WKBL Asian Quarter Draft, Which player stood out in the practice game?

Jun 06, 2025

WKBL Asian Quarter Draft, Which player stood out in the practice game?
◇2026 WKBL Asian Quarter Player Draft was held at the Tokyo Olympic Memorial Youth Center in Japan on the 6th, and a tryout was held earlier in the day. Fourteen participants participated in the practice game on this day. Photo courtesy =WKBL



The second Asian quarter draft of the WKBL (Women's Professional Basketball) was held in Tokyo, Japan on the 6th.

Earlier in the day, a pre-test stage, a practice game, was held at the Tokyo Olympic Memorial Youth Center.

While a total of 18 Japanese players with various league experiences applied for the draft, 14 players, except for four players who played on the Korean women's basketball stage last season (Iijima Saki, Hirano Mitsuki, Ishida Yuzuki, and Sunagawa Natsuki), were divided into Team Gold and Team Purple and played in two quarters for 10 minutes each.




First of all, the most notable players were Team Purple's point guard Sakai Sara and Team Gold's shooting guard Seki Nanami. Sakai had 12 points and six rebounds. Last season, he averaged 4.3 points and 2.2 rebounds in 27 games for the Japanese W-League's Aishin Wings. It proved to be a good guard resource by putting the ball under the goal as well as the fastball ability to help teammates post-up, or by showing the ability of three points or long-distance passes.

Seki Namami scored 18 points, including three 3-pointers, responsible for more than half of his team's points, and showed he was an all-weather shooter by adding three rebounds.

Among the big men, Mima Louie, a former member of the Japanese youth national team, faithfully participated in the fastball and recorded 6 points-4 rebounds. Miyuki Kawamura, who has been receiving attention from many teams for his experience as an adult representative following the Japanese youth representative, showed a somewhat sluggish performance with six points and three rebounds. In addition, shooting guard Ayano Onizuka, who scored nine points with three points in Team Purple, showed a relatively outstanding performance.




All coaches, coaches, and secretaries of all six WKBL clubs participated in the field and watched the tryout with a nervous look and checked the players' play. The selection of players will be held at the same place from 2 p.m. on the same day, and will be broadcast live on the official WKBL YouTube channel 'Yeonong TV'.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.