Rikuto AF

Rikuto AF

With nearly 100K YouTube subscribers, NY-based Rikuto AF has fashioned himself into the Stephen A. Smith of Japan-except much more humble and less braggadocious. Still, his basketball culture knowhow and bonafides cannot be disputed. Through his vlogs about the NBA and the sport more broadly, Rikuto has cultivated a devoted Japanese audience. Along with being an NBA analyst, Rikuto is also an accomplished artist, gaining fame through his "Rap to Learn" English-education video series. More recently, in Feb. 2020, he released the single "Bounce," a rap tribute to Kobe Bryant featuring Kuwaiti-Japanese rapper 2rabu.