Nick Mayo

Nick Mayo is one of those quietly intriguing figures — born in Maine in 1997 and now a naturalized Japanese citizen, which honestly feels like a metaphor for his whole story. He left Eastern Kentucky as its all-time leading scorer, then crossed an ocean to the B.League, and you don't do that unless you're genuinely hungry. A B.League title and a scoring crown with Hiroshima followed, and choosing to become Japanese in 2025 makes his arc worth watching.

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Nick Mayo is an American-born basketball player, born on August 18, 1997, in Oakland, Maine, who became a naturalized Japanese citizen in 2025. He left Eastern Kentucky University as the program's all-time leading scorer and has played in Japan's B.League since 2019, winning the 2024 title with the Hiroshima Dragonflies.

Name (English)

Nick Mayo

Name (Japanese)

ニック・メイヨ

Reading

にっく・めいよ

Born

August 18, 1997 (age 29)

Origin

Oakland, Maine, United States

Occupation

Basketball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Ox

University

Eastern Kentucky University

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/1nmay0/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A8
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98298536

Tags

• Basketball player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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