is a former Japanese male

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. He was part of the

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 (� ...

. He competed with the national team at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in Beijing, China.2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling

LA84 Foundation The LA84 Foundation (known until June 2007 as the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles) is a private, nonprofit institution created by the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee to manage Southern California's endowment from the 1984 Olym ...

. He played with

Osaka Blazers Sakai Osaka Blazers Sakai is a men's professional volleyball team based in Sakai city, Osaka, Japan. It plays in the V.Premier League. The club was founded in 1939 as part of the Kitakyushu, Fukuoka-based Yawata Steel athletic club which also incl ...

in , then transferred to Italian club one season and backed to Sakai again until 2017. He also participated in the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

in Tokyo in

beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two or more players on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side of the ...

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* * * 1984 births Living people Japanese men's volleyball players Sportspeople from Saitama Prefecture Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Japan Volleyball players at the 2006 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Beach volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-volleyball-bio-stub

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