NINJA × BASKETBALL!? Extreme basketball skills, taken all in "One Shot". A project focused vividly on the fascination of Freestyle Basketball has started. (URL : https://youtu.be/jqK8mmd5d5s )

『NINJA MEETS BASKETBALL...?』URL : http://youtu.be/jqK8mmd5d5s
Extreme basketball skills, taken all in "One Shot" from 0:13 to 3:03.
World’s top level freestyle basketball performers.

A project focused vividly on the fascination of Freestyle Basketball has started... and a concept video, filled with world-top-level freestyle basketball tricks, has just been released.


◆ Who are they? ◆

With few basketball courts in Japan, it wasn't hard for a group of Ninjas to find a new possibility in basketball --- The beginning of NINJA SKILL BALLERZ.
They are a crew, a band of the world’s top level players, performing to spread the fascination of freestyle basketball all over the world.

◆ What is Freestyle Basketball? ◆

Freestyle Basketball is a performance culture, a mixture of sports and art. No rules, no limitation, only your own creativity and a basketball is all you need.


◆ MEMBER ◆

◯ZiNEZ　/　FLOW NINJA
ZiNEZ (born 1990) is a half Japanese half Canadian freestyle basketball performer.
In 2008, at the age of 18, he won first place at the “Freestyle Basketball Battle” held in Japan, becoming the youngest person ever to become a freestyle basketball champion. The next year, winning first place two years in a row, became first to win consecutive titles.
After bringing home his trophy in 2009, he flew to Arizona for an international competition and became Japan’s first World champion.

◯whitea　/　DRIBBLE NINJA
whitea (Born 1986) is an official performer for the LEVANGA HOKKAIDO, a Japanese professional basketball team who compete in the B.LEAGUE.
In one of Japan’s largest freestyle basketball competitions, “Bac to pec”, he accomplished a four year winning streak in the dribbling division who no one has ever accomplished. In 2016, he won third place at “KHOT”, an international freestyle basketball competition.

〇BUG!?　/　BIG-MOVE NINJA
BUG!?, famous for his crazy power moves, is an expert in his break dance-like freestyle basketball tricks. While winning first place three times at the “Freestyle Basketball Battle” in Japan, he also traveled to Europe, America, and other countries in Asia for his performance tours.
Chosen as a member of the official promotion team for the Basketball World Championship, he arrived for his performance in halftime at a international basketball game.

〇ISSEI　/　SPIN NINJA
From Osaka Japan, ISSEI is an expert in spinning basketballs on his fingertips.
In 2016 and 2017, with top players from all over the world participating, he won first place in the spin division at one of Japans largest freestyle basketball competitions “Bac to pec”.

〇TaMa / MULTI-BALL NINJA
From Chiba, Japan, TaMa specializes in his style of handling multiple basketballs. In 2010, he won championship in the “Freestyle Basketball Battle”, where all the different styles clash without divisions. He has won twice in the multi-ball division of other tournaments as well. Aside from his brilliant titles, he is a contracted performer for a professional basketball team in Japan and continues to entertain the crowds.


◆ CREATOR ◆

◯Creative director / Choreographer
・mic from OSAKA-ROKYU-KAI / SHAMGOD 1st
◯Designer
・nock from S.R.E.A.M./XBI/ClubOver30/GoodFlowOnly
◯Track maker
・Ryuki Miyamoto
・Blacklolita
◯Sound director
・Torrid motor
◯Special thanks
・ANYONE who loves freestyle basketball


◆ For more information ◆

◯Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/220689865365053/videos/279919656108740

◯instagram
https://www.instagram.com/ninjaskillballerz/

◯Twitter
https://twitter.com/nsb_jp?lang=en

◯HP
https://www.ninjaskillballerz.com/

◯E-MAIL
ninjaskillballerz@gmail.com