Daiji Yamada

Basketball Player

1981 –

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Who is Daiji Yamada?

Daiji Yamada is an Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Rera Kamuy Hokkaido of the JBL Super League. Yamada also is a long-time 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. He made his debut for the national team in 1999 at the FIBA World Championship for Junior Men

Yamada averaged 7 points and 2.3 rebounds per game for the host Japanese at the 2006 FIBA World Championship. In his most recent national team appearance, Yamada averaged 10 points and 4.6 rebounds per game for the Japanese at the FIBA Asia Championship 2009 tournament. Despite his performance, Japan stumbled to a disappointing tenth place finish, its worst ever performance in 24 FIBA Asia Championship appearances.

Yamada currently plays professionally with Rera Kamuy Hokkaido of the JBL Super League. In the current 2009-10 season, Yamada entered the month-long winter break averaging 14 points and 4.9 rebounds per game for the Alvark.

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Born
Jun 8, 1981
Osaka
Nationality
  • Japan
Lived in
  • Osaka

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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