At the awards ceremony for the men's basketball and B League this season, Seahorses Mikawa's Kosuke Kanamaru was selected for the first time as the MVP = Most Valuable Player Award.
Chiba Jets won the B-League for the first time on the 1st of this month, ending the fifth season.
This season's awards ceremony took place on the 3rd and 4th for two days and was delivered online.
The regular season MVP was announced on the 4th, and Seahorses Mikawa's Kanamaru won the award for the first time.
Kanamaru is 32 years old from Fukuoka prefecture.
He has also been selected as a candidate for the Japanese national team at the Tokyo Olympics.
This season, he started in 52 games out of 55 games, averaging 16.8 points per game, and the success rate of three-point shooting, which he is good at, marked 46.6%, which is the second place in the league, and the team advanced to the championship for the first time in three seasons. Contributed.
Kanamaru will be the first MVP to be made into a manga, and will be published in comic magazines released in September.
Kanamaru said, "I want to take it someday, and I'm really happy that I finally got it in the fifth year. I think that I got the MVP because of the cheers of the fans. But I'm just grateful for your continued support. I hope I can show you my play for the next season. "