Rui Hachimura, Lakers Reportedly Agree to 3-Year, $51M Contract After Midseason Trade. Rui Hachimura will remain in purple and gold after agreeing to a three-year, $51 million deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium.
He has three younger siblings – one brother and two sisters. Hachimura's younger brother, Allen (阿蓮, Aren), played basketball at Tokai University and as of the 2023-24 B.
"It was because of Kobe, and also, my name, 'Hachimura,' means 'No. 8' in Japanese. So that's why I wore the No. 8."
He was born in Toyama, Japan and grew up in Sendai, Japan. His father, Zakari Jabil, is from the west African country, Benin and his mother, Makiko is from Japan. Rui's surname is from his mother's family register and he has 3 younger siblings; 2 sisters and a brother.
It has been reported that Hachimura would not be playing for Japan this year as he wants to focus strictly on the upcoming NBA season for wherever he ends up playing. This was a hard decision to Hachimura but the want to focus on the upcoming NBA season makes sense.
Current Contract
Rui Hachimura signed a 3 year / $51,000,000 contract with the Los Angeles Lakers, including $51,000,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $17,000,000. In 2023-24, Hachimura will earn a base salary of $15,740,741, while carrying a cap hit of $15,740,741 and a dead cap value of $15,740,741.
Currently, Washington Wizards star Rui Hachimura and Brooklyn Nets' Yuta Watanabe are the only active players from the league who hail from Japan. As per RealGM, three other players from Japan have played in the NBA.
Rui Hachimura's parents are named Makiko and Zakari Jabil. Makiko, Rui's mother, is from Japan, where the basketball star was born. On the other hand, his father is from Benin, a small country in West Africa.
The power forward's move comes off the back of a frustrating year in Washington, which has seen him come off the bench in every game this season. Having been unable to sign a rookie-deal contract extension, Hachimura would have become a restricted free agent at the end of this NBA season.
Washington Wizards power forward Rui Hachimura is reportedly away from the team because of personal reasons. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium, it is an excused absence, and Hachimura will miss an indefinite amount of time.
Hachimura was great for the Lakers, especially in the postseason. He really stepped up his game to the tune of 12.2 points and 3.6 rebounds but it was his shooting that helped set things apart. His three-point average jumped up to 48.7 percent and he became almost like a snipper from deep.
Stephen Curry will make $51.9 million in the 2023-24 season, making him the highest-paid player in the NBA. Close behind the Warriors star is Kevin Durant, who will earn $47.6 million next season.
Yuta Watanabe (渡邊 雄太, Watanabe Yūta, born October 13, 1994) is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Mother Makiko Hachimura
The Japanese law for international marriage mainly requires a Japanese as the head of the family register to pass down their family name. Hence, abiding by the rule, the Wizards player and his siblings took upon their mom's last name as they were born and raised in Japan all along.
Japan made their seventh and most recent appearance at the finals at the 2022 tournament in Qatar.
In the article about the characters' underwear and swimsuits from the Gatchaman Crowds Animation Note, the director of the series confirmed that Rui is a male character.
Rui's father is a robotics engineer and his mother is a biologist.
Rui and Nene are childhood friends and neighbors. They're both part of the theater troupe Wonderlands x Showtime.