Takuya Kawamura
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Takuya Kawamura born April 14, 1986, is a Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese professional basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 player of the professional club team Link Tochigi Brex
Link Tochigi Brex
Link Tochigi Brex is a Japanese professional basketball team based in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. After winning the JBL 2 in 2008, the team currently plays in the JBL Super League.-Roster 2009-10:*C Scott Merritt 208cm 1982...

. A guard, Kawamura is 6-4 and weight 185 pounds. In 2009, he decided to leave the Japan Basketball League
Japan Basketball League
The Japan Basketball League is a professional basketball league in Japan. It lies below the bj league, which is Japan's top basketball competition, but there is no promotion and relegation between bj and the JBL....

 and try to earn a contract in the NBA. In the 2009 NBA Summer League
NBA Summer League
The NBA Summer League is a period during which NBA teams come together to try out different summer rosters instead of their regular season line-ups. Typically, there is a mix of rookies and some of the younger bench players to see how well some players work with others...

, the Phoenix Suns added Kawamura to their roster.

External links

  • http://www.nba.com/summerleague2009/players/index.jsp?player=sl_takuya_kawamura
  • http://www.asia-basket.com/player.asp?Cntry=JPN&PlayerID=68479
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