The Japan Professional Basketball League (Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; Chairman: Shimada Shinji hereinafter referred to as “B.LEAGUE”) is pleased to announce the following about the performers at “B.LEAGUE AWARD SHOW 2024-25” to be held at Hikarie Hall (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) on Friday, May 30th, 2025.
The MC has been chosen to be Yamashita Kenjiro of the Sandaime J SOUL BROTHERS, who is also known as a basketball fan. In addition, a variety of presenters who are active in the sports and entertainment worlds will add a touch of elegance to the ceremony.
It has been decided that the award-winning players will be produced by the comprehensive lifestyle magazine Safari again this season. In honor of the theme of this event, “WAY TO GO,” we will be expressing the new charms of the players, who are different from those they usually wear uniforms. Please look forward to it.
◆B.LEAGUE AWARD SHOW 2024-25 MC
Born in Kyoto Prefecture. In 2010, he made his debut as a performer for the Sandaime J SOUL BROTHERS. In 2014, he won the Japan Record Award for “RYUSEI.” In 2023, it held 42 national arena and dome tours, attracting approximately 900,000 people, and ranked number one in the “Annual Live Mobilization Ranking” announced by Nikkei Entertainment. In January this year, the sixth festival “Yama Festival” was held at Yokohama Arena, where he serves as organizer, and attracted approximately 10,000 people. Not only is he active in a group, he also works in a wide range of individuals, including being a Tuesday personality on Nippon Television's ZIP! BS10's program MC, and serving as the main personality on radio programs.
He has been active as an announcer for TV Tokyo for about 17 years. He also appeared as the main caster for “World Business Satellite” and the MC for “Ad-Tachiku Heaven.” After leaving TV Tokyo, he has been active in a wide range of fields, including a general education program with Ikegami Akira, the social economic media “NewsPicks,” and the event MC for many companies.
◆B.LEAGUE AWARD SHOW 2024-25 Presenter (alphabetical order)
Born on November 20, 1998, from Oita Prefecture. She is a member of the Japanese women's Sable fencing competition and Tachihi Holdings. Influenced by his parents, who were athletes for the Japanese fencing team, he began competing in the third grade of elementary school. His signature feature is his diverse attacks, which are produced from his tall height of 170cm. He served as the flag bearer of the Japanese team at the Paris Olympics and won a bronze medal in the team competition. He was the first Japanese history to win the second consecutive individual championship at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships. In addition to being active in the world of competition, he also became a Dior ambassador, embodying the image of the next generation of athletes through a wide range of activities.
He joined TV Asahi in 2020. He has been the MC of the currently airing Basketball☆FIVE since the broadcast began. Using his basketball experience in elementary and junior high schools, he is struggling to cover the interviews with the hope of being able to share the appeal of basketball with as many people as possible. We will continue to communicate so that we do not lose to the excitement of the basketball world.
He joined the team in 2009 after passing the joining test. During his active career, he protected seven positions other than pitcher catcher, and also contributed to the team in a variety of ways as a switch hitter. On May 23, 2019, he recorded home runs in both at-bats. He retired in 2022 after 14 years of working there. ZENSHIN CONNECT Inc. was established on April 3, 2023.
In addition to working as an actress and talent, she also served as the MC of the B League cheering program “B MY HERO!”, marking her fifth season this season. He goes to B League and basketball game venues in various regions, and continues to communicate the local charms every day with the motto of “delivering to basketball fans other than basketball fans,” and also works as a serial for Saitama Prefecture basketball ambassador and basketball magazines. Recently, he has been using his experience as a former idol as well as in Japan to appear as a headliner at events in the United States, and has expanded his abilities to use his “love” in basketball, films, American comics, and English.
