is a retired Japanese female
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 Sum ...
player. She announced her retirement from
Hitachi Rivale club and the
national team
A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport.
The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...
on 27 May 2021.
She was part of the
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 ...
.
She participated at the
2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup
The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Grand Champions Cup was the 7th staging of the FIVB Volleyball World Grand Champions Cup, a quadrennial international women's volleyball tournament organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball ...
, and the
2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League
The 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League, a new annual international women's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams that replaced the former World Gran ...
.
Personal life
On September 26, 2021, she announced her marriage. She married
Naonobu Fujii
was a Japanese volleyball player, who was also a member of the Japan men's national volleyball team and of Toray Arrows.
Personal life
Naonobu Fujii grew up in Miyagi, Japan where he attended Furukawa Industrial High School, a school known ...
, a setter of
Toray Arrows and
Japan men's national volleyball team
The Japan men's national volleyball team ( ja, 男子バレーボール日本代表) represents Japan in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches, governed by Japan Volleyball Association. Their nickname is "''RYUJIN NIPPON ( ...
who died on March 10, 2023, from stomach cancer.
References
External links
FIVB profile
1993 births
Living people
Japanese women's volleyball players
Place of birth missing (living people)
Japan women's international volleyball players
Volleyball players at the 2018 Asian Games
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