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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 &ndash; 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&ndash;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: &#39;The journey continues&#39;: Injured Kai Sotto remains upbeat as Alphas end season<br></strong></a></div><p>&quot;I&#39;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&v=14&wp=675&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A17205307.799999952%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true" 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&#39; 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&wmode=opaque&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br></div>