We are pleased to announce that the Shiga Lakes have reached an agreement with Josei Maniwa (former Yamagata Wyvans) on a player contract (new) for the 2023-24 season.
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JOSEI MANIWA
Uniform number: 27
Position: SF
Height/Weight: 193cm/92kg
Date of birth: May 27, 1986
Birthplace: Fukuoka Prefecture
Career
Fukuoka Municipal Fukushō High-Nippon Sports University
2013-15 Kumamoto Volters (NBL)
2015-16 Rising Fukuoka (bj)
2016-21 Cyberdyne Ibaraki Robots / Ibaraki Robots (B2)
∟2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 season captain
∟ 2017-18 B2 Japanese player most points (785 points = 13.1 points per game average)
∟2020−21 B2 runner-up = promoted to B1
2021-23 Yamagata Wyverns (B2)
∟2022-23 season captain
Comment from Josei Maniwa
I am Josei Maniwa, and I will be joining the Shiga Lakes! His nickname is “Manny”. I will do my best to contribute to the team in order to achieve my goal of being promoted in one year and returning to the B1 stage.
In addition to contributing in terms of play, I would like to use my experience of achieving B1 promotion in the past to focus on team building with an awareness of creating an organization and culture.
Also, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to GM Takehito Hara, the front staff, and everyone at the club for giving me such a wonderful opportunity. We will do our best to meet your expectations!
Let’s work together as a team and the front team and fight together to achieve promotion!
Thank you to all the boosters for your support!
Comment from GM Takehito Hara
Welcome ”Money” to the Lakes!!
With the absolute goal of “returning to B1 in one season” and the challenge goals of “80% winning rate” and “winning the playoffs” in B2, Maniwa said, “I will be promoted again and after that.” He decided to challenge “winning”.
In this season, which is defined as a must-win season, I am pleased to be able to welcome Maniwa along with Burrell as a “veteran player with B1 promotion experience” that the team needs. He is one of the players who knows the B2 league better than anyone else, having experience leading the team to promotion to B1 as a “team builder” and having recorded “the most points scored by a Japanese in B2” as a “scorer” in the past. For Lakes, who will be competing in B2 for the first time, I believe that Maniwa’s experience and presence will have a positive impact not only on the team, but also on the club as a whole, and I expect him to contribute to the formation of a lasting culture. Doing. On the court, Maniwa’s greatest attraction, the 3P, will increase the voltage of the arena, and I can imagine that it will become one of the new highlights of the Lakes!
Thank you all for your warm encouragement and support for Maniwa, who is starting a new challenge and life in Shiga!
Go Lakes, Go Money!!
2023-06-05 03:03:56
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