France's Nicolas Batum, left, reaches in on Japan's Rui Hachimura in a men's basketball game at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France. Credit: AP/Michael ...

The two became engaged last year. Tanaka joined him at spring training this year in Arizona. Tanaka, 27, played for the Fujitsu Red Wave of the Women’s Japan Basketball League from 2019 to 2023.

As Japan’s men’s basketball team attempts to rebound from some losses at the Paris Olympics, one player’s presence on the team has generated some buzz among surprised fans.

I mean, like I said, basketball players in Japan, they don't express their emotions on the court very often, so I think Keisei has been one of those exceptions to me," said Nagatsuka.

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Japan is a latecomer to basketball’s global expansion, with stratospheric expectations for its future. The B League, as the Sunrockers Shibuya's league is called, only got its start in 2016.

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Kawamura has played a lot of basketball with Hachimura because of his Japanese national team experience, but he got to see what Morant was talking about at Crypto.com Arena.

The United States Women's Basketball team plays Japan in its Group C opener at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Monday, July 29, at 3 p.m. ET inside Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille, France.

Penn State has developed a strong basketball presence in Japan, where the country's best professional player and its men's national team coach are former Nittany Lions.

Thanks to social media, that mystery has now been solved. Thursday in an Instagram story, Ohtani posted a photo, where he is standing next to Japanese basketball player Mamiko Tanaka.

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