Japan women¡¯s national basketball team assistant coach Tom Hovasse recalled that Ramu Tokashiki ¡°was just a kid¡± when she made her WJBL debut right out of high school.
But Tokashiki kept growing as a player, day in and day out, and has now reached the elite level in the women¡¯s game on the global stage, the WNBA. And for all these years, Hovasse, who also serves as an assistant for the WJBL¡¯s JX-Eneos Sunflowers, has watched Tokashiki and pushed her to bring out the best in her.
¡°That¡¯s been our goal,¡± Hovasse said, when asked if the WNBA was Tokashiki¡¯s objective since she joined the Sunflowers in 2010. ¡°It hasn¡¯t been easy. She came in as an 18-year-old kid. Her practice routine wasn¡¯t good.¡±
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