Keisei Tominaga

 ( 2001 Births ) 

On March 3, 2021, Tominaga scored a season-high 39 points, knocking down 11 3-pointers in a 113–102 win over Grayson College. Three days later, he had 26 points in a win against Temple College. In his efforts, Tominaga set a school record for career 3-pointers with 139, previously held by Brayan Au with 130. For his performance, Tominaga was named Northern Texas Junior College Athletic Conference Player of the Week for February 28 to March 6. On April 22, Tominaga posted a game-high 25 points, sinking five 3-pointers in an 87–83 win against South Plains College, sending the Rangers to the Final Four round of the NJCAA Division I Championship. Despite his team-high 26-point performance in the semifinals, the team lost to Cowley County Community College. Ranger College finished its season with a 23–5 record.

Tominaga averaged 16.3 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game while shooting 51.0 percent from the field and 48.7 percent from 3-point range as a sophomore, earning him the NJCAA All-Region V Team and the First Team All-Northern Texas Junior College Athletic Conference honors for the second time in a row. He was named to the NJCAA Division I All-Tournament Team and was the recipient of the Charles Sesher Sportsmanship Award. Tominaga also earned the NJCAA Division I Second-Team All-American honors.

Later that year, Tominaga suited up for Japan at the 2018 FIBA Under-18 Asian Championship, leading the team in efficiency (14.6) and points (19.3) per game once more. In a game against Bahrain, Japan was down 70–58 with five minutes left to play, Tominaga then logged 11 points in two minutes, cutting the lead to three points. He finished the game with 33 points, helping Japan secure the win. Tominaga was the tournament’s fifth best scorer.

Following his impressive debut, Tominaga played for the national team at the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup. In the quarterfinals, Japan's first appearance since 2015, Tominaga logged a game-high 33 points, knocking down eight 3-pointers in a 99–85 loss against Australia. Tominaga finished the tournament ranking second in points (15.2) and third in efficiency (12.0) per game for the team.

Two years later, Tominaga starred for Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where he became the youngest player to represent Japan in 3x3 basketball. He led the team in scoring with 6.9 points per game. Tominaga ranked near the top of a number of key categories in the tournament, including fourth in scoring, second in one-point shooting and seventh in two-point shooting.