A league-style basketball tournament between powerful teams from Kyushu and Okinawa is being held in Uruma City, and high school students are having a heated battle.

The tournament aims to increase the number of playing places for players under the age of 18 and lead to their development, starting in 2021, and the Kyushu Tournament was newly established this year.

From within the prefecture, Ryukyu Golden Kings U18 are participating in addition to Miku Technical High School for boys and Ishikawa High School for girls, who won the 2024 prefectural high school championship.

The venue, Ishikawa High School in Uruma City, saw strong teams from each prefecture compete for the title of number one in Kyushu.

The league tournament will be held at four venues in Kyushu and Okinawa until December.