As a basketball coach, Tomoya Higashino was sometimes referred to by the nickname "Crusher" because of his dismantling of conventional thinking.
Now he's expected to break Japan's traditional basketball status quo and spark a complete change.
The Japan Basketball Association announced on Thursday that Higashino has been appointed as the federation's technical director.
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