Keijuro Matsui

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Keijuro Matsui
Matsui keijuro toyota 20150104.jpg
No. 16Kagawa Five Arrows
Position Guard
League B.League
Personal information
Born (1985-10-16) October 16, 1985 (age 39)
Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight183 lb (83 kg)
Career information
High school Montrose Christian School
(Rockville, Maryland)
College Columbia (2005–2009)
NBA draft 2009: undrafted
Playing career2009–present
Career history
2009–2010 Rera Kamuy Hokkaido
2010–2011 Hitachi SunRockers
2011–2017 Toyota Alvark
2017–2019 SeaHorses Mikawa
2019–2021 Kyoto Hannaryz
2021–2023 Toyama Grouses
2023–present Kagawa Five Arrows

Keijuro Matsui (popularly known as KJ) (born October 16, 1985) is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Kagawa Five Arrows of the B.League. He is a former guard for the Columbia Lions basketball team at Columbia University and the first Japanese native basketball player in NCAA Division I history. Matsui also played in the 2005 Nike Hoop Summit for the World Select Team, only the second Japanese to do so. In the summit he scored seven points in 11 minutes. Following his collegiate career, he relocated to his native country, where he has played ever since.

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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 Matsui won an championship
*Led the league
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2009-10Hokkaido4117.05.413.399.7571.780.440.2706.76
2010-11Hitachi3622.17.417.349.8001.580.810.280.058.42
2011-12†Toyota4218.83.449.424.8131.760.550.360.078.69
2012-13Toyota4218.7.458.494*.8142.20.80.20.19.6
2013-14Toyota5421.6.446.408.8391.81.00.50.010.7
2014-15Toyota54522.3.406.432.6762.31.30.60.09.4
2015-16Toyota551320.8.478.449*.8161.41.40.6011.2
2016-17A Tokyo59616.8.399.395.9391.40.40.20.16.1
2017-18Mikawa55612.8.440.403.6770.90.90.40.04.9

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