<p style="background: white; margin: 15.0pt 0mm 0mm 0mm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #333333; background: white; font-weight: normal;">48</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #333333; background: white; font-weight: normal;"> The Japanese national basketball team qualified for the Paris Olympics on its own for the first time in three years. In <span lang="EN-US">October</span><span lang="EN-US">2011</span>, it was reported that Kawamura Yuki ( <span lang="EN-US">22</span> ), the driving force behind this success, and Nakamori Mikoto ( <span lang="EN-US">22</span> ), an idol trainee appearing on the audition program &#8220;PRODUCE101 JAPAN THE GIRLS,&#8221; were in a passionate relationship. They were living together in Kawamura&#8217;s tower apartment.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: black; letter-spacing: .65pt; background: white; font-weight: normal;"> &#8217;23</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: black; letter-spacing: .65pt; background: white; font-weight: normal;"> We look back at the details based on the article distributed on <span lang="EN-US">October</span><span lang="EN-US">30</span>, 2011 (ages and titles in the article are current at the time of publication).</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_351160" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-351160" style="width: 1787px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="5aa4a056"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/12/e95cb765465a37d4a24f0fd183552958.jpeg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-351160" class="wp-caption-text"> In the annual &#8220;B.LEAGUE Valentine&#8221; 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!</figcaption></figure>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The real &#8216;SLAM DUNK&#8217;!&#8221;</span></p>
<p> 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.</p>
<p> One month after the feat was accomplished. Around 9 p.m. on a chilly night in early October 2011, an SUV drove through the city of Yokohama. The driver of the SUV was Yuki Kawamura, 22, the youngest member of the team and a key player in the team&#8217;s success at the Olympics.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> He is a small man, 172 cm tall, and his position is point guard, the team&#8217;s command post. Japan was excited about the World Cup not only because of his accomplishment, but also because he played in a way that could only be seen in the manga &#8220;SLAM DUNK,&#8221; which was made into a movie at the end of last year and became a hot topic. He assists each player and creates scoring chances. At times, he would cut into the opponent&#8217;s pocket with a powerful high-speed drive, turning the tide of a game that was going back and forth.</span></p>
<p> After the World Cup, he returned to his team, the Yokohama Bee Corsairs, and in the second game of the season, he scored 30 points by himself, leading the team to victory. Kawamura is a stoic and unflappable player who devotes himself to basketball. This magazine secretly witnessed the secret of his stable mentality.</p>
<p> Let us return to the previous scene. Kawamura is driving a car in front of a tower apartment building. When Kawamura&#8217;s car is illuminated by the light of a street lamp, a beautiful, fair-skinned woman dressed in pink is sitting on the passenger seat. When Kawamura pulled into the parking lot, the woman got out of the car and walked quickly into a nearby supermarket.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Kawamura is currently in a relationship with a woman. She is Mikoto Nakamori, 21, who was originally a beautiful identical 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&#8217; among others&#8221; (Kawamura&#8217;s acquaintance).</span></p>
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<h2>Buying the Taste of Autumn &#8230;&#8230;</h2>
<p> She had already decided what to buy, and after leaving the supermarket in about 10 minutes, she headed for the apartment where Kawamura was waiting for her. The plastic bag in her hand contained brightly colored fall salmon and pears.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Nakamori told me he was good at cooking,&#8221; Kawamura said. Kawamura and Nakamori were classmates at a high school in Fukuoka and had been dating since they were in school. Nakamori is in the performing arts course and stands out at school. Kawamura-kun was in a different class in a different school building and was quite popular, despite the fact that he had a close-cropped head at the time. After graduation, when Kawamura-kun left for the Kanto region for college, Nakamori also moved to Tokyo and joined an entertainment agency. They now live in separate houses nearby, but Kawamura has given Nakamori a duplicate key and they seem to be living together half the time,&#8221; said an acquaintance of Nakamori.</span></p>
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<p> The two enjoyed a sleepover date that day. After Kawamura left for team practice a little past 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, this magazine directly interviewed Kawamura to confirm his relationship with Nakamori, who had chosen autumn delicacies. Kawamura responded to our interview in a parking lot near his home.</p>
<p> &#8211;Hello, this is Friday. The other day I saw you returning home with a woman, was it Mikoto Nakamori who was with you?</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I&#8217;m sorry, it&#8217;s a private matter. Excuse me.&#8221;</span></p>
<p> &#8211;I&#8217;m sorry.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> It&#8217;s a private matter, and I&#8217;m not at &#8230;&#8230;. I&#8217;m in a bit of a hurry.</span></p>
<p> With these words, he dodged the reporters with his superb footwork and entered his apartment.</p>
<p> When we later confirmed the fact of their relationship with Kawamura&#8217;s management company, we received the following response.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> It is true that Kawamura and Nakamori have been dating since high school and that they met on the date in question. I have heard from Kawamura that &#8216;we have been important to each other for a long time since we were in high school, and we have a good relationship as we are both moving toward our dreams.'&#8221;</span></p>
