Takatoshi Furukawa

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Takatoshi Furukawa
古川孝敏
Link Tochigi Brex
2017-2019Ryukyu Golden Kings
2019-presentAkita 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: UtsunomiyaToyamaSendai

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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