Yusuke Okada (basketball)
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| No. 10 – Altiri Chiba | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||||||||
| League | B.League | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | September 17, 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 176 lb (80 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Tsuchiura Nihon University High | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College | Aoyama Gakuin University | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2007–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2007-14 | Toyota Alvark | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Tsukuba Robots | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Hiroshima Dragonflies | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-16 | Chiba Jets | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016-2020 | Kyoto Hannaryz | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020-2021 | Earthfriends Tokyo Z | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021- | Altiri Chiba | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Yusuke Okada (岡田 優介, Okada Yūsuke; born September 17, 1984) is a Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Altiri Chiba of the B.League. Okada also is a member of the Japan national basketball team, debuting for the team in the FIBA Asia Championship 2009.[1]
Okada averaged 8.9 points per game the Japanese team at the 2009 championship, including a game-high 30 points on 10 3-pointers in a 148-45 preliminary round victory over Sri Lanka.[2] Despite his performance, Japan stumbled to a disappointing tenth-place finish, its worst ever performance in 24 FIBA Asia Championship appearances.
Okada played professionally with the Toyota Alvark of the JBL Super League. In the 2009–10 season, Okada entered the month-long winter break averaging 8.1 points per game for the Alvark.[3]
Okada earned Japanese CPA license in November 2010.[4]