
Himawari Akaho is a Japanese basketball player for Denso Iris and the Japanese national team. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal.

Yudai Baba is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Texas Legends of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the University of Tsukuba. Baba has been a member of the Japan men's national basketball team.

Gavin Earl Edwards is a US-born Japanese professional basketball player for Chiba Jets Funabashi in Japan.

Maki Eguchi is a Japanese former basketball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Mika Kurihara Fujitaka is a Japanese basketball player. She represented Japan in the basketball competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Rui Hachimura is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs and is a member of the Japanese national team. Listed at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) and 230 lbs (104 kg), he plays both the small forward and power forward positions. After being selected ninth overall by the Wizards in the 2019 NBA draft, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team in 2020.

Mikiko Hagiwara is a Japanese former professional basketball player. She won a silver medal with the Japan women's national basketball team at the 1994 Asian Games. Hagiwara also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where Japan's team came in seventh place.

Yuka Harada is a Japanese basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Tenketsu Harimoto , birth name Zhang Tianjie, is a Chinese-born Japanese professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins club of the B.League in Japan.

Makoto Hiejima is a Japanese professional basketball player for Link Tochigi Brex of the Japanese B.League.

Noriko Koiso is a Japanese former basketball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Kiyohide Kuwata is a Japanese basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Rui Machida is a Japanese basketball player. She represented Japan in the women's tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics. and at the women's tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal.

Yuka Mamiya is a Japanese basketball player. She represented Japan in the basketball competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Kikuko Mikawa is a Japanese basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Yuki Miyazawa is a Japanese basketball player currently playing as a small forward for Fujitsu Red Wave. She represented Japan in the basketball competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio and won a silver medal with the Japanese national team at the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in Tokyo, Japan.

Naho Miyoshi is a Japanese basketball player. She represented Japan in the women's tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics. and at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal.

Nako Motohashi is a Japanese basketball player for Haneda Vickies and the Japanese national team. and at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal.

Sanae Motokawa is a Japanese basketball player. She represented Japan in the women's tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Moeko Nagaoka is a Japanese basketball player. She represented Japan in the basketball competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal.

Mutsuko Nagata is a Japanese former basketball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Asako O , born Wang Cenjing, is a Chinese-born Japanese basketball player. She became a naturalized Japanese citizen in 2013 and represented Japan in the basketball competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Yuko Oga is a Japanese professional basketball player. She is a former point guard playing for JX Sunflowers of the Women's Japan Basketball League. She formerly played for Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA. Her nickname is Shin.

Akemi Okazato is a Japanese basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Taeko Oyama is a Japanese former basketball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Avi Koki Schafer is a Japanese professional basketball player for SeaHorses Mikawa of the B.League. He played college basketball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Schafer has been a member of the Japan national basketball team.

Masami Tachikawa is a Japanese basketball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Maki Takada is a Japanese basketball player. She represented Japan in the basketball competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics. and at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal.

Daiki Tanaka is a Japanese professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Alvark Tokyo club of the B.League in Japan.

Yuki Togashi is a Japanese professional basketball player who currently plays for the Chiba Jets Funabashi of the B.League in Japan.

Ramu Tokashiki is a Japanese professional basketball player for the JX-Eneos Sunflowers of the Women's Japan Basketball League (WJBL).

Leo Vendrame is a Japanese professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Sun Rockers Shibuya club of the B.League in Japan.

Yuta Watanabe is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball in the United States for the George Washington Colonials, becoming the first Japanese-born student athlete to secure an NCAA Division I basketball scholarship. He was named Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year in 2018. He has also represented the Japan national team, helping them win the bronze medal at the 2013 East Asia Basketball Championship.

Natsumi Yabuuchi is a Japanese former basketball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Kagari Yamada is a Japanese basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Ryoko Yano is a Japanese basketball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Naomi Yashiro is a Japanese former basketball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics. She has been working as a cabin crew at the Japan Airlines and joined its team JAL Rabbits.

Asami Yoshida is a Japanese professional basketball player for the JX-Eneos Sunflowers of the Women's Japan Basketball League (WJBL).