Seiya Ando
Appearance
No. 3 – Alvark Tokyo | ||||||||||||
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Position | Point guard | |||||||||||
League | B.League | |||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||
Born | Edogawa, Tokyo | July 15, 1992|||||||||||
Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||
Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||||||||||
Listed weight | 176 lb (80 kg) | |||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||
High school | Meisei (Sendai, Miyagi) | |||||||||||
College |
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Playing career | 2014–present | |||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Halifax Rainmen | |||||||||||
2015 | Meralco Bolts | |||||||||||
2015-2016 | Link Tochigi Brex | |||||||||||
2016-2017 | Akita Northern Happinets | |||||||||||
2017-present | Alvark Tokyo | |||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||
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Medals
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Seiya Ando (安藤 誓哉, Andō Seiya, born July 15, 1992) is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for Alvark Tokyo of the B.League in Japan.[1] Ando is the first Japanese player ever to play in the National Basketball League of Canada.[2] He started 34 games and finished the season averaging 10.4 points, 3.02 rebounds, 3.82 assists and 1.2 steals per game. After playing for the Meralco Bolts of the Philippine Basketball Association, he signed with the Link Tochigi Brex, but he did not start at all and was mostly benched by Thomas Wisman.[3][4] He has inked with the "Pink" Akita Happinets.
Career statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
† | Denotes seasons in which Ando won an championship |
* | Led the league |
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2014-15 | Halifax Rainmen | 45 | 34 | 28.1 | 40.3 | 31.0 | 71.9 | 3.02 | 3.82 | 1.20 | 0 | 10.04 |
2015 | Meralco Bolts | 11 | 8 | 27.9 | 39.8 | 23.8 | 66.7 | 2.73 | 1.91 | 1.09 | 0 | 8.00 |
2015-16 | Tochigi | 25 | 0 | 6.4 | 45.2 | 38.5 | 87.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0 | 2.3 |
2016-17 | Akita | 60 | 60 | 33.8 | 38.7 | 34.1 | 70.7 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 10.4 |
2017-18† | A Tokyo | 55 | 55 | 24.5 | 43.7 | 39.4 | 78.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 8.8 |
2018-19† | A Tokyo | 60 | 60 | 23.36 | 43.2 | 38.4 | 88.2 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 0.61 | 0.03 | 9.7 |
Playoff games
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2014-15 | Halifax | 9 | 26.4 | 30.6 | 27.0 | 71.4 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 0 | 7.1 | |
2016-17 | Akita | 2 | 34.0 | 46.2 | 58.3 | 75.0 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0 | 13.5 | |
2017-18 | A Tokyo | 5 | 23.0 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 100 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0 | 7.2 | |
2018-19 | A Tokyo | 6 | 6 | 24.44 | 50.0 | 42.1 | 75.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.33 | 0 | 12.0 |
Early cup games
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2017 | A Tokyo | 3 | 3 | 22.59 | .500 | .500 | .000 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.33 | 0 | 5.0 |
2018 | A Tokyo | 2 | 2 | 27.55 | .316 | .000 | .900 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 10.5 |
National team
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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2019 | Japan | 8 | 20.9 | .409 | .360 | .815 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 10.6 |
Trivia
- As of May 2018, he puts on Adidas Dame 4 basketball shoes for the games.[5]
- He has started his gluten-free diet.[6]
External links
References
- ^ https://northern-happinets.com/roster/seiya_ando.html
- ^ http://www.rainmenbasketball.ca/p/14513/nr/100096/rainmen-sign-nbl-canadas-first-japanese-player
- ^ Sports Hochi (24 September 2016). "【バスケット】秋田・安藤、古巣・栃木相手に18得点!敵将も脱帽「彼を手放したのは…」". Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- ^ Basket-count.com (30 September 2016). "B」の主役たち~安藤誓哉(秋田ノーザンハピネッツ) ギラギラの向上心で目指すは秋田の勝利と日本代表". Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ https://basketballking.jp/news/japan/20180518/66996.html?cx_news=page1
- ^ Shimane, Jun (27 November 2016). "秋田、今季3度目東北ダービー完勝 全Q得点上回る". Retrieved 28 November 2016.
Categories:
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Akita Northern Happinets players
- Alvark Tokyo players
- Halifax Rainmen players
- Japanese men's basketball players
- Link Tochigi Brex players
- Japanese expatriates in the Philippines
- Meralco Bolts players
- Meiji University alumni
- Philippine Basketball Association imports
- Point guards
- Sportspeople from Tokyo