Seiya Ando

Japanese professional basketball player

Seiya Ando

No. 3 – Shimane Susanoo Magic
Position| Point guard
League| B.League
Personal information
Born|  (1992-07-15) July 15, 1992 (age 31)
Edogawa, Tokyo
Nationality| Japanese
Listed height| 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight| 176 lb (80 kg)
Career information
High school| Meisei (Sendai, Miyagi)
College|

* Meiji University (2010–2014)

Playing career| 2014–present
Career history
2014–2015| Halifax Rainmen
2015| Meralco Bolts
2015-2016| Link Tochigi Brex
2016-2017| Akita Northern Happinets
2017-2021| Alvark Tokyo
2021-present| Shimane Susanoo Magic
Career highlights and awards

* FIBA Asia Champions Cup champion (2019)
* 2× B.League champion (2018, 2019)
* B.League All-Star (2017)
* Canadian NBL All-Rookie Team (2015)
* FIBA Asia Under-18 Scoring Leader, Best Five (2009)

Medals

Men's basketball
Representing  Japan
FIBA Asia Champions Cup
|  2018 Thailand | Team
|  2019 Thailand | Team
William Jones Cup
|  2019 ROC | Team

Seiya Ando (安藤 誓哉, Andō Seiya, born July 15, 1992) is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for Shimane Susanoo Magic of the B.League in Japan.[1] He plays as Playmaker and is a native of Tokyo.[2]

Ando is the first Japanese player ever to play in the National Basketball League of Canada.[3] He started 34 games and finished the season averaging 10.4 points, 3.02 rebounds, 3.82 assists and 1.2 steals per game. After playing for the Meralco Bolts of the Philippine Basketball Association, he signed with the Link Tochigi Brex, but he did not start at all and was mostly benched by Thomas Wisman.[4][5] He has inked with the "Pink" Akita Happinets.

## Career statistics[edit]

Legend  GP  | Games played  |  GS | Games started  |  MPG | Minutes per game

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FG% | Field goal percentage  |  3P% | 3-point field goal percentage  |  FT% | Free throw percentage
RPG | Rebounds per game  |  APG | Assists per game  |  SPG | Steals per game
BPG | Blocks per game  |  PPG | Points per game  |  Bold | Career high
†  | Denotes seasons in which Ando won an championship

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*  | Led the league
Year  | Team  | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG

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2014-15  | Halifax Rainmen  | 45 | 34 | 28.1 | 40.3 | 31.0 | 71.9 | 3.02 |  3.82 |  1.20 | 0 | 10.04
2015  | Meralco Bolts  | 11 | 8 | 27.9 | 39.8 | 23.8 | 66.7 | 2.73 | 1.91 | 1.09 | 0 | 8.00
2015-16  | Tochigi  | 25 | 0 | 6.4 | 45.2 | 38.5 |  87.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0 | 2.3
2016-17 | Akita |  60 | 60 |  33.8 | 38.7 | 34.1 | 70.7 |  4.5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0 |  10.4
2017-18†  | A Tokyo  | 55 | 55 | 24.5 | 43.7 | 39.4 | 78.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 8.8
2018-19†  | A Tokyo  | 60 | 60 | 23.36 | 43.2 | 38.4 | 88.2 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 0.61 | 0.03 | 9.7
2019-20 | A Tokyo  | 41 | 38 | 26.9 | 42.1 | 28.7 | 76.2 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 11.5

### Playoff games[edit]

Year  | Team  | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG

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2014-15  | Halifax  | 9 |  | 26.4 | 30.6 | 27.0 | 71.4 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 0 | 7.1
2016-17  | Akita | 2 |  | 34.0 | 46.2 | 58.3 | 75.0 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0 | 13.5
2017-18  | A Tokyo  | 5 |  | 23.0 | 37.5 | 37.5 | 100 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0 | 7.2
2018-19  | A Tokyo  | 6 | 6 | 24.44 | 50.0 | 42.1 | 75.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.33 | 0 | 12.0

### Early cup games[edit]

Year  | Team  | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG

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2017  | A Tokyo  | 3 | 3 | 22.59 | .500 | .500 | .000 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.33 | 0 | 5.0
2018  | A Tokyo  | 2 | 2 | 27.55 | .316 | .000 | .900 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 10.5
2019  | A Tokyo  | 2 | 0 | 23.08 | .462 | .429 | 1.000 | 3.5 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 10.0

### FIBA Asia Champions Cup[edit]

Year  | Team  | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG

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2018 | A Tokyo  | 5 |  | 24.7 | .391 | .308 | 1.000 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 8.6
2019 | A Tokyo  | 5 |  | 20.2 | .353 | .294 | 1.000 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 7.2

### National team[edit]

Year  | Team  | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG

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2019 | Japan | 8 |  | 20.9 | .409 | .360 | .815 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 10.6
2019 | Japan | 3 |  | 21.0 | .250 | .250 | .667 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 3.0
Seiya Ando

## Trivia[edit]

* As of May 2018, he puts on Adidas Dame 4 basketball shoes for the games.[6]
* He has started his gluten-free diet.[7]

## External links[edit]

* Halifax Rainmen vs Island Storm Jan 18th, 2015

## References[edit]

1. ^ "選手/スタッフ/チアリスト". 秋田ノーザンハピネッツ.
2. ^ Alvark guard Seiya Ando developing into a star Ed Odeven (The Japan Times), 15 March 2018. Accessed 25 May 2020.
3. ^ "RAINMEN SIGN NBL CANADA'S FIRST JAPANESE PLAYER". www.rainmenbasketball.ca.
4. ^ Sports Hochi (24 September 2016). "【バスケット】秋田・安藤、古巣・栃木相手に１８得点！敵将も脱帽「彼を手放したのは…」". Retrieved 25 September 2016.
5. ^ Basket-count.com (30 September 2016). "B」の主役たち～安藤誓哉（秋田ノーザンハピネッツ） ギラギラの向上心で目指すは秋田の勝利と日本代表". Retrieved 5 October 2016.
6. ^ FromOne co., Ltd (18 May 2018). "【この一足～バッシュへのこだわり】安藤誓哉「一体感と、足首が自由になる感覚が好きです」". バスケットボールキング.
7. ^ Shimane, Jun (27 November 2016). "秋田、今季３度目東北ダービー完勝 全Ｑ得点上回る". Retrieved 28 November 2016.

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Alvark Tokyo 2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup champions

* 1 Kojima
* 3 Ando
* 7 Shonaka
* 11 Suda
* 12 Mačvan
* 13 Kikuchi
* 15 Takeuchi
* 24 Tanaka
* 53 Kirk (MVP)

* Head coach:  Pavićević
* Assistants:
* Daletic
* Mizuno

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