Kenichi Sako (佐古 賢一, born 17 July 1970) is a Japanese former basketball player and current coach.

[1] Nicknamed "Mr. Basketball", Sako played as point guard and is widely regarded as one of the best Japanese players in history,[2] having won twelve Emperor's Cup titles and nine JBL championships.

He was enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2020, becoming the first Japanese player to be inducted.

After leading his high school team to the national championship in 1998, Sako began his career with the Isuzu Motors Giga Cats, where he played for nine seasons.

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