EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Men's Basketball Head Coach Stan Gouard announced that the Screaming Eagles have added 6-foot-10 senior forward Yuto Yamanouchi-Williams to the 2026-27 roster.
 
Yamanouchi-Williams is the 12th newcomer added the to the Screaming Eagles' roster for the upcoming season, joining a list that includes 6-foot-2 junior guard Ari Gooch, 6-foot-6 senior guard LA Hayes, 6-foot-8 senior forward Donovan Hunter, 6-foot-9 sophomore guard Ebrahim Kaba, 6-foot-5 sophomore guard/forward Malachi Knight, 6-foot-9 senior forward Didier Maleng, 6-foot-10 junior forward/center Johann Pautsch, 6-foot-7 junior guard/forward Fredy-Salam Sylla, 6-foot-2 junior point guard Josh Smith, 6-foot-2 senior guard Afan Trnka and 6-foot-1 sophomore point guard Yesan Warren.
 
A native of Aizuwakamatsu, Japan, Yamanouchi-Williams spent the 2025-26 season at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he played in 32 games, making 18 starts. He averaged 6.9 points and 4.2 rebounds per game, reaching double-figures in the scoring column nine times, including a career-high 20 points in an 8-of-9 shooting effort against the University of North Dakota (1/1/26).
 
Prior to attending Oral Roberts, Yamanouchi-Williams spent a red-shirt year at the University of Nevada in 2024-25 after appearing in 13 games with 12 starts at the University of Portland in 2023-24. Yamanouchi-Williams averaged 8.6 points and 5.2 rebounds for the Pilots during his sophomore season, including a 12-point, 10-rebound double-double in his season debut.
 
Yamanouchi-Williams began his collegiate career by playing in 28 games and making 24 starts as a freshman at Lamar University in 2022-23. He averaged 6.9 points and a team-high 7.1 rebounds during his rookie campaign, including a season-high 18 points against Texas A&M-Commerce and 19 rebounds against Southeastern Louisiana University.
 
Prior to his collegiate career, Yamanouchi-Williams helped lead Ribet Academy in Los Angeles to back-to-back California Division IV State Championship appearances in 2019 and 2020. He played for Japan's U19 National Team in 2021 and spent a season with Earth Friends Tokyo Z, a professional team in the Japanese B League.