Mai Yamamoto
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| No. 23 – Toyota Antelopes | |
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| Position | Guard |
| League | Women's Japan Basketball League, FIBA 3X3 |
| Personal information | |
| Born | October 23, 1999 Hiroshima Prefecture[1] |
| Nationality |  Japanese |
| Listed height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
| Listed weight | 128 lb (58 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | |
| Playing career | 2017–present |
| Career history | |
| 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 . [5] 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.[6]This was the Japan's very first world title in basketball.
References
- ^ "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」".
- ^ "『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".
- ^ "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」".
- ^ "メンバー 山本麻衣". トヨタ自動車株式会社. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
- ^ "Japan women's 3x3 squad vows to earn Olympic berth". 9 November 2019.