Keisei Tominaga
富永 啓生
Tominaga with Nebraska in 2022
No. 30 – Nebraska Cornhuskers
PositionPoint guard・Shooting guard
LeagueBig Ten Conference
Personal information
Born (2001-02-01) February 1, 2001 (age 23)
Moriyama, Japan
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight178 lb (81 kg)
Career information
High schoolSakuragaoka Gakuen
(Toyohashi, Aichi)
College
Career highlights and awards
  • Second-team All-Big Ten (2024) – Coaches
  • Second-team Division I NJCAA All-American (2021)
  • 2× First Team All-NTJCAC (2020, 2021)
  • NTJCAC Freshman of the Year (2020)

Keisei Tominaga (富永 啓生, とみなが けいせい, Tominaga Keisei, born February 1, 2001) is a Japanese college basketball player for the Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Ten Conference. He previously played for Ranger College. Tominaga has been a member of the Japan men's national basketball team and the national 3x3 team. He is a point guard.

High school career

Tominaga attended Sakuragaoka Gakuen High School in Aichi Prefecture and played for its basketball team. As a senior, he averaged 39.8 points per game at the All-Japan Championship, an annual national high school tournament. During the third-place game, he posted a tournament-high 46 points in a 76–65 win over the Teikyo Nagaoka of Niigata Prefecture.[1][2][3]

College career

Ranger

Freshman

On November 1, 2019, Tominaga made his collegiate debut for Ranger College, against Missouri State University–West Plains, scoring 19 points in a 100–84 win.[4] On November 16, he logged a season-high 34 points in a 110–60 victory against Victoria College.[4] On November 28, Tominaga verbally committed to play for NCAA Division I program Nebraska, under former NBA coach Fred Hoiberg for the 2021 class.[5][6][7]

As a freshman, Tominaga averaged 16.8 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game while shooting 54.9 percent from the field and 47.9 percent from 3-point range.[8][9][10] In his efforts, Tominaga earned the NJCAA All-Region V Team and the First Team All-Northern Texas Junior College Athletic Conference honors. He was also named conference Freshman of The Year, leading the conference in 3-point shooting and ranking sixth in both scoring and field goal percentage.[1][11]

With Tominaga playing for Ranger College, the team finished the season with a 28–3 record, helping them clinch a position in the NJCAA national tournament. However, the season ended early due to COVID-19. Ranger eventually finished second in the NJCAA national rankings.[1][12]

Sophomore

On November 11, 2020, Hoiberg announced that Tominaga has signed a National Letter of Intent to transfer to the University of Nebraska next season.[1][12]

On March 3, 2021, Tominaga scored a season-high 39 points, knocking down 11 3-pointers in a 113–102 win over Grayson College.[13][14] Three days later, he had 26 points in a win against Temple College.[13][15] In his efforts, Tominaga set a school record for career 3-pointers with 139, previously held by Brayan Au with 130.[16] For his performance, Tominaga was named Northern Texas Junior College Athletic Conference Player of the Week for February 28 to March 6.[15] On April 22, Tominaga posted a game-high 25 points, sinking five 3-pointers in an 87–83 win against South Plains College, sending the Rangers to the Final Four round of the NJCAA Division I Championship.[17] Despite his team-high 26-point performance in the semifinals, the team lost to Cowley County Community College. Ranger College finished its season with a 23–5 record.[18]

Tominaga averaged 16.3 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game while shooting 51.0 percent from the field and 48.7 percent from 3-point range as a sophomore,[19][20] earning him the NJCAA All-Region V Team and the First Team All-Northern Texas Junior College Athletic Conference honors for the second time in a row.[21] He was named to the NJCAA Division I All-Tournament Team and was the recipient of the Charles Sesher Sportsmanship Award.[22][23] Tominaga also earned the NJCAA Division I Second-Team All-American honors.[24][25][26]

Nebraska

Second sophomore season

Tominaga transferred to the University of Nebraska on a full scholarship to play for the Cornhuskers.[27] Due to COVID-19, the NCAA ruled that the 2020–21 season would not count against the eligibility of any student-athlete in any of the organization's winter sports, including basketball,[28] giving Tominaga three years of eligibility instead of two. He made his debut for Nebraska on November 9, 2021, against Western Illinois, finishing with three points, one rebound and three steals across 18 minutes of play in a 75–74 loss.[29] On November 27, Tominaga posted a season-high 23 points on 8-of-11 shooting from the field and 5-of-6 from three, along with two assists and two steals in an 83–70 win over South Dakota.[30][31][32]

