Joji Takeuchi

Joji Takeuchi

No. 15 – Alvark Tokyo
Position	Power forward
League	B.League
Personal information
Born	(1985-01-29) January 29, 1985 Suita, Osaka, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Listed height	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Rakunan
College	Tokai University
Playing career	2007–present
Career history
2007–2016	Hitachi SunRockers
2016-present	Alvark Tokyo
Career highlights and awards
NBL All-star Game (2013)
Medals Men's basketball Representing Japan Asian Games 2014 South Korea Team competition

Joji Takeuchi (竹内 譲次、born January 29, 1985 in Suita, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Alvark Tokyo of the B.League. Takeuchi also is a member of the Japan national basketball team, playing for the team in the 2006 FIBA World Championship and both the FIBA Asia Championship 2007 and FIBA Asia Championship 2009. Takeuchi's twin brother Kosuke is also a member of the Japanese national basketball team.

As a 21-year-old, Takeuchi averaged 6.2 points and 5.2 rebounds per game for the host Japanese at the 2006 FIBA World Championship. Takeuchi has earned a bigger role with the Japanese team over the past four years; his best tournament performance to date was at the FIBA Asia Championship 2009, in which he averaged 9.8 points and 7.2 rebounds per game. Despite his performance, Japan stumbled to a disappointing tenth-place finish, its worst ever performance in 24 FIBA Asia Championship appearances.

Takeuchi played professionally with the Hitachi SunRockers of the JBL Super League. In the 2009-10 season, Takeuchi entered the month-long winter break averaging 16.1 points and 9.4 rebounds per game for the third-place Seahorses. He was also named to the JBL All-Star Game as the leading power forward vote-getter for the East.