Joshua Smith

I'll be honest — Joshua Smith is the kind of big man who makes you wonder what could have been. A towering center out of Seattle who dominated at the high school level, he took his game to UCLA before transferring to Georgetown, which is a path that doesn't always lead somewhere smooth. But Smith kept grinding, bouncing through NBA rosters and G League stints, and eventually carved out a real career overseas — including a solid run in Japan's B.League with Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka. There's something genuinely admirable about a player who doesn't get the marquee spotlight but just keeps competing at a professional level, continent after continent. Not every story is a superstar arc, and that's fine — sometimes the most interesting careers are the ones that refuse to quit.

Name (English)

Joshua Smith

Name (Japanese)

ジョシュア・スミス

Reading

じょしゅあ・すみす

Born

May 14, 1992 (age 34)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Monkey

Origin

Seattle, Washington, United States

Height

82 cm

Occupation

basketball player

High school

Kentwood High School

University

University of California, Los Angeles

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/iamjoshualsmith/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B9

Tags

• Washington
• basketball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.