Kosuke Takeuchi

{{short description|Japanese basketball player}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Kosuke Takeuchi

| image = Takeuchi_kosuke_hiroshima.jpg

| caption =

| position = Power forward / Center

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 9

| weight_lb = 220

| team = Utsunomiya Brex

| number=10

| league = B.League

| nationality = Japanese

| highlights =

• B.League Champion (2025)

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|1|29|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Suita, Osaka, Japan

| high_school = Rakunan

| college = Keio University

| draft_year =

| career_start = 2007

| career_end =

| years1 = 2007–2011

| team1 =SeaHorses Mikawa

| years2 = 2011–2014

| team2 =Alvark Tokyo

| years3 = 2014–2016

| team3 =Hiroshima Dragonflies

| years4 = 2016–present

| team4 =Utsunomiya Brex

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's basketball }}

{{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Asian Games }}

{{MedalBronze | 2014 South Korea | Team competition }}

{{MedalCompetition | East Asian Games }}

{{MedalBronze | 2009 Hong Kong | Team competition }}

{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Asia Challenge}}

{{MedalSilver | 2010 Beirut|Team}}

{{MedalSilver | 2012 Tokyo|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|EABA Championship}}

{{MedalBronze | 2017 Nagano|Team}}

}}

Kosuke Takeuchi (竹内 公輔、born January 29, 1985 in Suita, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Utsunomiya Brex of the B.League.

Takeuchi also is a member of the Japan national basketball team, playing for the team in the 2006 FIBA World Championship and both the FIBA Asia Championship 2007 and FIBA Asia Championship 2009.[http://china2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fascm/player/p/pid/57681/sid/7038/tid/309/profile.html Player Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115001236/http://china2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fascm/player/p/pid/57681/sid/7038/tid/309/profile.html |date=2010-01-15 }} at FIBA.com

As a 21-year-old, Takeuchi averaged 5.4 points and 4.4 rebounds per game for the host Japanese at the 2006 FIBA World Championship.[https://web.archive.org/web/20131125031729/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/57681/sid/3507/tid/309/_/2006_FIBA_World_Championship/index.html FIBA Archive] Takeuchi has earned a bigger role with the Japanese team over the past four years; his best tournament performance to date was at the FIBA Asia Championship 2009, in which he averaged 13 points and a team-leading 8.2 rebounds per game.{{Cite web |url=http://china2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fascm/player/p/pid/57681/sid/7038/tid/309/profile.html |title=FIBA Player Profile |access-date=2009-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115001236/http://china2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/fascm/player/p/pid/57681/sid/7038/tid/309/profile.html |archive-date=2010-01-15 |url-status=dead }} Despite his performance, Japan stumbled to a disappointing tenth-place finish, its worst ever performance in 24 FIBA Asia Championship appearances. He was invited to play with the Minnesota Timberwolves during the 2010 summer league in Las Vegas in 2010.

Takeuchi played professionally with the Aisin Seahorses of the JBL Super League. In the 2009-10 season, Takeuchi entered the month-long winter break averaging 15.4 points and 11.3 rebounds per game for the first-place Seahorses.[http://www.asia-basket.com/player.asp?Cntry=JPN&PlayerID=57237 Kosuke Takeuchi] at asia-basket.com He was also named to the JBL All-Star Game as the leading power forward vote-getter for the West.[http://www.asia-basket.com/Japan/basketball-League-JBL-Pro_2009-2010.asp asia-basket.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117143627/http://www.asia-basket.com/Japan/basketball-League-JBL-Pro_2009-2010.asp |date=2010-01-17 }}: "JBL All-Star game rosters set" (December 6, 2009)