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Wataru Misaka (December 21, 1923 – November 20, 2019) was an American professional basketball player. A 5-foot-7-inch (1.70 m) point guard of Japanese descent, he broke a color barrier in professional basketball [1] [2] by being the first non-white player and the first player of Asian descent to play in the Basketball Association of America (BAA).
After the war, Japanese Americans returned to the West Coast, where basketball continued to serve as a key element of community life. The Nisei Athletic Union (NAU), founded by figures like Akira Komai and Min Sano, quickly succeeded the JAAU and revitalized league play in both Northern and Southern California. [13]
James Omura (1912–1994), Nisei, journalist, editor, and civil rights leader [5] David Ono, anchor, ABC7, Los Angeles; Roxana Saberi, reporter, mother is an immigrant from Japan; James Sakamoto (1903–1955), Nisei, journalist, columnist, editor, and boxer, founded first English-language Japanese American newspaper
In 1947, the Saints won the first Oriental-American basketball championship by defeating the Hawaiian All Stars 48–43. Willie Wong scored 27 for the Saints. [12] The Saints repeated their championship in 1948, defeating the Berkeley Nisei 49–45. Wong scored 16 points to lead all scorers. [13]
Nisei (二世) The generation of people born in North America, Latin America, Australia, Hawaii, or any country outside Japan either to at least one Issei or one non-immigrant Japanese parent. Sansei (三世) The generation of people born to at least one Nisei parent. Yonsei (四世) The generation of people born to at least one Sansei parent.
The Japan national basketball team, also known as Akatsuki Japan (Japanese: アカツキジャパン), is the national team representing Japan in international basketball competitions and is administered by the Japan Basketball Association (JBA), (Japanese: 日本バスケットボール協会, Nihon Basukettobōru Kyōkai). [2]
Nisei (二世, "second generation") is a Japanese-language term used in countries in North America and South America to specify the ethnically Japanese children born in the new country to Japanese-born immigrants, or Issei. The Nisei, or second generation, in turn are the parents of the Sansei, or third generation.
James Naismith (NAY-smith; November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939) was a Canadian-American physical educator, physician, Christian chaplain, and sports coach, best known as the inventor of the game of basketball.