Kengo Nomoto

, nicknamed Nomoken, is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for the Gunma Crane Thunders of the B.League in Japan. The small forward also represented the Japan national basketball team in 2014 and 2016.

FIBA Events Stats

|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2009-10 | style="text-align:left;"| Japan U18 | 6 || ||33.30 || .313 ||.385 || .588|| 3.3 || 1.2|| 1.2 || 0.7|| 11.2 |-

Non-FIBA Events Stats

|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2013 | style="text-align:left;"| Universiade | 8 || ||20.20 || .447 ||.500 || .650|| 2.9 ||1.1 || 0.6 || 0.0|| 7.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2015 | style="text-align:left;"| Universiade | 8 || || 19.28 || .367 || .091 || .684|| 3.0 ||1.0 ||0.6 || 0.4 || 6.2 |-

Career statistics

Regular season

|- | align="left" | 2014-15 | align="left" | Toshiba | 7 || 0 || 7.9 || 21.1 || 25.0 || 75.0 || 1.3 || 0.1 || 0.4 || 1.0 || 2.3 |- | align="left" style="background-color:#afe6ba; border: 1px solid gray" | 2015-16Ã¢ÂÂ | align="left" | Toshiba | 39 || 8 || 10.1 || 38.5 || 14.3 || 76.2 || 1.2|| 0.5 || 0.4|| 1.0|| 2.4 |- | align="left" | 2016-17 | align="left" | Kawasaki | 54 || || 9.5 ||52.8 || 0.0 ||58.5 ||1.6 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 3.0 |- | align="left" | 2017-18 | align="left" | Kawasaki |56|| || 8.0 ||37.0 || 0.0||55.3 ||1.2 || 0.8 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 1.8 |- | align="left" | 2018-19 | align="left" | Akita | 60 ||8 || 10.5 ||45.5 || 0.0 ||56.1 ||1.9 || 0.6 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 2.8 |- | align="left" | 2019-20 | align="left" | Akita | 41 ||9 || 13.2 ||40.1 || 14.3 ||65.2 ||2.0 || 1.1 || 0.7 || 0.1 || 3.4 |- | align="left" | 2020-21 | align="left" | Akita | 58 ||4 || 14.6 ||.446 || .263 ||.606 ||2.8 || 1.2 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 3.5 |-

Playoffs

|- |style="text-align:left;"|2014-15 |style="text-align:left;"|Toshiba | 2 || || 9.0 || .333 || .500 || .000 || 0.5 || 0.0|| 0.0 || 0.0 || 3.0 |- |style="text-align:left;"|2015-16 |style="text-align:left;"|Toshiba | 3 || || 3.3 || .000 || .000 || .500 || 0.0 || 0.0|| 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.3 |- |style="text-align:left;"|2016-17 |style="text-align:left;"|Kawasaki | 5 || 0 || 7:34 || .500 || .000 || .000 || 1.4 || 0.2|| 0 || 0 || 2.8 |- |style="text-align:left;"|2017-18 |style="text-align:left;"|Kawasaki | 2 || 0 || 1:17 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.5 || 0|| 0 || 0 || 0 |-

Early cup games

|- |style="text-align:left;"|2017 |style="text-align:left;"|Kawasaki | 2 || 2 || 28:00 || .563 || .000 || .500 || 5.5 || 2.5 || 1.0 || 0.5 || 9.5 |- |style="text-align:left;"|2018 |style="text-align:left;"|Akita |2 || 0 || 24:40 || .231 || .000 || .750 || 3.5 || 2.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 4.5 |- |style="text-align:left;"|2019 |style="text-align:left;"|Akita |2 || 0 || 25:04 || .375 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 || 4.0 || 2.0 || 0.0 || 6.0 |-

Preseason games

|- | align="left" |2018 | align="left" | Akita | 2 || 0 || 9.3 || .000 ||.000 || .500||2.5 || 1.0|| 0.5|| 0.0 || 0.5 |- | align="left" |2019 | align="left" | Akita | 3 || 1 || 15.1 || .500 ||.000 || .833||2.3 || 1.7|| 1.7|| 0.0 || 5.67 |-

<small>Source: Changwon1 Changwon2</small> <small>Source: Utsunomiya Toyama Sendai</small>

William Jones Cup

|- | align="left" | 2014 | align="left" | Japan |5|| ||5|| .222|| .000|| .600|| 0.8||0.2 || 0.4|| 0.0|| 1.4 |- | align="left" | 2016 | align="left" | Japan |7|| ||14|| .300|| 1.000|| .750|| 2.7||0.4 || 0.0|| 0.0|| 2.3 |- | align="left" | 2017 | align="left" | Japan |7|| ||20|| .450|| .000|| .680|| 4.6||1.0 || 0.3|| 0.3|| 7.6 |- |- class="sortbottom" ! style="text-align:center;" colspan=2| Career ! 19 || || 14 || .377 || .250 || .677 || 2.9 || 0.6|| 0.2 ||0.1 || 4.0 |-

Trivia

His favorite quote is "Nanakorobi Yaoki", meaning "seven times down, eight times up like a daruma doll".
He ate 1,300 grams of rice a day at Kawasaki.