Ryusei Shinoyama

When I think basketball player, my brain defaults to someone dunking over everyone, but Ryusei Shinoyama is a point guard — the guy who actually runs the show, reads the defense before it develops, and makes everyone around him better. Born in Kanagawa in 1988 and out of Nihon University, there's something appealingly grounded about that path: no flashy shortcut, just doing the work until the work pays off. Point guards tend to age like good whiskey — the older they get, the more their basketball IQ carries them — so reaching his late thirties probably made him sharper, not slower. I get the sense he's the kind of player who wins you a tight game in the fourth quarter not by exploding for twenty points but by making exactly the right pass at exactly the right moment. Quiet, reliable, relentless — the sort of guy whose teammates love him even if the casual fan can't quite name him.

Ryusei Shinoyama is a Japanese professional basketball player born on July 20, 1988, in Kanagawa Prefecture. He attended Nihon University and plays the point guard position, serving as a playmaking leader on the court. Further details about his career history and personal life are not publicly disclosed.

Name (English)

Ryusei Shinoyama

Name (Japanese)

篠山竜青

Reading

しのやま りゅうせい

Born

July 20, 1988 (age 38)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Dragon (辰)

Origin

Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Height

70cm

Occupation

Basketball player

University

Nihon University

Motto

Private

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AF%A0%E5%B1%B1%E7%AB%9C%E9%9D%92

Tags

• From Kanagawa Prefecture
• Basketball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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