Rui Hachimura
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Rui Hachimura (born February 8, 1998) is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
He played college basketball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs and is a member of the Japanese national team.
Listed at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) and 230 lbs (104 kg), he plays both the small forward and power forward positions.
He was considered one of the top prospects for the 2019 NBA draft, and he was selected 9th overall in the first round by the Wizards. Born in Toyama Prefecture, Hachimura achieved success at the youth level in Japan, leading Meisei High School to three straight All-Japan High School Tournament titles and being a top player for the Japanese under-17 and under-19 national teams in FIBA competition.
He joined Gonzaga in 2016 as the fifth Japanese-born men's NCAA Division I player and became the first Japanese national in 2017 to play in the NCAA Division I men's tournament.
As a sophomore, he earned first-team All-WCC honors.
He was named a finalist for the Naismith Player of the Year.
Personal life
Hachimura has been subjected to online racism by Japanese ethnic nationalists, once noting on Twitter that “Messages like this come almost every day,” referring to anti-black insults that his brother discussed receiving.
Early life and career
Hachimura was born in Toyama, Japan, to a Japanese mother, Makiko () and Beninese father Zakari Jabil. Rui (), his given name in Japanese, means "base" or "fortress"; his grandfather gave him the name because he was a huge fan of baseball (the word "base" is also used for "base" in baseball). His surname derives from his mother's family name. He has three younger siblings, one brother, and two sisters. Allen (Arne), Hachimura's younger brother, is a basketball player at Tokai University in Japan. He played baseball as a catcher and pitcher in his youth. In a 92-78 victory over Fukuoka University Ohori, Hachimura guided the Meisei High School basketball team to its second title in the All-Japan High School Tournament, scoring 32 points. He was instrumental in his team's win of the tournament for the second year in a row. Hachimura was invited to the Jordan Brand Classic in April 2015, where he scored nine points and five rebounds in the International Game.
He signed a National Letter of Intent to play college basketball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the United States on November 21, 2015, and ESPN named him one of the finest international players entering college. Hachimura's guide, Meisei, was able to guide him over Tsuchiura Nihon University High School for his third All-Japan Tournament victory on December 29, 2015.
Despite signing with Gonzaga early in 2016, Hachimura's eligibility to play college basketball was put into doubt. He needed to acclimatize better culturally and linguistically to the United States, and he might need to attend a prep school before enrolling Gonzaga or redshirting if eligible, according to the allegations. Hachimura claimed to know 80% of English but spoke only 30–40 percent of it in February 2016. Hachimura was still studying for the SAT by April 2016 in order to gain admission to college. Hachimura revealed in May that he fulfilled the SAT and GPA requirements to play at Gonzaga, which began as early as fall 2016. He intended to play as a true freshman and did not redshirt his first year.
College career
Hachimura made his Gonzaga Bulldogs debut on November 11, 2016, against Utah Valley, recording one point and three rebounds in four minutes. As a result, he became the fifth Japanese-born player to ever play NCAA Division I basketball. In a 97-63 victory over Mississippi Valley State, he scored a season-high ten points in 13 minutes. Hachimura's team won the West Coast Conference (WCC) championship against San Diego on February 23, 2017. After playing one minute against South Dakota State, he became the first Japanese native to ever compete in the NCAA Division I men's tournament on March 16, 2017. Hachimura averaged 2.6 points and 1.4 rebounds in 28 games as a freshman, while shooting 58% from the field in 4.6 minutes per game.
Hachimura appeared in 37 games for Gonzaga in 2017, including two starts, scoring 11.6 points and 4.7 rebounds per game.
Hachimura was selected to the Preseason All-WCC Team in his junior season. In a 120–79 victory over Idaho State on November 6, 2018, he opened the regular season by scoring 33 points. Hachimura's 20 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists on November 21, 2018 to upset No. 2 in the world of basketball. In the Maui Invitational finals, the 1-ranked Duke was the top ranked Duke. He was also voted the Most Valuable Player of the Tournament. Hachimura was voted the 2019 WCC Player of the Year. During the 2018-19 season, he led Gonzaga in scoring (19.7 points per game) and also averaged 6.5 rebounds per game.
Professional career
Hachimura revealed on April 15, 2019, that he would forego his last year of eligibility and pledged for the 2019 NBA draft, where he was drafted ninth overall by the Washington Wizards. Hachimura was the second Japanese-born player to be drafted into the NBA after Yasutaka Okayama, as well as the first Japanese player to be selected in the first round. In a 108-108 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on October 23, 2019, Hachimura made his NBA debut (14 points, 10 rebounds) as a starter. Hachimura scored a career-high 30 points in a 125-150 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on December 1, 2019, along with nine rebounds, three assists, and a steal.
He and Yuta Watanabe of the Memphis Grizzlies became the first two Japanese players to face each other in the NBA in December of this year.
Hachimura sustained a groin injury against the Detroit Pistons on December 16 and underwent surgery and missed several games. Hachimura was named to the second team of the NBA All-Rookie Team on September 15, 2020.
Hachimura played 42 games in total, averaging 11.3 points per game, 3.8 rebounds per game, and 1.1 assists per game during the 2021-2022 NBA season. This was just a marginal decrease in his career averages. However, Hachimura's three-point shooting soared to his second highest percentage among NBA players with at least 100 attempts, second only to Luke Kennard (44.9%).
National team career
Hachimura is a national shrine in Japan. Through eight games, he averaged 22.8 points, 12.6 rebounds, and 2.8 blocks, leading his team to a third-place finish at the 2013 FIBA Asia U16 Championship in Iran. He appeared in the Albert-Schweitzer-Tournament in Germany in April 2014 with Japan's under 18 national team, finishing in last place.
Japan finished 14th out of 16 teams in the 2014 FIBA World Championships, with Hachimura scoring a tournament-high 22.6 points per game and blocking 1.7 shots per game. He scored 25 points on the USA team that went on to win the title in the 2017 NBA draft; that squad featured four players selected in the NFL draft—Jayson Tatum, Josh Jackson, Caleb Swanigan, and Ivan Rabb—and numerous other future college stars such as Diamond Stone and Malik Newman were among the team's future college stars.
Hachimura played for Japan in the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup, averaging team-bests 20.6 points and 11.0 rebounds a match.
Hachimura scored 25 points to help Japan beat Iran 70-56 in a qualification round for the 2019 FIBA World Cup.
In a loss to Slovenia in the first round of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Hachimura scored a game high 34 points.