Nick Mayo

Nick Mayo is one of those quietly intriguing figures — born in Japan in 1997 but carrying a name that makes you do a double-take, which honestly feels like a metaphor for his whole story. The fact that he made his way to Eastern Kentucky University to play college basketball says a lot: you don't cross an ocean and grind through American college ball unless you're genuinely hungry for it. Details about his career and physique are almost entirely off the public record, which somehow makes him feel more serious rather than less — like he's too busy working to bother with the PR machine. A late-90s Leo born in the year of the Ox is basically cosmically engineered to be competitive and stubborn in the best way. I don't know exactly where he lands in the pro landscape, but a Japanese-born player carving a path through the American basketball system is the kind of underdog arc worth watching.

Nick Mayo is a basketball player born on August 18, 1997, in Japan. He attended Eastern Kentucky University, where he developed his basketball career. Further details such as his hometown, physical measurements, and agency affiliation have not been made public.

Name (English)

Nick Mayo

Name (Japanese)

ニック・メイヨ

Reading

にっく・めいよ

Born

August 18, 1997 (age 28)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Ox

Origin

Japan

Occupation

Basketball player

University

Eastern Kentucky University

Motto

Private

• 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

Tags

• 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.