Mai Yamamoto
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Japanese basketball player
| No. 23 – Toyota Antelopes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Guard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Women's Japan Basketball League, FIBA 3X3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1999年10月23日) October 23, 1999 (age 25) Hiroshima Prefecture [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 128 lb (58 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 2017–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2017-present | Toyota Antelopes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mai Yamamoto (山本麻衣, Yamamoto Mai, born October 23, 1999) is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for Toyota Antelopes of the Women's Japan Basketball League.[2] She also plays for Japan women's national 3x3 team. She brought the U23 national team to a gold medal at the FIBA 3x3 Under-23 World Cup in Lanzhou, and was named the tournament MVP and shoot-out contest gold medalist.[3] [4] [5] [6] This was Japan's very first world title in basketball.
On February 5, 2025, Mai Yamamoto signed a contract with the Dallas Wings of the American WNBA.[7] [8]
References
[edit ]- ^ "桜花学園の山本麻衣、アーリーエントリーでトヨタ自動車入団「スピードを武器に」". 19 January 2018.
- ^ "メンバー 山本麻衣". トヨタ自動車株式会社. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
- ^ "『3x3ウーマンズシリーズ』、U23日本代表が中国のA代表をファイナルで破り優勝". 23 August 2019.
- ^ "Overview | FIBA 3x3 Women's Series Tokyo Stop 2019".
- ^ "3x3U23日本代表の山本麻衣「2020年に向けて勝つことが求められる」". 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Japan women's 3x3 squad vows to earn Olympic berth". 9 November 2019.
- ^ "Transactions". WNBA.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. February 6, 2025. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
Mai Yamamoto signed a Rookie Scale Contract with the Dallas Wings.
- ^ "Mai Yamamoto Signs Training Camp Contract With Dallas Wings". Wings.wnba.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. February 5, 2026. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
Japanese women's basketball standout Mai Yamamoto has signed a training camp contract with the Dallas Wings, the team announced today.
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[edit ]Categories:
- 1999 births
- Living people
- 3x3 basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Japanese women's 3x3 basketball players
- Japanese women's basketball players
- Olympic 3x3 basketball players for Japan
- Sportspeople from Hiroshima Prefecture
- Toyota Antelopes players
- Basketball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic basketball players for Japan
- 21st-century Japanese sportswomen