{{short description|Japanese basketball player (born 1988)}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Mucha Mori | image = Mori mucha.jpg | caption = Mori in 2011 | image_size = | height_m = 1.80 | height_in = | weight_lb = | team = Toyota Antelopes | position = Center | league = Women's Japan Basketball League | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1988|11|1}} | birth_place = Kawasaki, Kanagawa | nationality = Japanese | high_school = Nakamuragakuen Girls' High School | college = Takushoku University | coach_start = | coach_end = }} {{MedalTableTop | name = no | medals = {{MedalSport | Women's basketball }} {{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Asian Games }} {{MedalBronze | 2014 Incheon | Team competition }} }}
{{nihongo|'''Mucha Mori'''|森 ムチャ|Mori Mucha|born November 1, 1988 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan}} is a Japanese basketball player, who plays center for the Toyota Antelopes in the Women's Japan Basketball League.
==Career== While attending Takushoku University,<ref name=Baske>{{cite web |title=Mori Mucha |url=http://j-cbaske.com/baswiki/%E6%A3%AE%E3%83%A0%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3 |work=Baske |accessdate=24 August 2013 |language=Japanese |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708035802/http://j-cbaske.com/baswiki/%E6%A3%AE%E3%83%A0%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3 |archive-date=8 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> she led her team to its first national championship in 2008, and was named the year's most valuable player.<ref>{{cite web |title=2008 All Japan Intercollegiate Basketball Championship |url=http://intercollege.japanbasketball.jp/2008/ |publisher=Japan Intercollegiate Basketball Federation |accessdate=24 August 2013 |language=Japanese}}</ref> Takushoku was again victorious in 2010, with Mori earning her second MVP honors.<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:第62回全日本大学バスケットボール選手権大会 |url=http://www.jubf.jp/games/?year=2010&ac=8&m=3 |publisher=All Japan University Basketball Federation |accessdate=24 August 2013 |language=Japanese}}</ref> While at university, she played on the national team at both the 2007<ref>{{cite web |title=Universiade 2007 Bangkok |url=http://www.joc.or.jp/int_games/univ/2007/results_basketball.html |publisher=Japanese Olympic Committee |accessdate=24 August 2013 |language=Japanese}}</ref> and 2009 Summer Universiade.<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:第２５回ユニバーシアード競技大会 |url=http://www.joc.or.jp/int_games/univ/2009/pdf/02.pdf |publisher=Japanese Olympic Committee |accessdate=24 August 2013 |language=Japanese}}</ref>
After graduating in 2011, Mori joined the Toyota Antelopes in the WJBL,<ref name=Baske /> helping them finish second in both the 2011–2012<ref>{{cite news |script-title=ja:ＪＸ、４季連続15度目の優勝 |url=http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNSSXKC0797_W2A300C1000000/ |accessdate=24 August 2013 |newspaper=Nihon Keizai Shinbun |date=6 March 2012 |language=Japanese}}</ref> and 2012–2013<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:ＪＸが５季連続１６度目の優勝！ |url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2013/03/19/kiji/K20130319005434220.html |work=Sponichi Annex |accessdate=24 August 2013 |language=Japanese}}</ref> seasons. The Antelopes won their first Empress's Cup in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ja:「第79回皇后杯 全日本総合バスケットボール選手権大会」で優勝されたトヨタ自動車女子バスケットボール部が豊田市長に結果報告します |url=http://www.city.toyota.aichi.jp/pressrelease/1249150_7011.html |publisher=Toyota City |accessdate=24 August 2013 |language=Japanese |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628005657/http://www.city.toyota.aichi.jp/pressrelease/1249150_7011.html |archive-date=28 June 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2013, she was selected to the national team for that year's FIBA Asia Championship for Women.<ref name=Nikkan>{{cite web |script-title=ja:バスケ代表に母フィリピン人のムチャ合流 |url=http://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news/p-sp-tp0-20130502-1120879.html |work=NikkanSports |accessdate=24 August 2013 |language=Japanese}}</ref>
==Personal== Mori has a Japanese father and a Filipino mother.<ref name=Nikkan />
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.wjbl.org/player/?rs=347&pi=847 Official profile] {{in lang|ja}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mori, Mucha}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Japanese women's basketball players Category:Japanese people of Filipino descent Category:Sportspeople from Kawasaki, Kanagawa Category:Basketball players from Kanagawa Prefecture Category:Takushoku University alumni Category:Basketball players at the 2014 Asian Games Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Category:Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Category:Centers (basketball) Category:21st-century Japanese sportswomen Category:Toyota Antelopes players Category:Denso Iris players Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in basketball