Grizzlies forward Yuta Watanabe is leaving the team and heading ... He played his college basketball at George Washington, and was named the Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year in 2018.

National Basketball Association player Yuta Watanabe announced April 20 he will return to Japan next year to play in the professional B. League. Watanabe, 29, played for the Memphis Grizzlies ...

Japan forward Yuta Watanabe voiced hope he might calm the ... "I'm looking to communicate with Tom, Rui and also the Japan Basketball Association in order to make the national team better ...

Rui Hachimura and Yuta Watanabe slam-dunked through the glass ceiling for Japanese basketball players to make it to the NBA. Now, they have inspired a succession of young Japanese hoopsters to ...

And in their first Denmark Open appearance, it was the 21-year-old Su Yin who came out tops when she combined superbly with Hoo Pang Ron to beat Taguchi and Yuta Watanabe 21-14, 21-17 to reach the ...

PETALING JAYA: It will be an emotional outing for Jeremy Gan and his charges Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino in the ongoing Japan Open in Yokohama. It will be the top mixed pair’s last ...