is a Japanese male

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player. He is a member of the

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, playing Outside Hitter. At the club level he plays for the

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. Yanagida captained the senior national team from 2018 to 2021.

Career

Yanagida started playing volleyball at 7 years old under the influence of his parents. While attending in 2010, his school participated in the 41st Spring High Tournament. He led his team to win the championships as the captain. In 2011, he entered

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in the Faculty of Environment and Information studies. He was registered as a member of

in 2013. In October of the same year, it was announced he would debut in the

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with

Suntory Sunbirds is a men's volleyball team based in Osaka city, Osaka, Japan. It plays in V.League Division 1. The club was founded in 1973. The owner of the club is Suntory. Honours ; Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League *Champions (9): 1994-1 ...

. He made his debut on 14 March 2015 by participating in the final 6 match against

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. On 24 April 2017 Suntory Sunbirds announced that Yanagida would leave the team at the Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament and transfer overseas as a professional contract player. On 21 June 2017 he announced that he would play overseas in

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to Volleyball Bisons Buhl. He also signed a contract with Amuse Inc. He also entered in a contract with Asics. On 10 April 2018 he became the captain of the

, until 2020. He was left out as part of the roster for the Tokyo Olympics. On 8 June 2018 he extended his contract with Asics up to 31 March 2021. On 26 July 2018 he announced on his social media that he would be signing a one-year contract with

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for his debut in the Polish volleyball league,

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. On 22 May 2019 a contract was signed with

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, in the German league. On 2 March 2020 he became a special advisor to the total body care brand "Doctor Air". On 1 June 2020 he announced his comeback to the Japanese V.League through his old team, Suntory Sunbirds. On 7 June 2021 he announced that he renewed his contract with Suntory once again. On 30 June, 2022, a contract was signed with JTEKT Stings for the 2022/23 season. Masahiro Yanagida contributed to the winning of the 2022 Emperor's Cup and was named MVP of the tournament. In 2023, he returned to National team for the first time in two years. He was named as captain of B team of Japan national team that will participate the

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. Masahiro Yanagida signed with

for 2023/24 season.

Awards

Individual

* 2009 FIVB U19 World Championship — Best Spiker * 2015–16 V.Premier League Men's — Rookie of the year * German Bundesliga 2017/18 — Best Server * German Cup 2017/18 — MVP *

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— Best 6 * 2021-22 V. League — Best 6 * The 70th Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament — Best 6 *

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— Best 1st Outside Hitter *

2022 Emperor's Cup The 2022 Emperor's Cup (Emperor's Cup JFA 102nd Japan Football Championship (Japanese: 天皇杯 JFA 第102回全日本サッカー選手権大会)) was the 102nd edition of the annually contested cup, taking place from 21 May to 16 October. The f ...

— Most Valuable Player

Club

*2020-21 V. League — Simple cup icon

Champion, with

*2021-22 V. League — Simple cup icon

Champion, with

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Runner-up, with

—

Champion, with

JTEKT Stings is a men's volleyball team based in the city of Kariya, Japan. It competes in the V.League, the highest volleyball league in Japan. The club was founded in 1958 and the current owner of the club is JTEKT. History JTEKT Stings was founded as ...

References

External links

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at ''FIVB.org'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Yanagida, Masahiro 1992 births Living people Outside hitters People from Edogawa, Tokyo Sportspeople from Tokyo Keio University alumni Japanese men's volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate volleyball players in Poland Cuprum Lubin players Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games