Pape Mour Faye

Pape Mour Faye's story starts in Senegal, where he was scouted into basketball at ten, and runs through a high school in Nobeoka, a university captaincy and more than a decade in Japanese pro leagues. There's something quietly compelling about a guy who carries a name that crosses cultural borders just by existing, carving out a path in a sport that demands relentless grind. Naturalized in 2015 and suiting up for Japan at the 2016 Olympic qualifier, he turned that journey into a place on the national team, which feels like a story worth knowing.

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Pape Mour Faye (born June 22, 1987) is a Senegalese-born Japanese professional basketball player who plays as a center. After attending Nobeoka Gakuen High School and captaining Kanto Gakuin University, he joined the Yokohama B-Corsairs in 2011 and later played for clubs including Chiba Jets, Levanga Hokkaido, Saga Ballooners and Niigata Albirex BB. He became a Japanese citizen in 2015 and played for Japan at the 2016 Olympic qualifying tournament.

Name (English)

Pape Mour Faye

Name (Japanese)

ファイ・パプ月瑠

Reading

ふぁい・ぱぷ むーる

Born

June 22, 1987 (age 39)

Origin

Japan

Occupation

Basketball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rabbit

University

Kanto Gakuin University

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%97%E6%9C%88%E7%91%A0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11331937

Tags

• Basketball player

Last updated

September 26, 2026

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