Tokyo Apache forward Shoji Nakanishi owned one of the bj-league's most obscure names as the calendar flipped from 2007 to 2008.
This fact changed quickly last weekend, and his name is now recognized in more places than the Nakanishi household and the homes of his teammates and Tokyo coach Joe Bryant.
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