The retirement match of Takehiko Orimo, who played an active part in basketball boys, B League Levanga Hokkaido and Japan national team, and retired as a man, was held in Sapporo on the 18th.
Mr. Orimo, 52, has been active in Levanga for 27 years, but he retired and is now the president of Levanga.
Orimo's retirement game was postponed for the second consecutive year due to the influence of the new coronavirus, but it was held on the 18th at "Hokkaido Kitayeru" in Toyohira-ku, Sapporo.
In his retirement match, players and OBs that Orimo played with the Japanese national team and his team, such as Yuta Tabuse of Utsunomiya Brex and Kenichi Sako head coach of Levanga, participated.
Orimo-san scored his first goal at the beginning of the match with three points, which was his characteristic.
After that, Mr. Orishige continued to stick to scoring as he did when he was active, scoring 42 points and exciting about 5,400 fans who gathered at the venue.
At the ceremony after the match, Mr. Orishige said, "It's been two years since I retired, but I'm grateful for having such a wonderful stage. I was really happy with my basketball life of scoring a shot and applauding. I would like to continue to do my best for the Japanese basketball world and Hokkaido. "