Kenichi Takahashi (basketball)

Kenichi Takahashi
	Ken Takahashi in 2008
Prestige International Aranmare Akita
Position	Advisery coach
League	Women's Japan Basketball League （2021-）
Personal information
Born	December 22, 1980 (age 43); Shōwa, Akita
Nationality	Japanese
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight	168 lb (76 kg)
Career information
High school	Akita Technical (Akita, Japan)
College	Tohoku Gakuin (1998–2002)
Playing career	2003–2017
Career history
As player:
2003–2006	Hitachi Cable
2006-2012	Sendai 89ers
2012-2014	Iwate Big Bulls
2014-2015	Aomori Wat's
2015-2017	Akita Northern Happinets
As coach:
2019-present	Prestige International Aranmare Akita (advisery)
Career highlights and awards
	bj league Free Throw Pct Leader (2009-10); bj league All-star (2014); JBL2 Rookie of the Year (2003); JBL2 Best Five (2005); JBL2 Assist leader (2005);

Kenichi Takahashi (高橋憲一, Takahashi Ken'ichi, born December 22, 1980), nicknamed Shocho, is a former Japanese professional basketball player and served for Akita Northern Happinets of the B.League as the ambassador.^[1] Takahashi is currently the instructor for Toreiku Katagami.^[2] He was selected by the Sendai 89ers with the third overall pick in the 2006 bj League draft. He has played for the four Tohoku clubs of the bj league. In October 2015 he became a one-day honorary police chief at the Akita Higashi Police Station. Since then a police officer salute has become popular among Akita's boosters.^[3]^[4] Takahashi studies NBA to improve his game,^[5] and he is an Air Jordan collector.^[6] His retirement memorial game was held at Akita Prefectural Gymnasium on October 29, 2017.^[7]^[8]