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Yuta Watanabe

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Yuta Watanabe (渡邊 雄太, Watanabe Yūta; born October 13, 1994) is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Chiba Jets Funabashi of the B.League. He played college basketball in the United States for the George Washington Colonials (now Revolutionaries), becoming the first Japanese-born student athlete to secure an NCAA Division I basketball scholarship. He was named Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year in 2018. He has also represented the Japan national team, helping them win the bronze medal at the 2013 East Asia Basketball Championship. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yuta Watanabe is the 1,061st most popular basketball player (down from 481st in 2019), the 3,694th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,080th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Yuta Watanabe ranks 1,061 out of 1,757Before him are Henry Domercant, Kirk Hinrich, Deni Avdija, Leonardo Gutiérrez, Rudy Gay, and Mookie Blaylock. After him are Joe Kleine, Achille Polonara, Furkan Korkmaz, Oxana Rakhmatulina, Harry Giles III, and Yolanda Griffith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1994, Yuta Watanabe ranks 515Before him are Misael Rodríguez, Dominik Koepfer, Cyriel Dessers, Ezequiel Ávila, Armin Hodžić, and Sarah Hendrickson. After him are Pathé Ciss, Leonor Andrade, Raquel Castro, Musashi Suzuki, Gerard Gumbau, and Rodolfo Pizarro.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yuta Watanabe ranks 3,701 out of 6,245Before him are Mana Ashida (2004), Misaki Kuno (1993), Asano Nagasato (1989), Akira Konno (1974), Hayato Sakamoto (1988), and Masayuki Ochiai (1981). After him are Masahiro Koga (1978), Tomoyasu Ando (1974), Mima Ito (2000), Asuka Saitō (1998), Hiromi Suzuki (1968), and Narita Takaki (1977).

Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Japan

Among basketball players born in Japan, Yuta Watanabe ranks 3Before him are Rui Hachimura (1998), and Yuta Tabuse (1980). After him are Rui Machida (1993), Yudai Baba (1995), Stephanie Mawuli (1998), and Avi Schafer (1998).