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'I'm coming back!!': Kai Sotto re-signs with Koshigaya Alphas

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John Franklin Kennedy Caacbay

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1747393099698kai.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Filipino center Kai Sotto of the Koshigaya Alphas in action during the 2024-25 B.League season. Photo from Japan B.LEAGUE"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Filipino center Kai Sotto of the Koshigaya Alphas in action during the 2024-25 B.League season. <em>Photo from Japan B.LEAGUE</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA, Philippines – Filipino big man Kai Sotto has signed with the Koshigaya Alphas again.</p><p>Sotto, 23, will be settling some unfinished business with the team in the upcoming 2025–26 Japan B.League season, he announced in an Instagram post.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/basketball/2025/5/5/injured-kai-sotto-remains-upbeat-as-alphas-end-season-2101"><strong>READ: &#x27;The journey continues&#x27;: Injured Kai Sotto remains upbeat as Alphas end season<br/></strong></a></div><p>&quot;I&#x27;m coming back!! #blessedbeyondmeasure,&quot; the beloved Pinoy center captioned his post.</p><p>The team finished with a 19-41 record, enough for No. 20 after the regular season.</p><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DJs8APIyP9-/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=675&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A17205307.799999952%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="740" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>Sotto saw his 2024-25 run with the Alphas end prematurely after suffering an ACL tear during their game against SeaHorses Mikawa last January 5.</p><p>Before his injury, Sotto was dropping 13.8 points, 9.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 1.2 points for Koshigaya.</p><p>He described that injury &quot;the darkest day of my career.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/basketball/2025/1/13/b-league-koshigaya-alphas-dedicate-emotional-victory-to-injured-kai-sotto-2106"><strong>READ: B.League: Koshigaya Alphas dedicate emotional victory to injured Kai Sotto<br/></strong></a></div><p>Due to the same injury, he skipped the final window of the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers.</p><p>He is also expected to sit out Gilas Pilipinas&#x27; FIBA Asia Cup campaign in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia this August.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ig63OJt7RQY??si=3BqA18NZUiN3ltIs&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>