Seiya Ando

Seiya Ando

No. 3 – Shimane Susanoo Magic
Position	Point guard
League	B.League
Personal information
Born	(1992-07-15) July 15, 1992 Edogawa, Tokyo
Nationality	Japanese
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight	176 lb (80 kg)
Career information
High school	Meisei (Sendai, Miyagi)
College	Meiji University (2010–2014)
Playing career	2014–present
Career history
2014–2015	Halifax Rainmen
2015	Meralco Bolts
2015-2016	Link Tochigi Brex
2016-2017	Akita Northern Happinets
2017-2021	Alvark Tokyo
2021-present	Shimane Susanoo Magic
Career highlights and awards
FIBA Asia Champions Cup champion (2019) 2× B.League champion (2018, 2019) B.League All-Star (2017) Canadian NBL All-Rookie Team (2015) FIBA Asia Under-18 Scoring Leader, Best Five (2009)
Medals Men's basketball Representing Japan FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2018 Thailand Team 2019 Thailand Team William Jones Cup 2019 ROC Team

Seiya Ando (安藤 誓哉, Andō Seiya, born July 15, 1992) is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for Shimane Susanoo Magic of the B.League in Japan. He plays as Playmaker and is a native of Tokyo.

Ando is the first Japanese player ever to play in the National Basketball League of Canada. He started 34 games and finished the season averaging 10.4 points, 3.02 rebounds, 3.82 assists and 1.2 steals per game. After playing for the Meralco Bolts of the Philippine Basketball Association, he signed with the Link Tochigi Brex, but he did not start at all and was mostly benched by Thomas Wisman. He has inked with the "Pink" Akita Happinets.

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

†	Denotes seasons in which Ando won an championship
*	Led the league

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2014-15	Halifax Rainmen	45	34	28.1	40.3	31.0	71.9	3.02	3.82	1.20	0	10.04
2015	Meralco Bolts	11	8	27.9	39.8	23.8	66.7	2.73	1.91	1.09	0	8.00
2015-16	Tochigi	25	0	6.4	45.2	38.5	87.5	0.9	0.8	0.1	0	2.3
2016-17	Akita	60	60	33.8	38.7	34.1	70.7	4.5	3.0	1.0	0	10.4
2017-18†	A Tokyo	55	55	24.5	43.7	39.4	78.5	2.7	2.6	0.9	0.0	8.8
2018-19†	A Tokyo	60	60	23.36	43.2	38.4	88.2	2.1	3.2	0.61	0.03	9.7
2019-20	A Tokyo	41	38	26.9	42.1	28.7	76.2	2.3	4.4	1.0	0.0	11.5

Playoff games

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2014-15	Halifax	9		26.4	30.6	27.0	71.4	2.8	3.9	1.0	0	7.1
2016-17	Akita	2		34.0	46.2	58.3	75.0	3.5	1.5	1.0	0	13.5
2017-18	A Tokyo	5		23.0	37.5	37.5	100	2.4	2.8	0.8	0	7.2
2018-19	A Tokyo	6	6	24.44	50.0	42.1	75.0	2.0	3.0	0.33	0	12.0

Early cup games

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2017	A Tokyo	3	3	22.59	.500	.500	.000	2.0	2.0	1.33	0	5.0
2018	A Tokyo	2	2	27.55	.316	.000	.900	4.0	4.5	0.5	0	10.5
2019	A Tokyo	2	0	23.08	.462	.429	1.000	3.5	6.0	2.0	0	10.0

FIBA Asia Champions Cup

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2018	A Tokyo	5		24.7	.391	.308	1.000	1.6	3.4	1.4	0.0	8.6
2019	A Tokyo	5		20.2	.353	.294	1.000	1.4	2.6	1.2	0.0	7.2

National team

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2019	Japan	8		20.9	.409	.360	.815	3.8	2.9	0.6	0.0	10.6
2019	Japan	3		21.0	.250	.250	.667	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.0	3.0

Seiya Ando

Trivia

• As of May 2018, he puts on Adidas Dame 4 basketball shoes for the games.
• He has started his gluten-free diet.

External links

• Halifax Rainmen vs Island Storm Jan 18th, 2015