Nako Motohashi (本橋 菜子, Motohashi Nako, born 10 October 1993) is a Japanese basketball player for Haneda Vickies and the Japanese national team.[1] and at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal.[2][3]

Nako Motohashi
No. 12 – Haneda Vickies
PositionPoint guard
LeagueWJBL
Personal information
Born (1993-10-10) 10 October 1993 (age 30)
NationalityJapanese
Listed height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Listed weight121 lb (55 kg)
Career information
WNBA draft2015: undrafted
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
FIBA Asia Cup
Gold medal – first place 2019 India
Silver medal – second place 2023 Australia
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou

Career edit

She graduated from Waseda University.[4]

She participated at the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Nanoko Motohashi Basketball Player Profile, Oda Haneda Vickies, News, WJBL stats, Career, Games Logs, Best, Awards". asia-basket. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
  2. ^ "Basketball MOTOHASHI Nako". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-12. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  3. ^ "Nako MOTOHASHI at the Tokyo 2020 Women's Olympic Basketball Tournament 2020". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  4. ^ "Alumni Nako Motohashi Selected to Represent Japan in Women's Basketball at Tokyo 2020!". Olympic and Paralympic Project Promotion Section , Waseda University. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  5. ^ "Nako Motohashi (Jpn)'s profile - FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2018". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2018-12-25.