# Kengo Nomoto

Kengo Nomoto (野本 建吾, Nomoto Kengo, born April 25, 1992), nicknamed Nomoken, is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for the Gunma Crane Thunders of the B.League in Japan. The small forward also represented the Japan national basketball team in 2014 and 2016. He tested positive for the coronavirus on November 24, 2020.

## FIBA Events Stats

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2009-10 | Japan U18 | 6 | | 33.30 | .313 | .385 | .588 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 11.2 |

## Non-FIBA Events Stats

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2013 | Universiade | 8 | | 20.20 | .447 | .500 | .650 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 7.4 |
| 2015 | Universiade | 8 | | 19.28 | .367 | .091 | .684 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 6.2 |

## Career statistics

| † | Denotes seasons in which Nomoto won an championship |

### Regular season

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2014-15 | Toshiba | 7 | 0 | 7.9 | 21.1 | 25.0 | 75.0 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 2.3 |
| 2015-16† | Toshiba | 39 | 8 | 10.1 | 38.5 | 14.3 | 76.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 2.4 |
| 2016-17 | Kawasaki | 54 | | 9.5 | 52.8 | 0.0 | 58.5 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 3.0 |
| 2017-18 | Kawasaki | 56 | | 8.0 | 37.0 | 0.0 | 55.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.8 |
| 2018-19 | Akita | 60 | 8 | 10.5 | 45.5 | 0.0 | 56.1 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.8 |
| 2019-20 | Akita | 41 | 9 | 13.2 | 40.1 | 14.3 | 65.2 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 3.4 |
| 2020-21 | Akita | 58 | 4 | 14.6 | .446 | .263 | .606 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.5 |

### Playoffs

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2014-15 | Toshiba | 2 | | 9.0 | .333 | .500 | .000 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| 2015-16 | Toshiba | 3 | | 3.3 | .000 | .000 | .500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| 2016-17 | Kawasaki | 5 | 0 | 7:34 | .500 | .000 | .000 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 |
| 2017-18 | Kawasaki | 2 | 0 | 1:17 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Early cup games

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2017 | Kawasaki | 2 | 2 | 28:00 | .563 | .000 | .500 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 9.5 |
| 2018 | Akita | 2 | 0 | 24:40 | .231 | .000 | .750 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 |
| 2019 | Akita | 2 | 0 | 25:04 | .375 | .000 | .000 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 |

### Preseason games

| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2018 | Akita | 2 | 0 | 9.3 | .000 | .000 | .500 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| 2019 | Akita | 3 | 1 | 15.1 | .500 | .000 | .833 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 5.67 |
Source: Changwon1Changwon2 Source: UtsunomiyaToyamaSendai

## William Jones Cup

| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 2014 | Japan | 5 | 5 | .222 | .000 | .600 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| 2016 | Japan | 7 | 14 | .300 | 1.000 | .750 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 |
| 2017 | Japan | 7 | 20 | .450 | .000 | .680 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 7.6 |
| Career | Career | 19 | 14 | .377 | .250 | .677 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 4.0 |

## Trivia

* His favorite quote is "Nanakorobi Yaoki", meaning "seven times down, eight times up like a daruma doll".
* He ate 1,300 grams of rice a day at Kawasaki.