Yasutaka Okayama(岡山 恭崇,Okayama yasutaka, born November 29, 1954 in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese basketball player. He was selected by the Golden State Warriors as the 10th pick of the eighth round of the 1981 Draft, although he did not sign with them. At 7'8", he is the tallest player ever drafted in NBA history.
Okayama practiced Judo at junior high school and high school, and obtained a second degree black belt. He started playing basketball when he was eighteen at Osaka University of Commerce. He attended the University of Portland but never played for their basketball program as he was a project. After graduation, he joined the basketball club of Sumitomo Metal Industries. He represented Japan between 1979 and 1986 before he retired in 1996. He still works for Sumitomo Metal and is very active as a basketball coach. He has also written a book for young basketball players.
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Mr. Okayama—who describes himself as a ‘salary-man,’ working at a Tokyo metal company—spent the 1980s competing as a professional basketball player with Japan’s national team. He also happens to be the the country's tallest man. Diagnosed with Gigantism, Mr. Okayama—who was known as chibi, or ‘tiny,’ during his playing years—is the subject of this thoughtful profile from filmmaker Terry Rayment, who calmly follows the former Olympic athlete's thoughts as he muses over life, size, and society in modern Japan. “The origin of this film began as a visual experiment of sorts, that explored the spatial relationship between man and structure in Japanese culture. After discovering and speaking with Mr. Okayama, we knew the story had much more depth and humanity than we originally realised. We want...
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Yasutaka Okayama was the tallest player to ever get drafted into the NBA. While he was a well-known figure in Japan back in the 1970s and 80s, nobody really kno...
Yasutaka Okayama was the tallest player to ever get drafted into the NBA. While he was a well-known figure in Japan back in the 1970s and 80s, nobody really knows who he is outside of Japan. Unfortunately, he did not play a single NBA game either. Hope you enjoy the video!
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Yasutaka Okayama was the tallest player to ever get drafted into the NBA. While he was a well-known figure in Japan back in the 1970s and 80s, nobody really knows who he is outside of Japan. Unfortunately, he did not play a single NBA game either. Hope you enjoy the video!
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https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3407:yasutaka-okayama&catid=93&Itemid=342
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2019/06/21/basketball/nba/japan-basketball-pioneer-yasutaka-okayama-reflects-past-wishes-rui-hachimura-well/
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Mr. Okayama—who describes himself as a ‘salary-man,’ working at a Tokyo metal company—spent the 1980s competing as a professional basketball player with Japan’s...
Mr. Okayama—who describes himself as a ‘salary-man,’ working at a Tokyo metal company—spent the 1980s competing as a professional basketball player with Japan’s national team. He also happens to be the the country's tallest man. Diagnosed with Gigantism, Mr. Okayama—who was known as chibi, or ‘tiny,’ during his playing years—is the subject of this thoughtful profile from filmmaker Terry Rayment, who calmly follows the former Olympic athlete's thoughts as he muses over life, size, and society in modern Japan. “The origin of this film began as a visual experiment of sorts, that explored the spatial relationship between man and structure in Japanese culture. After discovering and speaking with Mr. Okayama, we knew the story had much more depth and humanity than we originally realised. We wanted the style to be non-obtrusive, with long takes and elementary compositions—letting his life’s story come to the foreground."
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Yasutaka Okayama was the tallest player to ever get drafted into the NBA. While he was a well-known figure in Japan back in the 1970s and 80s, nobody really knows who he is outside of Japan. Unfortunately, he did not play a single NBA game either. Hope you enjoy the video!
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https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/06/23/Yasutaka-Chibi-Okayama-who-stands-7-foot-7-and-weighs-330/5356362116800/
https://www.thedraftreview.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3407:yasutaka-okayama&catid=93&Itemid=342
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2019/06/21/basketball/nba/japan-basketball-pioneer-yasutaka-okayama-reflects-past-wishes-rui-hachimura-well/
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Mr. Okayama—who describes himself as a ‘salary-man,’ working at a Tokyo metal company—spent the 1980s competing as a professional basketball player with Japan’s national team. He also happens to be the the country's tallest man. Diagnosed with Gigantism, Mr. Okayama—who was known as chibi, or ‘tiny,’ during his playing years—is the subject of this thoughtful profile from filmmaker Terry Rayment, who calmly follows the former Olympic athlete's thoughts as he muses over life, size, and society in modern Japan. “The origin of this film began as a visual experiment of sorts, that explored the spatial relationship between man and structure in Japanese culture. After discovering and speaking with Mr. Okayama, we knew the story had much more depth and humanity than we originally realised. We wanted the style to be non-obtrusive, with long takes and elementary compositions—letting his life’s story come to the foreground."
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Yasutaka Okayama(岡山 恭崇,Okayama yasutaka, born November 29, 1954 in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese basketball player. He was selected by the Golden State Warriors as the 10th pick of the eighth round of the 1981 Draft, although he did not sign with them. At 7'8", he is the tallest player ever drafted in NBA history.
Okayama practiced Judo at junior high school and high school, and obtained a second degree black belt. He started playing basketball when he was eighteen at Osaka University of Commerce. He attended the University of Portland but never played for their basketball program as he was a project. After graduation, he joined the basketball club of Sumitomo Metal Industries. He represented Japan between 1979 and 1986 before he retired in 1996. He still works for Sumitomo Metal and is very active as a basketball coach. He has also written a book for young basketball players.