Rui Hachimura

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Rui Hachimura

Hachimura with the Washington Wizards in 2022
No. 28 – Los Angeles Lakers
Position	Power forward
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	(1998-02-08) February 8, 1998 (age 26) Toyama, Japan
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school	Meisei (Sendai, Japan)
College	Gonzaga (2016–2019)
NBA draft	2019: 1st round, 9th overall pick
Selected by the Washington Wizards
Playing career	2019–present
Career history
2019–2023	Washington Wizards
2023–present	Los Angeles Lakers
Career highlights and awards
NBA Cup champion (2023) NBA All-Rookie Second Team (2020) Consensus first-team All-American (2019) Julius Erving Award (2019) WCC Player of the Year (2019) 2× First-team All-WCC (2018, 2019)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Men's basketball Representing  Japan FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship 2013 Iran Japan

Rui Hachimura (Japanese: 八村 塁, Hepburn: Hachimura Rui, born February 8, 1998) is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs and has played for the Japan national team. He plays both the small forward and power forward positions.^[1] After being selected ninth overall by the Washington Wizards in the 2019 NBA draft, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team in 2020.

Born in Toyama Prefecture, Hachimura achieved success at the youth level in Japan, leading Meisei High School to three straight All-Japan High School Tournament titles and being a top player for the Japanese under-17 and under-19 national teams in FIBA competition. He joined Gonzaga in 2016 as the fifth Japanese-born men's NCAA Division I player and in 2017 became the first Japanese national to play in the NCAA Division I men's tournament. As a sophomore, he earned first-team All-WCC honors. He was named a finalist for the Naismith Player of the Year.^[2]