| 0.5 || 3.5 |-

Preseason games

|- | align="left" |2018 | align="left" | Akita | 2 || 1 || 27.4 || .100 ||.000 || 1.000||4.0 || 5.0||2.5 || 0.0 || 3.0 |- | align="left" |2019 | align="left" | Akita | 3 || 1 || 21.9 || .412 ||.000 || .857||2.3 || 4.3||4.3 || 0.0 || 5.7 |-

Source: Changwon1Changwon2 Source: UtsunomiyaToyamaSendai

Outfits

He plays with Nike Kyrie Low 2 basketball shoes and Stance socks and wears Air Force 1 Foamposite Pro Cup shoes on the Akita's snowy streets. [5][6]

Shē pass

His one-handed overhead pass to his side is called "Sheeeh! pass", because it looks like Sheeeh! pose in Japanese cartoon, Osomatsu-kun.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ Akita Northern Happinets (12 January 2017). "【新入団】選手契約合意のお知らせ". Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  2. ^ Akita Asahi Broadcasting (13 January 2017). "Go Happinets"
  3. ^ B.League (24 April 2017). "これはなかなかお目にかかれない...自陣フリースローラインからのスーパーショット". Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  4. ^ natu (31 December 2017). "タクちゃんのブザビ". Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  5. ^ "「僕は秋田が好き」エアフォース1を履いて秋田ライフ満喫の秋田ノーザンハピネッツ・中山拓哉選手 ＜Bリーグ×ファッションの密な関係Vol.11＞". 2 March 2019.
  6. ^ "- YouTube". YouTube
  7. ^ "新潟戦で中山選手秘儀シェーパス披露！多田選手オープニング３Ｐシュート炸裂で連勝 ｜ 秋田ノーザンハピネッツのクレイジーピンクに魅せられて～籠球（ろうきゅう）侍参上～"
  8. ^ "@hapi_bigface タクちゃんもやれます。#シェーパス". No. 1073208949862592513. 13 December 2018.