is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for Altiri Chiba of the B.League in Japan. He plays as Playmaker and is a native of Tokyo.Alvark guard Seiya Ando developing into a star Ed Odeven (The Japan Times), 15 March 2018. Accessed 25 May 2020.

Ando is the first Japanese player ever to play in the National Basketball League of Canada. He started 34 games and finished the season averaging 10.4 points, 3.02 rebounds, 3.82 assists and 1.2 steals per game. After playing for the Meralco Bolts of the Philippine Basketball Association, he signed with the Link Tochigi Brex, but he did not start at all and was mostly benched by Thomas Wisman. He has inked with the "Pink" Akita Happinets.

Career statistics

†Denotes seasons in which Ando won an championship*Led the league

| align="left" | 2014-15 | align="left" | Halifax Rainmen | 45 || 34 || 28.1 || 40.3 || 31.0 || 71.9 || 3.02 || 3.82 || 1.20 || 0 || 10.04 |- | align="left" | 2015 | align="left" | Meralco Bolts | 11 || 8 || 27.9 || 39.8 || 23.8 || 66.7 || 2.73 || 1.91 || 1.09 || 0 || 8.00 |- | align="left" | 2015-16 | align="left" | Tochigi | 25 || 0 || 6.4 || 45.2 || 38.5 || 87.5 || 0.9 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 0 ||2.3 |- | style="background-color:#FFCCCC" align="left" | 2016-17 | align="left" | Akita |bgcolor="CFECEC"| 60||bgcolor="CFECEC"|60 ||bgcolor="CFECEC"| 33.8 ||38.7 ||34.1 ||70.7 || 4.5 ||3.0 || 1.0 || 0 || 10.4 |- | align="left" style="background-color:#afe6ba; border: 1px solid gray" | 2017-18† | align="left" | A Tokyo |55||55||24.5||43.7||39.4||78.5||2.7||2.6||0.9||0.0||8.8 |- | align="left" style="background-color:#afe6ba; border: 1px solid gray" | 2018-19† | align="left" | A Tokyo |bgcolor="CFECEC"|60||bgcolor="CFECEC"|60||23.36||43.2||38.4||88.2||2.1||3.2||0.61||0.03||9.7 |- | align="left" | 2019-20 | align="left" | A Tokyo |41||38||26.9||42.1||28.7||76.2||2.3||4.4||1.0||0.0||11.5

Playoff games

| align="left" | 2014-15 | align="left" | Halifax | 9 || || 26.4 || 30.6 || 27.0 || 71.4 || 2.8 ||3.9 ||1.0 || 0 || 7.1 |- | align="left" | 2016-17 | align="left" | Akita | 2 || || 34.0 || 46.2 || 58.3 || 75.0 || 3.5 ||1.5 ||1.0 || 0 || 13.5 |- | align="left" | 2017-18 | align="left" |A Tokyo | 5 || || 23.0 || 37.5 || 37.5 || 100 || 2.4 ||2.8 ||0.8 || 0 || 7.2 |- | align="left" | 2018-19 | align="left" |A Tokyo | 6 ||6 || 24.44 || 50.0 || 42.1 || 75.0 || 2.0 ||3.0 ||0.33 || 0 || 12.0

Early cup games

|style="text-align:left;"|2017 |style="text-align:left;"|A Tokyo | 3 || 3 || 22.59 || .500 || .500 || .000 || 2.0 || 2.0 || 1.33 || 0 || 5.0 |- |style="text-align:left;"|2018 |style="text-align:left;"|A Tokyo |2 || 2 || 27.55 || .316 || .000 || .900 || 4.0 || 4.5 || 0.5 || 0 || 10.5 |- |style="text-align:left;"|2019 |style="text-align:left;"|A Tokyo |2 || 0 || 23.08 || .462 || .429 || 1.000 || 3.5 || 6.0 || 2.0 || 0 || 10.0

FIBA Asia Champions Cup

|style="text-align:left;"|2018 |style="text-align:left;"|A Tokyo | 5 || || 24.7 || .391 || .308 || 1.000 || 1.6 || 3.4 || 1.4 || 0.0 || 8.6 |- |style="text-align:left;"|2019 |style="text-align:left;"|A Tokyo | 5 || || 20.2 || .353 || .294 || 1.000 || 1.4 || 2.6 || 1.2 || 0.0 || 7.2

National team

| align="left" | 2019 | align="left" | Japan |8|| ||20.9|| .409|| .360|| .815|| 3.8||2.9 || 0.6|| 0.0|| 10.6 |- | align="left" | 2019 | align="left" | Japan |3|| ||21.0|| .250|| .250|| .667|| 1.3||1.3 || 0.7|| 0.0|| 3.0

Gallery

External links Halifax Rainmen vs Island Storm Jan 18th, 2015

References