is a former Japanese volleyball player and occasional model. She is the tallest fashion model in Japan.
Nicknamed Megu, she was a member of the national volleyball team that won the bronze medal at the 2001 World Grand Champions Cup playing middle blocker for
NEC Red Rockets
is a women's volleyball team based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. It plays in V.League 1. The owner of the team is NEC.
The club was founded in April 1978 as NEC's corporate team, participating the same year in the 10th V.Challenge League to ...
. Wearing number 10 and 15, she stayed with the team until her retirement on August 30, 2005.
Biography
Born in
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, Kitakyushu has an estimated population of 940,978, making it the second-largest city in both Fukuoka Prefecture and the island of Kyushu after the city of Fukuoka. It is one of ...
, she studied at Higashi Kyushu Ryukoku high school (
東九州龍谷高等学校) and was a member of the volleyball team there. When she was 11 years old, she was featured in a TV show as Japan's tallest primary schoolchild. She comes from a tall family, with both her father and her brother measuring 6'3". After finishing high school, she joined the volleyball team NEC Red Rockets. She was called up to the
Japanese national team and played in the 2001 World Grand Champions Cup.
Because of her 193 cm height (6'4"), Kawamura was positioned as a middle blocker.
After retiring, Kawamura began her modeling career. In 2005, she participated in a selection pageant for the Japanese representative of
Miss International 2006
Miss International 2006, the 46th Miss International pageant, was held both in Tokyo, Japan and Beijing, China. The contestants arrived in Tokyo, Japan on October 12 and the finals was held on November 11, 2006 at the Beijing Exhibition Center ...
.
TV appearances
*
ラジかる
Awards
* World Grand Champions Cup Bronze Medal (2001)
* The 11th Women's
V.League New Face Award (2004–05)
References
External links
20th year old Kimono Celebration
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1983 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Kitakyushu
Japanese women's volleyball players
Japanese female models
Asian Games medalists in volleyball
Volleyball players at the 2002 Asian Games
Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games