The Book of Han and the Descendants of the Xiongnu have clouds: "And the Xiongnu civil strife, the five singles in the struggle, the Day by day called on the Han evil to bring the country to naturalization, support the subjugation of the vassals." Naturalization, which in the old language means submission and indoctrination, in modern times refers to the voluntary and voluntary acquisition of another nationality by a person other than the nationality of birth. However, in modern times, this term is mostly used for athletes, and many countries choose to absorb naturalized athletes in order to improve their weak position in a certain sport.
Japan does not have a clear advantage in basketball, and in order to improve the situation, it has recruited a large number of Chinese naturalized players. The men's basketball team has Qingdao Xin (Wei Xin), Zhang Bentianjie (Zhang Tianjie), the women's basketball team has Kawamura Li Sha (Li Shasha) and Tianjin Xi (Zhao Xi), and Li Mingyang is also one of the women's basketball players naturalized by Japan. But it is worth mentioning that her way of naturalization is not formal, and she can be said to be a "traitor". Pretending to be ill, but using this to betray, only later recognized the rich Japanese businessman as a dry father and became a Japanese citizen.
Li Mingyang is her Chinese name, she was born in 1994, originally from Jilin Province. She is undoubtedly a very talented person in basketball, a genius, and her own conditions are also very suitable for playing basketball. From an early age, she was much taller than girls of the same age, and Li Mingyang's parents also discovered this and sent her to learn to play basketball. By chance, she joined the Chinese women's basketball team early, not only talented, but also very hard.
He Jun, who was the head coach of the national youth team at the time, later recalled: "It was a very ordinary child, smart, and never out of line. The youth team was not in good condition, but I never heard her complain. When she first joined the team, Li Mingyang was less than one and eight, but she quickly grew to one meter nine four, which also attracted the attention of her superiors. She and Zhang Liting of the Bayi team, both of whom are regarded as Chen Nan's successors, show the importance they attach to them.
Soon Li Mingyang became the main force of the team at that time, and the state gave her the best training treatment, but what she did not expect was that Li Mingyang failed to live up to this best treatment. When she was sixteen years old, she played in the World Youth Championship with the Chinese women's basketball youth team, and performed very well, winning the bronze medal to equal the best in history. However, the U19 World Junior Women's Basketball Championship did not have Li Mingyang, because she lost contact after that game.
A statement from the Chinese Basketball Association said that Li Mingyang left the Beijing Shougang Club after the game on the grounds of taking leave of absence to see a doctor, and lost contact. After some time, people learned that Li Mingyang had gone there, and that she had been recruited by a Japanese club to play in Japan. The club was called the Chanson Cosmetics Team, which belonged to the Japanese League, and Lee Myung-yang was adopted as an adopted daughter by Akihiro Sugiyama, the minister of the Chanson Company, and renamed Miyuki Sugiyama.
After determining that she had transferred to Japan, the Japanese club said that Li Mingyang had obtained Japanese citizenship. Quickly changing her nationality and name, and recognizing a Japanese rich man as her adoptive father, it can be seen that she is determined to naturalize the Japanese women's basketball team. In fact, before Li Mingyang, there were also several men's and women's basketball players who were naturalized by the Japan Basketball Association, which is a normal thing. But Li Mingyang's case has attracted much attention, never because she chose to naturalize, but because she chose to naturalize during the team.
As she usually belongs to the Beijing team registered team, but quietly changed her nationality on the grounds of leave, it is the first time. It is precisely because of this matter that it has attracted many attentions and discussions, and li Xin, the coach of the national youth women's basketball team, is even angrier to denounc the former disciple as scum, saying bluntly: No matter whether she is called Li Mingyang or some ugly Japanese name, she is a person who makes thousands of people in China who like basketball spurn. Do not love their motherland, do not throw sweat for their motherland, this is the scum of Chinese basketball!
Her naturalization process has not been so smooth, knowing that she is still a registered member of the Beijing team, the Chinese Basketball Association can determine that her transfer does not comply with FIBA's "players under the age of 18 are not allowed to transfer abroad" regulations. Refusing to go through the formalities for her, the Japan Basketball Association had to appeal the matter to FIBA, which ruled that she could represent The Chanson Cosmetics Team in the Japanese League, but Chanson had to pay about two million yen in compensation to the Chinese Basketball Association.
For the FIBA verdict, Chanson and the Japanese Blue League, naturally there is no objection. At this point, Li Mingyang's naturalization of the Japanese women's basketball team has officially been achieved, and it is now more than ten years since Sugiyama Miyuki naturalized, and the storm of her departure has long subsided. However, that talented basketball girl at that time did not have any dazzling achievements later, but it was her own choice no matter what.