Arisa Ihara

PRIOR TO RICHMOND

6-foot guard/forward from Meerbusch, Germany
Played for Japan Aviation High School Hokkaido in Japan and Osterather TV in Germany
Spent one year with the German Youth National Team at the U15 and U16 level.
Spent three years with the Japanese Youth National Team at the U17 and U18 levels
Played with Japan at the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2024 in Leon, Mexico
Played with Japan at the China-South Korea-Japan Youth Sports Exchange Tournament
Led Japan Aviation High School Hokkaido to three consecutive appearances in the Japanese national summer and winter tournaments
Finished third in scoring, seventh in rebounding, tied for eighth in steals and tied for 10th in blocks in the U18 Nissin Foods Top League
Helped lead Japan Aviation High School Hokkaido to a second-place finish at the 2025 Japanese summer tournament, also known as Interhigh
Selected to the Best Five of the 2025 Interhigh tournament
Averaged 23.0 points, 9.4 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.8 blocks
Led Japan Aviation High School Hokkaido to its first appearance in the U18 Nissin Foods Top League in 2025
Selected to the Best Five of the U18 Nissin Foods Top League
Averaged 20.6 points, 10.1 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 1.0 blocks
Helped lead Japan Aviation High School Hokkaido to consecutive championships in the Hokkaido prefectural summer and winter championships
Earned Best Five and tournament MVP honors multiple times