Tenketsu Harimoto

Chinese-born Japanese basketball player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tenketsu Harimoto (張本 天傑, Harimoto Tenketsu; born January 8, 1992), birth name Zhang Tianjie (simplified Chinese: 张天杰; traditional Chinese: 張天傑), is a Chinese-born Japanese professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins club of the B.League in Japan.

LeagueB.League
Born (1992-01-08) January 8, 1992 (age 34)
NationalityJapanese
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Tenketsu Harimoto
張天傑
Harimoto with national team
No. 8 Nagoya Diamond Dolphins
PositionPower forward
LeagueB.League
Personal information
Born (1992-01-08) January 8, 1992 (age 34)
NationalityJapanese
Listed height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High schoolChubu University Daiichi High (Nisshin, Aichi)
CollegeAoyama Gakuin University
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2013–2016Toyota Alvark
2016–presentNagoya Diamond Dolphins
Medals
Representing  Japan
Men's basketball
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place2014 South KoreaTeam competition
William Jones Cup
Bronze medal – third place2019 ROCTeam
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Harimoto as the small forward for Alvark Tokyo, Yoyogi National Gymnasium, 2015

He represented Japan's national basketball team at the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup, where he was Japan's best free throw shooter (free throws made).[1]

Personal

Harimoto is from a family of diverse athletes. His father was a basketball player, his mother was a volleyball player, his grandfather was a fencing coach, and his uncle was a badminton player.[2]

References

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