# Yasutaka Okayama

> Yasutaka Okayama  is a Japanese former professional basketball player and coach. He was selected by the Golden State Warriors as the 171st pick of the eighth round of the 1981 NBA draft, although he did not sign with them. At 7 ft 8 in (2.34 m), he is the tallest player to be drafted in National Basketball Association (NBA) history. Okayama was the only player from Japan drafted into the NBA until Rui Hachimura was selected in the 2019 NBA draft.

*Japanese basketball player; tallest player ever drafted by the NBA*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Basketball Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646))
- **Category:** Basketball Players
- **Country:** Japan
- **Born:** 1954-11-29
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 51.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.5 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 5.2 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 30.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [ياسوتاكا اوكاياما](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7)
- [Yasutaka Okayama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasutaka_Okayama)
- [岡山恭崇](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A1%E5%B1%B1%E6%81%AD%E5%B4%87)
- [Yasutaka Okayama](https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasutaka_Okayama)
- [岡山恭崇](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A1%E5%B1%B1%E6%81%AD%E5%B4%87)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8050111)

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