<figure id="attachment_337801" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1018px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-337801"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="d883082b"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/10/4ee5bf42ec1e6a428a037b8b4717cd7c.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-337801" class="wp-caption-text"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kawamura, interviewed directly by this magazine before returning home, spends weekdays training with the team and weekends going to matches after the World Cup.</span></span><b>Is this the real &#8220;SLAM DUNK&#8221;?</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">That&#8217;s what basketball fans were excited about at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023. The Japanese national basketball team finished first in Asia and qualified for the Paris Olympics on its own for the first time in 48 years.</span>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One month after achieving this feat, an SUV drove through the city of Yokohama at around 9 p.m. on a chilly night in early October. The driver of the SUV was Yuki Kawamura, 22, the youngest player on the team and a key figure in the team&#8217;s success at the Olympics. He is the team&#8217;s point guard and the team&#8217;s commanding presence.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The car driven by Kawamura pulled up in front of a tower apartment building. When Kawamura&#8217;s car is illuminated by street lights, a beautiful, fair-skinned woman in a pink outfit is sitting chunkily in the passenger seat. When Kawamura pulled into the parking lot, the woman got out of the car and walked quickly into a nearby supermarket.</span></p>
<p><b>Kawamura is currently in a relationship with a woman. She is Mikoto Nakamori, 21, who was originally a beautiful twin YouTube star. She is the same age as Kawamura and is currently participating as a trainee in an audition program called &#8216;PRODUCE101 JAPAN THE GIRLS,&#8217; season 3 of the popular program that produced &#8216;JO1&#8217; and &#8216;INI.’</b></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After leaving the supermarket in about 10 minutes after buying autumn salmon and pears, they headed to the apartment where Kawamura was waiting for them. The two enjoyed a sleepover date that day. After Kawamura left for team practice a little after 7:00 p.m. the next night, the woman, believed to be Nakamori, changed into different clothes and went outside the townhouse. Shortly before Kawamura returned from practice, she went to the supermarket and bought salmon and pears, as she had done the day before, perhaps out of concern for his health.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To find out more about her relationship with Nakamori, this magazine contacted Kawamura directly at.</span></p>
<p><b>“I&#8217;m sorry, it&#8217;s a private matter. I&#8217;m sorry.&#8221;</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With that, he dodged the reporters with his brilliant footwork and went to his mansion. Kawamura also made a spectacular assist in her love life.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the November 3 issue of &#8220;FRIDAY&#8221; (October 20), Kawamura and Nakamori, whose management company has admitted their relationship, are reported in detail about the circumstances leading up to their &#8220;semi-cohabitation&#8221; and their sleepover date. It also includes a photo of Nakamori getting out of Kawamura&#8217;s car and heading to the supermarket. The paid version of &#8220;FRIDAY GOLD&#8221; also published several photos.</span></p>
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<figure id="attachment_337800" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1028px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-337800"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="2c4b00cd"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/10/e33f7a53c61dcde417cd53650cf2e84d.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-337800" class="wp-caption-text"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The day after her sleepover at Kawamura&#8217;s house, Nakamori was still shopping for him at the supermarket. The bag in his hand contained salmon and pears, etc., just like the day before.</span></figcaption></figure>
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<figure id="attachment_337799" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1798px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-337799"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="4985f64a"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/10/fed542c724c2af8c4892155ee355a26f.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-337799" class="wp-caption-text"><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the annual B.LEAGUE Valentine fan poll to determine the B.LEAGUE&#8217;s most popular man, he took first place this year by nearly 8,000 votes over second place.</span></figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_337838" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 5146px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-337838"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="70189cc0"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/10/d450b470cc8ba23d951c21abfde3a36d.jpg" alt=""></a>Yuki Kawamura dribbles through the opponent&#8217;s defense. Photo taken in January &#8217;20.</figure>
<figure id="attachment_337837" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 4840px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-337837"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="d267f110"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/10/d49c1f555a26783f7499fed51b8a0275.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-337837" class="wp-caption-text">In high school, he led Fukuoka Daiichi High School to the national championship for two consecutive years. Photo taken in January 2020</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_337836" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 5095px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-337836"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="b94d0b14"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/10/cd36132fa670df53e1783dba10c70e67.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-337836" class="wp-caption-text">Kawamura is a standout player not only in attack but also in defense. Photographed in January 2020</figcaption></figure>
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