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by Our Founder/CEO&CTO Hiroyuki Chishiro
- He has worked as a visiting scholar at Michael Jordan's alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), from September 2012 to August 2013, and is familiar with US college basketball (NCAA) and the NBA. He is Japanese and also familiar with Japan basketball and B.LEAGUE (Japan).
- He is presently working as CTO at Guarantee Happiness LLC in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States (the town where UNC is located) from January 2020 and as CEO and CTO of Japanese Tar Heel, Inc. in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States from June 2022. He is familiar with the latest basketball in United States.
- We have written more than 110 articles on North Carolina and UNC and more than 20 articles on basketball.
- He played basketball in junior high and high school, and was in the top 8 in Chiba Prefecture in junior high school and in the top 16 in Chiba Prefecture in high school (Japan). He has experience playing American basketball with UNC students and North Carolina locals.
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BALL TONGUE
BALL TONGUE is the world's most enjoyable basketball café located in Kiba, Tokyo, Japan.
The features of BALL TONGUE are as follows.
- You can watch NBA games (BALL TONGUE hosts many NBA events!)
- You can enjoy delicious American cuisine (Philadelphia cheese steak, original dry curry, L.A. tacos, homemade French fries, craft beer, etc.)
- You can enjoy NBA cocktails made with original recipes
2017: Ball TONGUE 10th Anniversary Party
These are videos of the 10th anniversary party for BALL TONGUE in 2017.
You can see how great BALL TONGUE is!
June 7, 2025: Our Founder/CEO&CTO Hiroyuki Chishiro Participated in GFOAT NIGHT
On June 7, 2025, our founder/CEO&CTO Hiroyuki Chishiro participated in GFOAT NIGHT held at BALL TONGUE!
GFOAT NIGHT is a report event (in Japanese) by Makoto, who was selected as the Los Angeles Lakers' Greatest Fan Of All Time (GFOAT)!
He enjoyed behind-the-scenes stories from the Los Angeles Lakers' invitation to watch the game, luxurious gifts, introductions to treasured goods, and the GFOAT NIGHT-exclusive special cocktail “Los Angeles Gold” and course meals!
He participated and had a great time (in Japanese)!
Here are the group photo and survey results from GFOAT NIGHT (in Japanese)!
Here are some comments from other participants (in Japanese)!
You can see what a great event it was!
Summary
We introduced BALL TONGUE, the world's most enjoyable basketball cafe in Kiba, Tokyo, Japan.
If you want to enjoy basketball in Tokyo, be sure to check it out!
If you want NBA goods, please go to NBA Store!
Book your travel arrangements here if you would like to learn more about it!