2023-06-08 01:01:58
Thank you for your always hot and warm support.
We are pleased to announce that the Akita Northern Happinets have reached an agreement with Raita Ako on a player contract for the 2023-24 season.
In addition, we would like to inform you that the contract with Ako this time will be a two-year contract from the B.LEAGUE 2023-24 season to the 2024-25 season.
#6 Raita Akaho
■ Uniform number 6
■Position Shooting Guard/Small Forward (SG/SF)
■ Height/Weight 196cm/94kg
Date of birth August 28, 1998
Birthplace Ishikawa Prefecture
■ Career Aoyama Gakuin University
→ Yokohama B-Corsairs (2019-20) * Joined as a special designated player in January 2020
→ Chiba Jets (2020-22) *Active as a specially designated player in the 2020-21 season
→ Yokohama B-Corsairs (2022-23)
《Main Achievements》
・The 58th Kanto University Basketball Rookie Tournament Outstanding Player Award (2018/University 2nd year)
・95th Kanto University Basketball League 2nd place (2019/3rd year university)
《Representative career》
・2016 U18 Boys Representative from Japan
・2016 U24 Men’s Japan National Team Candidate
・2017 U19 men’s representative from Japan candidate
・2018 U22 Men’s Japan National Team Candidates
・FY2020 Japan national basketball team “FIBA World Cup 2023” priority player
・2023 Men’s Japan National Team Training Camp Members
[2022-23 season individual stats]
person’s comment
Nice to meet you Akita Northern Happinets fans.
I am Raita Ako, who has transferred from Yokohama B-Corsairs.
I’m so excited to play in front of all these amazing fans.
I will do my best to bring out my strengths and contribute to the team, so please support me.
club comment
Ako is a next-generation all-rounder. Despite being young, he has played in the championship (CS) for three consecutive years. He also won the league championship when he was a member of the Chiba Jets, and is a player who is familiar with the “perpetually winning team”, and this season he helped the Yokohama B-Corsairs advance to the CS semi-finals as a starter.
Despite his height of 196 cm, he is mobile and has good handling skills, and has the dexterity to play both inside and outside. In terms of defense, due to his size and experience, he can perform a variety of defenses that can match up from point guards to foreign forwards, and he can become a player who can expand the variation of Akita’s defense style. increase.
Like Kumagai, who has just joined the team, he is a young hopeful who has been selected as a candidate for the Japan national team, and I have high hopes that he will grow into a player who represents the league in his new home, Akita.
Akita Northern Happinets player contract status *As of June 8, 2023
・ Kumagai Wataru
・ Raita Ako
・Kerem Kanter
・Shun Ito
・Sota Oura
・Hayato Kawashima
・Takeshi Tada (Transferred to Fukushima Firebonds: June 7, 2023)
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