In the early morning of June 25, Beijing time, the men’s basketball U19 World Cup group match started. Japan’s National Youth Men’s Basketball lost to Brazil 73-94. Although the Japanese team had no chance to win in this game, the Chinese striker wheatlife Youxiang of the team played a 30-point high, which aroused the attention of basketball.
It is reported that wheatlife Youxiang’s parents are from Shandong, China. He was born in Qianqiao city, qunma county, Japan, and is a Chinese player. Wheatlife Youxiang, born in 2005, is regarded as the future star of Japan’s men’s basketball, and the Japanese basketball community also focuses on its cultivation. Two years ago, wheatlife Youxiang, who was only 16 years old, was brought to the 2021u19 World Cup. Although there were not many opportunities to play, it broadened his horizon and increased his knowledge. In the past year or so, wheatlife has fought many important youth-level events-U16 Asian Championship, U17 World Cup and U18 Asian Championship, with average scores reaching double digits, the U16 Asian Championship won the title of the most valuable player. And he has always been following the example of the eight villages of the Lakers, and also hopes to enter the NBA like his predecessors.
Wheatlife Youxiang is currently 2 meters tall, and he is deeply influenced by his father when he goes to basketball. In an interview, he said: “My father has a great influence on me. He told me to maintain enough confidence in both training and competition. If you have confidence, then you will have excellent performance. Therefore, if I have the chance to dunk in the competition, I will definitely finish it with dunk. I just want to show my confidence.” Wheatlife Youxiang is currently a player in the university college affiliated to Fukuoka University. He has a long-term plan for himself. Wheatlife hope to challenge NCAA later and open the NBA door in the future. “My idol is eight villages, and he is my goal of learning and catching up. I also hope that I can play in NBA like him in the future. This is also my goal.” He said.
Wheatlife Youxiang has already played a brilliant role in the U series of important events in recent years, which is somewhat similar to the track of the eight villages in that year. For example, the eight villages won 22.8 points, 12.6 rebounds and 51.9% hit in the U16 Asian Championship in 2013; The wheatlife Youxiang won 26.6 points in the U16 Asian Championship in 2022, 11.2 rebounds, 52.7% hit rate.
The 2023u19 World Cup is the second U19 World Cup tour in your career wheatlife. Two years ago, he spent more time on the bench, with an average playing time of 10 minutes, scoring 2.3 points. But now he has become the absolute core of Japan’s National Youth Men’s Basketball. The 30 points in the first game are only one of his “meeting etiquette”, and he expects to release more energy in the later games. Although the overall strength of the Japanese national youth team is average, wheatlife Youxiang may win the favor of American University teams through his performance in the World Youth Championship and embark on the road of staying abroad.
Some analysts also believe that wheatlife Youxiang is likely to be one of the biggest opponents of Chinese players such as Zeng fanbo and Cui Yongxi in the future, so Chinese basketball needs to pay enough attention to him.
