Chizuru Kotō (古藤千鶴, Kotō Chizuru, born Oct 8, 1982) is a Japanese

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player who plays for Hisamitsu Springs. She also plays for

Japan women's national volleyball team The Japan women's national volleyball team (Hinotori Nippon, 火の鳥NIPPON), or ''All-Japan women's volleyball team'', is currently ranked 10th in the world by FIVB. The new head coach is Masayoshi Manabe. One of their greatest successes was ...

as setter.

Carrier

Kotō started her career at 7 years old due to her sister. After graduating from Nagasaki Girls' High-school, Kotō joined the

PFU BlueCats is a women's volleyball team based in Kahoku, Ishikawa, Kahoku city, Ishikawa, Japan. It plays in the V.League (Japan), V.League Division 1 having been promoted for the first time for the 2018–2019 season. The club was founded in 1980. The ...

which participated in the

V.Challenge League V.League Division 2 (V2) and V.League Division 3 (V3) are the second- and third-level volleyball leagues for both men and women in Japan. For women tournament, was only held in Division 2 History The league started in 1998 as V1 League. In 2006 ...

in 2001. Kotō served as a captain from 2006–7 season and won the 2008–9 V.Challenge League, where was named the Most Valuable Player. In June 2009, Kotō moved to Hisamitsu Springs. Kotō served as a captain from 2012–3 season and won V.Premier League, so she was named for the Best6 award. In April 2014 Kotō took part in the National team.

Private

In August 2011 Kotō married a colleague who works in PFU Ltd.

Clubs

* Nagayo Municipal Nagayo-kita Primary School * Nagayo Municipal Nagayo Junior highschool * Nagasaki Girls' Highschool *

(2001–2009) * Hisamitsu Springs (2009–)

Awards

Individuals

* 2006-2007

- Excellent Player award * 2008-2009 V.Challenge League - Most Valuable Player * 2012-2013

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- Best 6 award *

2014 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship The 2014 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship, Asian Women’s Club Volleyball Championship was the 15th staging of the Asian Volleyball Confederation, AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. Pools compos ...

- Best setter

Team

* 2006-2007

Runner-Up, with PFU BlueCats * 2008-2009 V.Challenge League - Simple cup icon

Champion, with PFU BlueCats. * 2011-2012 V.Premier League - Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Hisamitsu Springs. * 2012 Empress's Cup - Simple cup icon

Champion, with Hisamitsu Springs. * 2012-2013 V.Premier League - Simple cup icon

Champion, with Hisamitsu Springs. * 2013 - Japan-Korea V.League Top Match - Simple cup icon

Champion, with Hisamitsu Springs. * 2013 - Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament - Simple cup icon

Champion, with Hisamitsu Springs. * 2013 - Empress's Cup - Simple cup icon

Champion, with Hisamitsu Springs. * 2013-2014 V.Premier League - Simple cup icon

Champion, with Hisamitsu Springs. * 2014 Asian Club Championship - Simple cup icon

Champion, with Hisamitsu Springs. * 2014 - Empress's Cup - Simple cup icon

Champion, with Hisamitsu Springs. * 2014-2015 V.Premier League - Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Hisamitsu Springs.

National Team

* 2015 Montreux Volley Masters - Silver medal

References

External links

Official Blog
* Japanese women's volleyball players Sportspeople from Nagasaki Prefecture 1982 births Living people PFU BlueCats players {{Japan-volleyball-bio-stub