.jpg) Tominaga withNebraska in 2022 | |
| No. 30 – Indiana Mad Ants | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard /shooting guard |
| League | NBA G League |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (2001-02-01)February 1, 2001 (age 24) Moriyama-ku,Nagoya,Aichi,Japan |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 178 lb (81 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Sakuragaoka Gakuen (Toyohashi,Aichi) |
| College | |
| NBA draft | 2024:undrafted |
| Playing career | 2024–present |
| Career history | |
| 2024–present | Indiana Mad Ants |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Stats at NBA.com  | |
| Stats atBasketball Reference | |
Keisei Tominaga (富永 啓生,Tominaga Keisei, born February 1, 2001) is a Japanese professionalbasketball player for theIndiana Mad Ants of theNBA G League. He playedcollege basketball for theNebraska Cornhuskers, after having previously played forRanger College. Tominaga has been a member of theJapan men's national basketball team and thenational 3x3 team.
Tominaga attended Sakuragaoka Gakuen High School inAichi 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 ofNiigata Prefecture.[1][2][3]
On November 1, 2019, Tominaga made his collegiate debut forRanger College, againstMissouri 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 againstVictoria College.[4] On November 28, Tominaga verbally committed to play forNCAA Division I programNebraska, under formerNBA coachFred 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 theNJCAA 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 theNJCAA national tournament. However, the season ended early due toCOVID-19. Ranger eventually finished second in the NJCAA national rankings.[1][12]
On November 11, 2020, Hoiberg announced that Tominaga signed aNational Letter of Intent to transfer to theUniversity of Nebraska for the 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 overGrayson College.[13][14] Three days later, he had 26 points in a win againstTemple College.[13][15] In his efforts, Tominaga set a school record for career 3-pointers with 139, previously held byBrayan 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 againstSouth Plains College, sending the Rangers to the Final Four round of theNJCAA Division I Championship.[17] Despite his team-high 26-point performance in the semifinals, the team lost toCowley 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]
Tominaga transferred to theUniversity of Nebraska on a full scholarship to play for theCornhuskers.[27] Due toCOVID-19, theNCAA 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, againstWestern 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 overSouth Dakota.[30][31][32]
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 onlyZach Edey andTrayce Jackson-Davis.[33] After initially entering his name into the2023 NBA draft, on May 31, 2023, Tominaga announced his withdrawal and intent to return to Nebraska for his senior season.[34]
After going undrafted in the2024 NBA draft, Tominaga signed with theIndiana Pacers on September 26, 2024,[35] but was waived the next day.[36] On October 27, he joined theIndiana Mad Ants.[37]
Tominaga made his international debut when he was selected to be a part of theJapanese squad that competed at the2018 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship, where he led the team in efficiency (13.3) and points (17.5) per game.[38] 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 againstIndia.[39] Tominaga finished the tournament as the fourth-leading scorer.[40]
Later that year, Tominaga suited up forJapan at the2018 FIBA Under-18 Asian Championship, leading the team in efficiency (14.6) and points (19.3) per game once more.[41] In a game againstBahrain, 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.[42] Tominaga was the tournament’s fifth best scorer.[43]
Tominaga earned his first senior national team call up after being named to the 12-man roster that representedJapan for the third window of the2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers held inAustralia.[44][45][46][47] In his debut match against the tournament'shost team, Tominaga scored a game-high 18 points, knocking down five 3-pointers coming off the bench.[48][49][50] He led the team in scoring with 17.5 points per game, drilling down five 3-pointers.[51][52]
Following his impressive debut,[51] Tominaga played for the national team at the2022 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 againstAustralia.[53][54] Tominaga finished the tournament ranking second in points (15.2) and third in efficiency (12.0) per game for the team.[55]
Tominaga representedJapan at the Asia-Europe Conference of the 2019 FIBA 3x3 Under-23 Nations League, where the team ranked last among six contenders.[56]
Two years later, Tominaga starred forJapan at the2020 Summer Olympics, where he became the youngest player to represent Japan in3x3 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][57][58][59]
Tominaga is known for his shooting ability beyond the arc andjump shot similar to NBA playerStephen Curry, which earned him the nickname the "Japanese Steph Curry".[2][12][60]
| 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 |
| 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 | 32 | 14 | 25.1 | .503 | .400 | .868 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 13.1 |
| 2023–24 | Nebraska | 32 | 32 | 26.1 | .466 | .376 | .875 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 15.1 |
| Career | 94 | 57 | 22.7 | .462 | .374 | .868 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 11.4 | |
| 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 | |
Tominaga was born on February 1, 2001, inMoriyama,Nagoya,Aichi,Japan[61] to parents with basketball experience. His father,Hiroyuki, was a 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)center, who played professional basketball forMitsubishi Electric from 1996 to 2006 and was a member of the Japanese national team that competed during the1998 FIBA World Championship. Tominaga’s mother, Hitomi, was an industrial league player also for thewomen's team of Mitsubishi Electric.[62][63] Tominaga has one younger sister, Chihiro.[64]
Tominaga announced his engagement to longtime girlfriend, Hannah Fitzpatrick, on April 15, 2024.[65]
Ranger College sophomore standout Keisei Tominaga sank a jaw-dropping 11 3-pointers in a 39-point outburst against Grayson College on March 3. Sparked by Tominaga's great shooting effort, the hosts won 113-102 in Ranger, Texas.
Tominaga was an NJCAA DI men's basketball Second-Team All-American, where he averaged 16.3 ppg.
Keisei Tominaga just found out a few days ago he made his national team, so he'll play for Japan in some games in Australia this next month.
University of Nebraska Omaha guard Keisei Tominaga was Japan's lone spark, scoring a game-high 18 points off the bench, including 5-from-11 from behind the arc at Melbourne's John Cain Arena.