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Not only is he passing skills but he also has high ability to control the game, and is active as Japan's leading scrum half. In 2013, he signed with the Highlanders (NZ) as a pioneer in rugby world, becoming the first Japanese player to become the Super Rugby player. He was selected for the Japanese national team for the first time in 2008, and participated in the 2011, 2015 and 2019 World Cups for the third consecutive tournament. He started in all four matches in the 2015 tournament, and was a great performer, winning a historic victory against South Africa, making him a great player, having been selected as the Man of the Match. He also played in all five games at the 2019 World Cup, Japan's first event, and made a significant contribution to the first ever advance to the top eight. He retired in 2024 and went on to become a leader. In the future, he aims to become the head coach of the Japan Rugby national team.
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When he was a third-year student at Tokyo Gakugei University, he won the All Japan Student Weight 52kg class. He won three consecutive World Championships in the 48kg class from 2021 to 2023, winning all 15 World Championships in a total of 15 matches over the past three years, and won gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics at the age of 31, the oldest in Japan. He is a judo artist who makes full use of his pronouncing Tomoe throwing and joint techniques, and is active in various media.
Born on September 10, 1998, from Tokyo. Half Japanese and half Iranian. He has been a member of the basketball club in junior high and high school for six years. Her basketball dribbling video she posted on social media during her student days attracted attention and was selected as an exclusive model for CanCam. She served as an exclusive model for about five years and graduated with the October 2024 issue. She is currently active as a model and talent, and since last season she has been sharing the appeal of the B League as the editor-in-chief of B League's official magazine content, “B.MAGAZINE.” He has also obtained qualifications as a lactic acid bacteria sommelier, yogurt sommelier, and food specialist, expanding his activities.
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He is a member of the Fujitsu Women's Basketball Club Red Wave. Born on March 8, 1993. His position is point guard. He won the national triple crown in his third year of high school, and after graduating he joined Red Wave in 2011 and won the Rookie of the Year award. In 2014, he was selected for the Japanese national team for the first time, and participated in the Olympics for three consecutive tournaments, including Rio in 2016, Tokyo in 2011, and Paris in 2014. At the 2021 Tokyo tournament, he recorded 18 assists in the semi-final match against France, and won the top five with the King of Assistance. He also made a major contribution to winning the first silver medal in history. In 2022, he joined the WNBA's Washington Mystics and played in all games. In the 2024-25 season, he led Red Wave to the Empress's Cup and the second consecutive W-League title, winning his first W-League MVP.
Born on November 5th, 1999, from Gunma Prefecture. He began his entertainment career in January 2022. Koji is one of the most B League otaku in the entertainment industry who checks B League-related videos every day, and in the same year he became the cheering squad for NHK's “Natsu-Blooded Basketball,” a basketball program that he had longed for. She has also appeared in video works such as the film “After School Angler Life” and the drama “I Forgotten the Pickles,” and has also played the role of enemy executives and Bouquet in the Super Sentai series “Number One Sentai Gojuger” (TV Asahi), which will begin airing in February 2025, further increasing her attention as an actress. .
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Volleyball Affiliated to Osaka Bulltheon Born on November 30, 1993. Born in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. He played basketball until junior high school and started playing volleyball in high school. After that, he went to Aichi Gakuin University and gained his skills, and in 2014 he was selected for the Japanese national team for the first time in 2014, even though he was a third year student in the university, and experienced an international tournament. He was immediately selected as a regular player when he joined the Panasonic Panthers (now Osaka Bulltheon) in 2015, and contributed to the victory with his 204cm height playing, and was one of the NEXT4 players for the Japanese national team. In 2021, he participated in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and from the 2021-22 season he was assigned to be captain of his team, winning the league's top six for the third consecutive year. He has been active at the forefront of the Japanese national team for many years, and has also participated in the Paris 2024 Olympics, and is still active as the team's mainstay.
◆ “B.LEAGUE AWARD SHOW 2024-25” Event details
Dates: Friday, May 30th, 2025, Doors open at 17:00 / Show starts at 18:00
Venue: Shibuya Hikarie Hall, 9th floor
(9th floor, Shibuya Hikarie, 2-21-1 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0002)
Participants: Award-winning players, head coaches, and referees
B.LEAGUE Chairman Shimada Shinji
Miya Yuko, Chairman of the Japan Basketball Association
delivery :
Sports Navi, B.LEAGUE official YouTube
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