【異例のキャリア】日大入学もバスケ部に入部できず…。そこから東京保健医療大学学生スタッフを経て、パリ五輪、そして宇都宮ブレックスへ。梅津ひなのが語る、恩塚監督との出会いや、自分のキャリアについて。

After graduating from Hanamaki Higashi High School and enrolling at Nihon University, she faced the unexpected situation of "not being able to join the basketball club." In this situation, she chose to hone her skills as a student staff member at Tokyo Medical and Health University under the renowned women's basketball coach, Toru Onzuka, after an internship with the JBA. She experienced the Paris Olympics as a member of the Japanese women's national team staff and currently plays a key role in tactics on the bench for Utsunomiya Brex, one of the top teams in the B.League. This program traces her eventful basketball career, forging an unprecedented path. Athlete Journey This project features athletes sharing the ups and downs of their lives from the start of their sport to the present, presented chronologically with accompanying episodes. _____ Guest: Hinano Umezu (Utsunomiya Brex AC) Born in 1997. From Iwate Prefecture. Graduated from Hanamaki Higashi High School and enrolled at Nihon University. While at university, she interned with the Japan Basketball Association and contributed to Tokyo Medical and Health University's consecutive Intercollegiate Championship victories as a student staff member under coach Toru Onzuka. Afterwards, she gained experience working with youth teams as a JBA staff member, and then accompanied the Japanese women's national team to the Paris Olympics as a staff member. Following that, she joined the B.League's Utsunomiya Brex as an assistant coach, contributing to their league championship in 2024-25. ▼Various Social Media Website: https://www.utsunomiyabrex.com/ Twitter: https://x.com/utsunomiyabrex Instagram:   / utsunomiyabrex_official   YouTube:    / utsunomiyabrex   _____ ●About AZrena With the concept of "communicating the thoughts and stories of people involved in sports from multiple perspectives," AZrena disseminates the life stories of industry professionals and managers who support the sports industry from behind the scenes, the thought processes and philosophies of athletes and coaches fighting on the front lines, and how they built their careers. This media platform aims to provide readers and viewers with valuable life lessons and motivation through interviews with people involved in sports from three perspectives: "playing," "watching," and "supporting." Launched as an article-based media in 2016, it was relaunched in August 2023 as a video-centric platform to more directly convey the passion and feelings of those interviewed. ●Website https://azrena.com/ ●Twitter   / azrena0516   ●Instagram   / azrena0516   ●TikTok   / azrena0516   ●Facebook   / azrena0516   ●Operated by: Link Sports Co., Ltd. Media Division https://linksports.co.jp/ #sports #basketball #BLeague #UtsunomiyaBrex