Education
Keio University.
竹内 公輔、
Keio University.
He plays for the Aisin Seahorses of the JBL Super League. As a 21-year-old, Takeuchi averaged 5.4 points and 4.4 rebounds per game for the host Japanese at the 2006 International Basketball Federation World Championship. Takeuchi has earned a bigger role with the Japanese team over the past four years.
His best tournament performance to date was at the International Basketball Federation Asia Championship 2009, in which he averaged 13 points and a team-leading 8.2 rebounds per game.
Despite his performance, Japan stumbled to a disappointing tenth place finish, its worst ever performance in 24 International Basketball Federation Asia Championship appearances. He was invited to play with the Minnesota Timberwolves during the 2010 summer league in Las Vegas in 2010.
Takeuchi currently plays professionally with the Aisin Seahorses of the JBL Super League. In the current 2009-2010 season, Takeuchi entered the month-long winter break averaging 15.4 points and 11.3 rebounds per game for the first-place Seahorses.
He was also named to the JBL All-Star Game as the leading power forward vote-getter for the West.
Takeuchi also is a member of the Japan national basketball team, playing for the team in the 2006 International Basketball Federation World Championship and both the International Basketball Federation Asia Championship 2007 and International Basketball Federation Asia Championship 2009.
