Paul Donald Henare is a New Zealand professional basketball coach and former player.
Jonathan Bryan Toews is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who is an unrestricted free agent. Toews most recently played for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL), where he served as the team's captain between 2008 and 2023. Nicknamed "Captain Serious", Toews was selected by the Blackhawks with the third overall pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. He joined the team in 2007–08 and was nominated for the Calder Memorial Trophy as NHL Rookie of the Year. The following season he was named team captain, becoming the second-youngest captain in NHL history at the time. Toews won the Stanley Cup in 2010, along with the Conn Smythe Trophy for the most valuable player in the playoffs. After winning the Cup, Toews passed Peter Forsberg as the youngest player to join the Triple Gold Club. He won the Stanley Cup again in 2013 and 2015.
The name Kai has various origins and meanings in different cultures:
Toews is a surname of Russian Mennonite origin, an abbreviation of Matthäus (Matthews). Notable people with this name include:
Atsushi Sakai is a Japanese professional wrestler better known under the ring name Kai. Best known for his work in the All Japan Pro Wrestling promotion, Kai is an accomplished junior heavyweight wrestler, having won the World Junior Heavyweight Championship twice and the Junior League also twice, while he and Kaz Hayashi also won the 2011 Junior Tag League. In August 2012, Kai announced that he was ending his junior heavyweight days and becoming a heavyweight wrestler. After taking a seven-month break from in-ring action, Kai returned to All Japan in March 2013, now working as a heavyweight wrestler. However, the following July, Kai quit All Japan following a change in the promotion's management and joined the new Wrestle-1 promotion. In March 2015, Kai won the promotion's top title, the Wrestle-1 Championship. He went on to win the title two more times, before quitting Wrestle-1 in December 2016 to become a freelancer.
Wrestle-1 was a Japanese puroresu or professional wrestling promotion, founded in July 2013 by Keiji Mutoh following his resignation from All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). The core of the promotion's roster was formed by wrestlers loyal to Mutoh, who left AJPW in a mass exodus during June 2013. Mutoh served as the promotion's first president and the head of its parent company, kabushiki gaisha named GEN Sports Entertainment. In March 2017, Kaz Hayashi took over as the new president of Wrestle-1. The promotion held its first event on September 8, 2013, at Tokyo Dome City Hall.
The Wrestle-1 Championship was the top professional wrestling title owned by the Wrestle-1 (W-1) promotion. In Japanese the title's name includes the katakana term for "championship", Chanpionshippu (チャンピオンシップ), derived from the English language instead of the more common kanji term Ōza (王座). The title also does not feature the word "Heavyweight" or any other weight class, indicating an open-weight status de facto.
The Japanese national under-18 and under-19 basketball team represents Japan in international basketball competitions. It is administered by the Japan Basketball Association. It represents the country in international under-19 and under-18 basketball competitions.
The Kobe Storks are a professional basketball team based in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan that compete in the second division of the Japanese B.League.
Josep "Pep" Clarós Canals is a Spanish professional basketball coach with experience in Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America.
Hideki Suzuki is a Japanese professional wrestler and catch wrestler signed to Pro Wrestling Noah.
Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin (新・必殺仕置人) is a Japanese jidaigeki or period television drama. It is the tenth in the Hissatsu series. The drama is a sequel to Hissatsu Shiokinin. Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin is one of the most popular Jidaigeki dramas in Japan. Former professional Baseball player Fumio Fujimura made his first appearance as an actor.
Tomomi Kai is a retired Japanese women's professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 5-dan. She is a former Women's Ōi, Kurashiki Tōka Cup, and Jo-Ō title holder.
The Fujitsu Red Wave are a basketball team based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, playing in the Women's Japan Basketball League. From the 2024-25 season they will be playing in the upper “W-League Premier” division after the women’s league is split into two divisions.
James-Earl Duncan is a Canadian basketball coach and former player. He served as head coach of the Brisbane Bullets in the National Basketball League (NBL) between June 2021 and November 2022.
Ryūden Gōshi is a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Kōfu, Yamanashi Prefecture. He made his professional debut in March 2006 and first reached the top makuuchi division in January 2018. Ryūden has won a championship in every division except makuuchi and has earned two special prizes, one for Fighting Spirit and one for Technique. His highest rank has been komusubi. He is a member of Takadagawa stable.
The 2018–19 CAA men's basketball season marked the 34th season of Colonial Athletic Association basketball, taking place between November 2018 and March 2019. Practices commenced in October 2018, and the season ended with the 2019 CAA men's basketball tournament.
The 2019–20 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Wilmington during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seahawks were led by interim head coach Rob Burke who took over for C. B. McGrath after an 0–6 start to conference play. They played their home games at Trask Coliseum as members of the Colonial Athletic Association.
Kai Toews is a Japanese professional basketball player for Alvark Tokyo of the B. League.
