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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 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Yuta Watanabe is the 1,113th most popular basketball player (down from 482nd in 2024), the 3,888th most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,079th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Yuta Watanabe ranks 1,113 out of 1,757. Before him are Deni Avdija, Pete Mickeal, Yann Bonato, Leonardo Gutiérrez, Rudy Gay, and Mookie Blaylock. After him are Joe Kleine, Achille Polonara, Furkan Korkmaz, Luboš Bartoň, Oxana Rakhmatulina, and Harry Giles III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1994, Yuta Watanabe ranks 531. Before 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 3,895 out of 6,245. Before him are Mana Ashida (2004), Misaki Kuno (1993), Asano Nagasato (1989), Akira Konno (1974), Hayato Sakamoto (1988), and Masayuki Ochiai (1981). After him are Ai Shinozaki (1992), Masahiro Koga (1978), Tomoyasu Ando (1974), Mima Ito (2000), Asuka Saitō (1998), and Hiromi Suzuki (1968).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Japan

Among basketball players born in Japan, Yuta Watanabe ranks 3. Before him are Rui Hachimura (1998), and Yuta Tabuse (1980). After him are Maki Takada (1989), Rui Machida (1993), Yudai Baba (1995), Stephanie Mawuli (1998), Mai Yamamoto (1999), Naho Miyoshi (1993), Cam Thomas (2001), and Avi Schafer (1998).

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