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Place of Birth: Toyama, Japan
Date of Birth: February 8, 1998
Ethnicity: * father – Japanese * mother – Beninese
Rui Hachimura is a Japanese professional basketball player. A power forward, he plays for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was previously with the Washington Wizards. He is 6′8″.
Rui was born in Toyama, to a Japanese mother, Makiko (麻紀子), and a Beninese father, Zakari Jabil. Rui was raised in Japan and speaks Japanese, and English as a second language. His name Rui (塁) means “base” or “fortress” in Japanese.
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