Yuki Kawamura

Yuki Kawamura fascinates me because at 173cm he is doing what the NBA's physics supposedly forbid. From Yanai in Yamaguchi to Fukuoka Daiichi, Tokai University, and then the World Cup and Olympics with Japan, he has carried a nation's basketball hopes on a frame the league usually dismisses. Earning a Bulls contract and battling through the G League is not luck; it is intelligence, speed, and nerve outpacing raw size. I see him as a genuinely important figure for Japanese sport, a reminder that the smallest player on the floor can still rewrite what is possible. I am quietly cheering for him.

Name (English)

Yuki Kawamura

Name (Japanese)

河村勇輝

Reading

かわむら ゆうき

Born

May 2, 2001 (age 25)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Snake

Origin

Yanai, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

Height

173 cm

Occupation

basketball player

High school

Fukuoka Daiichi High School

University

Tokai University

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuki%20Kawamura
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%B3%E6%9D%91%E5%8B%87%E8%BC%9D
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q84554649

Tags

• Yamaguchi Prefecture
• basketball player

Last updated

2026-06-17

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