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<p>Kawamura did not admit to dating her during the direct interview, perhaps out of concern for Nakamori, who was participating in an audition program whose results were determined by viewers&#8217; votes. Japan&#8217;s number one point guard made a brilliant assist in love as well.</p>
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<h3><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; color: black; letter-spacing: .65pt; background: white; font-weight: normal;"> Nakamori &#8220;caused a lot of trouble&#8221; by dropping out of the audition program.</span></h3>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #333333; background: white; font-weight: normal;"> Keio Tominaga, <span lang="EN-US">22</span>, a member of Japan&#8217;s national basketball team, immediately after this magazine&#8217;s report,</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #333333; background: white;"> I&#8217;ve been talking to you since we first met, but I&#8217;ve always thought it&#8217;s so like you to say that from high school to now.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #333333; background: white; font-weight: normal;"> (now deleted) on <span lang="EN-US">X</span> (formerly Twitter), which made their relationship definite even among basketball fans.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #333333; background: white; font-weight: normal;"> However, this post was not a positive one for Nakamori, and on <span lang="EN-US">November</span><span lang="EN-US">23</span>, &#8216; <span lang="EN-US">23</span>, episode 8 of the audition program &#8220;PRODUCE101 JAPAN THE GIRLS,&#8221; in which she appeared, was delivered and Nakamori was eliminated. After the program ended, she updated <span lang="EN-US">X,</span></span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #333333; background: white;"> I know I caused a lot of trouble and there were many things I regretted, but I love singing, dancing, and expressing myself, so I didn&#8217;t want to give up until the very end!</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #333333; background: white; font-weight: normal;"> I didn&#8217;t want to give up until the very end!</span></p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #333333; background: white;"> Since this is an idol audition program, the news of their cohabitation must have had an impact on them. Moreover, the senior members of the audition group had been banned from romance, so it was a natural result.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #333333; background: white; font-weight: normal;"> It seems that even the best point guard in Japan did not do well in assisting idol auditions.</span></p>
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<figure id="attachment_338595" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-338595" style="width: 1028px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="e4fd7039"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/10/3082f6682133258dddcf59943f3c5252.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-338595" class="wp-caption-text"> Nakamori, who stayed over at Kawamura&#8217;s house the next day, was at the supermarket shopping for him. The bag in his hand contained salmon and pears, etc., just like the day before</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_338593" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-338593" style="width: 954px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="6e9898ae"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/10/40b70579673cfc256b8f34e7b2f7a174.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-338593" class="wp-caption-text"> Nakamori got out of the car driven by Kawamura and went to the supermarket alone. At 162 cm tall, the difference between her and Kawamura is about 10 cm. She and her sister, Kotone, are participating in an audition program together.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure id="attachment_338596" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-338596" style="width: 968px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="e49f660e"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/10/2abc777b329274f29b053e2feca91733.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-338596" class="wp-caption-text"> Kawamura returned home a little later than Nakamori, who had just returned from the supermarket, and we wonder if Nakamori is the &#8220;family-oriented woman&#8221; listed in the &#8220;Favorite Type&#8221; section of the website.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_338598" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-338598" style="width: 1819px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="7ea9a792"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/10/2453a02d84af989a76dbbeef92e32d0d.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-338598" class="wp-caption-text"> Unpublished photograph of Yuki Kawamura, a basketball player on Japan&#8217;s national basketball team, &#8220;living together in a townhouse&#8221; with an idol trainee who was his classmate in high school.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_338599" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-338599" style="width: 1489px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="4bce9a0f"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/10/a5ebdadfd75c74ad9c162941ef9ca219.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-338599" class="wp-caption-text"> Unpublished cuts from the magazine: Yuki Kawamura, commander of Japan&#8217;s national basketball team, &#8220;living together in a townhouse&#8221; with an idol trainee who was a classmate in high school.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_338594" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-338594" style="width: 1187px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="f4ecfaad"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/10/c2d1d30f117047288b121467d070e4c2.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-338594" class="wp-caption-text"> Unpublished cuts from the magazine: Yuki Kawamura, commander of Japan&#8217;s national basketball team, lives with an idol trainee who was his high school classmate in a townhouse</figcaption></figure>


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