Keisei Tominaga is the greatest showman in college basketball. The Japanese-born guard continues to light it up for Nebraska en route to the program’s first NCAA Tournament bid since 2013/14.
He is an international superstar!
Nicknamed ‘Samurai Steph’ in homage to Steph Curry, Tominaga is averaging 14.8 points in 25.8 minutes per game during his senior season, though you never know when he is going to get hot and drop 20+. To make it even more fun, a majority of his attempts are from beyond the arc.
The 6-foot-2 guard takes about 11 shots per game. Six of them are from three. 40% of them go in!
And not only does Tominaga knock down triples, he will let you know.
There is no player in college basketball this year who is more entertaining. His signature celebration looks like Edvard Munch’s 1893 painting, The Scream. It’s awesome.
Tominaga’s performance against Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament semifinal on Friday was one of his best. He drained nine shots on 13 attempts (69.2%, nice) and went four-of-seven from downtown.
The legend of Tominaga only continues to grow and he will definitely be one of the breakout stars of March Madness. People who were not college basketball fans prior to this season have become fans because of him. Literally!
A pair of fans from Japan pulled up to Minneapolis in support of their countryman.
They were so fired up to be there! One of them actually attends the University of Minnesota but converted to Nebraska fandom just because of Keisei Tominaga.
Tominaga, born in Moriyama, lived in Japan through high school. He really burst onto the scene at the All-Japan Championship as a senior while averaging 39.8 points per game for Sakuragaoka Gakuen High School.
Although his talent spoke for itself, Tominaga did not initially have the grades to play on the NCAA level, so his journey began on the junior college level at Ranger College in 2019. Nebraska offered him a full ride for the next season. Now, three years later, he is a star!