Junior season

As a junior, Tominaga averaged 13.1 points, 1.3 rebounds, 0.7 assists and 0.6 steals per game, and was named an All-Big Ten honorable-mention. Among Big Ten players, his average of 20.3 points per game from February 1, 2023, to the end of the season trailed only Zach Edey and Trayce Jackson-Davis.[33] After initially entering his name into the 2023 NBA draft, on May 31, 2023, Tominaga announced his withdrawal and intent to return to Nebraska for his senior season.[34]

National team career

Tominaga with the national team in 2018

Junior national team

Tominaga made his international debut when he was selected to be a part of the Japanese squad that competed at the 2018 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship, where he led the team in efficiency (13.3) and points (17.5) per game.[35] His tournament highlights included a game-high 27-point outing, knocking down seven 3-pointers and scoring 19 points in five minutes in a 109–57 victory against India.[36] Tominaga finished the tournament as the fourth-leading scorer.[37]

Later that year, Tominaga suited up for Japan at the 2018 FIBA Under-18 Asian Championship, leading the team in efficiency (14.6) and points (19.3) per game once more.[38] In a game against Bahrain, Japan was down 70–58 with five minutes left to play, Tominaga then logged 11 points in two minutes, cutting the lead to three points. He finished the game with 33 points, helping Japan secure the win.[39] Tominaga was the tournament’s fifth best scorer.[40]

Senior national team

Tominaga earned his first senior national team call up after being named to the 12-man roster that represented Japan for the third window of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers held in Australia.[41][42][43][44] In his debut match against the tournament's host team, Tominaga scored a game-high 18 points, knocking down five 3-pointers coming off the bench.[45][46][47] He led the team in scoring with 17.5 points per game, drilling down five 3-pointers.[48][49]

Following his impressive debut,[48] Tominaga played for the national team at the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup. In the quarterfinals, Japan's first appearance since 2015, Tominaga logged a game-high 33 points, knocking down eight 3-pointers in a 99–85 loss against Australia.[50][51] Tominaga finished the tournament ranking second in points (15.2) and third in efficiency (12.0) per game for the team.[52]

3x3 national team

Tominaga represented Japan at the Asia-Europe Conference of the 2019 FIBA 3x3 Under-23 Nations League, where the team ranked last among six contenders.[53]

Two years later, Tominaga starred for Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where he became the youngest player to represent Japan in 3x3 basketball. He led the team in scoring with 6.9 points per game. Tominaga ranked near the top of a number of key categories in the tournament, including fourth in scoring, second in one-point shooting and seventh in two-point shooting.[a][54][55][56]

Player profile

Tominaga is known for his shooting ability beyond the arc and jump shot similar to NBA player Stephen Curry, which earned him the nickname the "Samurai Steph".[2][12][57]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 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

College

NCAA Division I

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2021–22 Nebraska 30 11 16.5 .373 .330 .842 1.5 0.6 0.8 0.0 5.7
2022–23 Nebraska 28 10 24.0 .492 .403 .860 1.5 0.8 0.5 0.1 12.7
Career 58 21 20.1 .448 .372 .855 1.5 0.7 0.6 0.1 9.1

JUCO

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2019–20 Ranger 31 28 2.0 .549 .479 .855 2.3 0.7 1.1 0.3 16.8
2020–21 Ranger 27 24 6.8 .510 .487 .883 2.4 1.6 1.0 0.1 16.3
Career 58 52 4.4 .530 .483 .869 2.4 1.1 1.1 0.2 16.6

Personal life

Tominaga was born on February 1, 2001, in Moriyama, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan[2][58] to parents with basketball experience. His father, Hiroyuki, was a 6-foot-11 center, who played professional basketball for Mitsubishi Electric from 1996 to 2006 and was a member of the Japanese national team that competed during the 1998 FIBA World Championship.[1][2][3][57] Tominaga’s mother, Hitomi, was an industrial league player also for the women's team of Mitsubishi Electric.[3][57][59][60] Tominaga has one younger sister, Chihiro.[61]

Footnotes

  1. ^ In 3x3 basketball, successful shots taken from outside of what is the three-point line in full-court basketball are worth 2 points. All other successful shots, whether field goals or free throws, are worth 1 point.

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