# Kosuke Takeuchi

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**Kosuke Takeuchi** (竹内 公輔、born January 29, 1985 in [Suita, Osaka](/source/Suita,_Osaka), Japan) is a Japanese professional [basketball](/source/Basketball) player. He plays for the [Utsunomiya Brex](/source/Utsunomiya_Brex) of the [B.League](/source/B.League). Takeuchi also is a member of the [Japan national basketball team](/source/Japan_national_basketball_team), playing for the team in the [2006 FIBA World Championship](/source/2006_FIBA_World_Championship) and both the [FIBA Asia Championship 2007](/source/FIBA_Asia_Championship_2007) and [FIBA Asia Championship 2009](/source/FIBA_Asia_Championship_2009).[1] Takeuchi's twin brother [Joji](/source/Joji_Takeuchi) is also a member of the Japanese national basketball team.[2]

As a 21-year-old, Takeuchi averaged 5.4 points and 4.4 rebounds per game for the host Japanese at the [2006 FIBA World Championship](/source/2006_FIBA_World_Championship).[3] Takeuchi has earned a bigger role with the Japanese team over the past four years; his best tournament performance to date was at the [FIBA Asia Championship 2009](/source/FIBA_Asia_Championship_2009), in which he averaged 13 points and a team-leading 8.2 rebounds per game.[4] Despite his performance, Japan stumbled to a disappointing tenth-place finish, its worst ever performance in 24 [FIBA Asia Championship](/source/FIBA_Asia_Championship) appearances. He was invited to play with the Minnesota Timberwolves during the 2010 summer league in Las Vegas in 2010.

Takeuchi played professionally with the [Aisin Seahorses](/source/Aisin_Seahorses) of the [JBL Super League](/source/JBL_Super_League). In the 2009-10 season, Takeuchi entered the month-long winter break averaging 15.4 points and 11.3 rebounds per game for the first-place Seahorses.[5] He was also named to the JBL All-Star Game as the leading power forward vote-getter for the West.[6]

## Career statistics

### Regular season

|- | align="left" | [JBL 2007-08](/source/JBL_2007-08) | align="left" rowspan="4" | Aisin | 35 || || 35.3 || .549 || .415 || .719 || 9.7 || 1.1 || 0.8 || 1.8 || 1.2 || 14.3 |- | align="left" | [JBL 2008-09](/source/JBL_2008-09) | 35 || || 37.7 || .565 || .403 || .805 || 10.0 || 1.1 || 0.6 || 1.9 || 1.6 || 18.3 |- | align="left" | [JBL 2009-10](/source/JBL_2009-10) | 42 || || 38.0 || .539 || .246 || .661 || 11.0 || 1.2 || 0.8 || 2.0 || 1.6 || 15.8 |- | align="left" | [JBL 2010-11](/source/JBL_2010-11) | 36 || || 37.2 || .578 || .353 || .741 || 11.0 || 1.6 || 0.6 || 1.8 || 1.8 || 16.8 |- | align="left" | [JBL 2011-12](/source/JBL_2011-12) | align="left" rowspan="3" | Toyota | 36 || || 23.3|| .543 || .000 || .727 || 6.8 || 1.2 || 0.5 || 1.2 || 1.1 || 10.6 |- | align="left" | [JBL 2012-13](/source/JBL_2012-13) | 38 || || 25.2 || .472 || .000 || .605 || 7.2 || 0.9 || 0.7 || 1.0 || 1.2 || 9.3 |- | align="left" | [NBL 2013-14](/source/NBL_2013-14) | 37 || 18|| 21.6 || .607 || .333 || .676 || 6.8 || 0.7 || 0.5 || 0.8 || 0.9 || 10.7 |- | align="left" | [NBL 2014-15](/source/NBL_2014-15) | rowspan="2" align="left" | Hiroshima | 46 || || 31.8|| .526 || .357 || .771 || 8.4 || 1.4 || 0.7 || 0.9 || 1.3 || 14.0 |- | align="left" | [NBL 2015-16](/source/NBL_2015-16) | || || || || || || || || || || || |-

## References

1. [Player Profile](http://china2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fascm/player/p/pid/57681/sid/7038/tid/309/profile.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20100115001236/http://china2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fascm/player/p/pid/57681/sid/7038/tid/309/profile.html) 2010-01-15 at the Wayback Machine at FIBA.com

1. Nagatsuka, Kaz (2009-01-15). ["'Twin Towers' looking to rise even higher"](https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2009/01/15/basketball/twin-towers-looking-to-rise-even-higher/). *The Japan Times*. Retrieved 2025-07-05.

1. [FIBA Archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20131125031729/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/57681/sid/3507/tid/309/_/2006_FIBA_World_Championship/index.html)

1. ["FIBA Player Profile"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100115001236/http://china2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fascm/player/p/pid/57681/sid/7038/tid/309/profile.html). Archived from [the original](http://china2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fascm/player/p/pid/57681/sid/7038/tid/309/profile.html) on 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2009-12-29.

1. [Kosuke Takeuchi](http://www.asia-basket.com/player.asp?Cntry=JPN&PlayerID=57237) at asia-basket.com

1. [asia-basket.com](http://www.asia-basket.com/Japan/basketball-League-JBL-Pro_2009-2010.asp) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20100117143627/http://www.asia-basket.com/Japan/basketball-League-JBL-Pro_2009-2010.asp) 2010-01-17 at the Wayback Machine: "JBL All-Star game rosters set" (December 6, 2009)

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