is a Japanese male

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player. He is part of the

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. On club level he plays for Toray Arrows.

Personal life

His family consising of father, Kazuhiko Takahashi, used to play

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. His mother, older sister and a younger sister, who is a

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athlete.

Career

Kentaro used to play

before and he aimed to be professional baseball player. But at 15 years old, he broke his elbow so he had to quit playing baseball. After that, he attended at Yonezawa Chuo High School, he started to play

and had an initiation about his future career as a volleyball player. In 2012, He had selected as a

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for the first time and received the bronze medal from the

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. In 2014, Kentaro had registered in

for the first time and entered

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respectively. Then, he was dubbed by the then national team coach Masashi Nanbu as one of "NEXT4", the word that referred to 4 players who would be the future of Japanese men's national team, alongside

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and

Akihiro Yamauchi (born 30 November 1993) is a Japanese male volleyball player. He is part of the Japan men's national volleyball team. On a college club level he plays for Aichi Gakuin University. He is captain of the Panasonic Panthers is a men's volley ...

. In 2016, Kentaro decided to join Toray Arrows volleyball club in V.League and started playing for the team in 2016-17 season. Ahead of

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, he quit national team for family matter.

Individual Award

* 2021-2022 V.League Division 1 - Best Blocker * 2021-2022 V.League Division 1 - Best 6 * 2021-2022 V.League Division 1 - Fair Play Award * 2022–2023 V.League Division 1- Best Blocker

References

External links

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at '' number.bunshun.jp'' 1995 births Living people Japanese men's volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) Sportspeople from Yamagata Prefecture University of Tsukuba alumni 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-volleyball-bio-stub