Takuya Kawamura (川村卓也, Kawamura Takuya, born 24 April 1986) is a Japanese professional basketball guard currently signed to the SeaHorses Mikawa.^[1] In 2005, he skipped college and started playing professional basketball, following Kazuo Nakamura's advice.^[2] In 2009, he decided to leave the Japan Basketball League and try to earn a contract in the NBA. In the 2009 NBA Summer League, the Phoenix Suns added Kawamura to their roster. He has been dubbed "Offence Machine"^[3] and very talkative as he had a radio show on Tochigi's Radio Berry FM.

His notable buzzer beaters

On May 14, 2017, he hit a buzzer beater in a relegation game 3 against Akita Northern Happinets to a win 17–16.^[4] Video
In Game 3 of 2010 JBL finals vs. Aisin SeaHorses Mikawa, he banked in a 3-pointer at the buzzer. Video
On February 4, 2017, in a B.League regular season game, he sank a buzzer-beating to win the game against the Chiba Jets, 72–70. Video

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

NBA Summer League


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2009-10	Phoenix Suns	1	0	4.4	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0

Regular season


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2005-06	OSG
2006-07
2007-08		35	34	35.9	.436	.417	.812	4.1	1.7	1.2	0.1	14.6
2008-09	Tochigi	35		35.7	.408	.408	.742	4.5	2.1	1.4	0.2	20.4
2009-10		40		33.5	.430	.375	.754	3.8	2.7	1.3	0.2	20.5
2010-11		28		34.2	.395	.354	.714	4.8	2.7	1.1	0.2	19.5
2011-12		37	36	35.0	.412	.404	.838	3.9	4.5	1.7	0.1	20.4
2012-13		30	28	34.5	.428	.435	.776	3.9	3.7	1.2	0.0	18.3
2013-14	Wakayama	46	39	35.3	.430	.396	.811	3.1	5.1	1.2	0.2	19.2
2014-15	Wakayama	9	4	27.0	.388	.321	.914	2.2	3.6	1.8	0.2	15.9
2015-16	Mitsubishi	42	30	21.6	.394	.397	.667	1.8	1.2	0.5	0.1	7.7
2016-17	Yokohama	59	57	29.5	.402	.321	.781	3.1	3.3	0.9	0.1	13.4
2017-18		57	43	29.6	.416	.368	.807	3.2	3.6	0.8	0.1	13.6
2018-19		59	53	31.3	.426	.360	.856	2.6	4.5	1.3	0.1	15.6

Playoffs


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2016-17	Yokohama	4	4	26.37	.353	.286	.826	4.0	1.0	1.25	0.75	15.3
2016-17	Yokohama	1	1	19.48	.000	.000	1.000	4.0	2.0	0	0	2.0
2017-18	Yokohama	4	4	28.42	.411	.333	.826	4.8	5.8	0.75	0	18.3
2018-19	Yokohama	3	3	25.21	.429	.125	.929	2.3	5.7	1.0	0.67	12.7

Early cup games


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2017	Yokohama	2	2	29.59	.438	.500	1.000	4.0	3.0	1.0	0	9.5
2018	Yokohama	2	2	27.34	.367	.364	1.000	3.5	3.5	1.0	0.5	16.5

All-star games


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2019	B.White	1	1	20.01	.545	.375	.000	0.0	2.0	0.0	0	15.0

National team statistics


Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	PPG
2006	Japan	5	11.00	.263	.235	.000	0.8	0.0	0.0	2.8
2007	Japan	8	22.07	.451	.477	.500	2.1	0.9	0.8	14.6
2011	Japan	9	29.13	.398	.356	.826	1.7	3.1	1.2	13.4

Personal

His older brother also plays basketball.^[5] Takuya has been married with two children.^[6]