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Takatoshi Furukawa
古川孝敏
Furukawa with national team in 2015
No. 51 – Akita Northern Happinets
Position Shooting guard
League B.League
Personal information
Born (1987-10-20) October 20, 1987 (age 36)
Tokyo [1]
NationalityJapanese
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight198 lb (90 kg)
Career information
High schoolMikage Technical
College Tokai University
Career history
2010-2013 Aisin SeaHorses Mikawa
2013-2017 Link Tochigi Brex
2017-2019 Ryukyu Golden Kings
2019-present Akita Northern Happinets
Career highlights and awards
  • JBL 3point pct Leader (2011-12)
  • 2xNBL Free Throw pct leader (2014, 16)
  • B.League Finals MVP(2016-17)
  • 2x JBL All-star (2012,13)
  • B.League All-star (2018)
  • B.League Finals MVP (2017)
  • B.League Free Throw pct leader (2020-21)
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing   Japan
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 South Korea Team competition

Takatoshi Furukawa (born October 20, 1987) is a Japanese professional basketball player who currently plays for Akita Northern Happinets in the B.League.

He was a member of the Japan national basketball team that competed in the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship. [2] As a member of Team Japan, he is especially known for his outside shooting. [3]

Akita Northern Happinets

Furukawa accepted a three-year contract for Akita Happinets on June 11, 2019. [4] [5] He became the first Happinets player to lead the B.League in free throw percentage in 2021. [6]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
† Denotes seasons in which Furukawa won an championship
* Led the league

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010-11 Aisin 36 17.9 .381 .337 .812 1.4 0.6 0.2 0.1 5.4
2011-12 Aisin 42 42 31.5 .441 .446* .870 2.2 1.0 0.5 0.0 11.1
2012-13† Aisin 38 38 29.5 .375 .359 .829 1.9 0.8 0.4 0.2 8.9
2013-14 Tochigi 51 50 27.4 .422 .353 .905* 2.3 1.1 0.4 0.0 11.4
2014-15 Tochigi 54 54 26.7 .466 .431 .846 2.1 0.9 0.4 0.1 13.1
2015-16 Tochigi 54 54 28.8 .452 .391 .893* 2.6 1.0 0.7 0.1 15.7
2016-17† Tochigi 48 44 22.8 .411 .374 .891 1.6 0.8 0.6 0.1 11.1
2017-18 Ryukyu 49 27 22.5 .388 .362 .835 2.3 1.5 0.4 0.1 9.6
2018-19 Ryukyu 54 54 28.4 .417 .355 .890 2.6 1.1 0.5 0.2 10.5
2019-20 Akita 30 29 25.3 .325 .301 .868 2.2 1.8 0.4 0.1 8.7
2020-21 Akita 54 46 23.8 .423 .393 .910* 2.1 1.7 0.6 0.0 10.0

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2011-12 Aisin 7 31.1 .305 .282 .750 2.6 1.0 0.7 0.0 7.1
2012-13 Aisin 7 32.7 .397 .440 .900 2.4 1.1 0.0 0.1 10.0
2013-14 Tochigi 3 29.0 .432 .444 1.000 2.0 1.7 1.3 0.0 15.0
2014-15 Tochigi 4 31.0 .420 .313 .895 4.3 1.0 1.0 0.3 16.0
2015-16 Tochigi 5 32.2 .368 .359 .923 3.2 1.2 0.8 0.0 16.4
2016-17 Tochigi 6 6 23:52 .446 .458 .778 1.8 1.2 0.33 0.0 11.3
2017-18 Ryukyu 5 5 24:43 .286 .208 1.000 2.8 0.8 0.0 0.2 9.0
2018-19 Ryukyu 6 6 25:08 .348 .375 .800 2.2 0.8 0.0 0.0 7.0

Early cup games

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2018 Ryukyu 2 2 21:49 .462 .143 1.000 3.5 0.0 1.0 0.0 9.0
2019 Akita 1 1 20:05 .500 .000 .750 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.0

Preseason games

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2019 Akita 3 3 21.0 .412 .500 .571 1.3 1.0 0.3 0.0 7.3

Source: Utsunomiya Toyama Sendai

Non-FIBA Events Stats

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2011 Universiade 8 16.36 .414 .412 1.000 3.0 0.9 0.4 0.0 8.4

FIBA Senior Team Events Stats

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2015 FIBA Asia Cup 9 19.54 .374 .288 .737 2.8 0.3 0.4 0.0 10.8
2016 Olympic Qualifier - Serbia 2 9.46 .000 .000 .000 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2017 FIBA Asia Cup 4 13.28 .611 .545 .750 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.0 7.8
2017 Asian World Cup Qualifier 7 7.31 .105 .077 1.000 1.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.1

William Jones Cup

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012 Japan 8 21 .409 .395 1.000 1.9 0.9 0.6 0.0 9.9
2014 Japan 9 22 .413 .419 .900 1.6 0.9 0.4 0.0 8.2
2015 Japan 6 26 .426 .452 1.000 3.2 1.2 0.7 0.0 11.0
Career 23 23 .414 .419 .962 2.1 1.0 0.6 0.0 9.5

Terrific 12

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2018 Ryukyu 4 23.7 5.0 1.0 0.3 0.0 8.5

References

  1. ^ https://www.kobe-np.co.jp/news/sports/201707/0010358143.shtml [ dead link]
  2. ^ 2015 FIBA Asia Championship – Takatoshi FURUKAWA, FIBA.com. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  3. ^ Kaz Nagatsuka, Japan men bounce back against Czech Republic, The Japan Times, 15 August 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  4. ^ "【新入団】古川孝敏選手 契約合意のお知らせ".
  5. ^ "Sendai 89ers finalize deal with veteran leader Jerome Tillman for 2019-20 season". 11 June 2019.
  6. ^ "NNNﾆｭｰｽ". Archived from the original on June 2, 2021.

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