Yoshie Takeshita (竹下佳江 ''Takeshita Yoshie'', born March 18, 1978) was a

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player who played for

JT Marvelous is a women's volleyball team owned by Japan Tobacco Ltd., and based in Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan. The team is the reigning champion of the V.League 1 after winning the 2019-20 and 2020–21 seasons. Honours Domestic competitions ; Japan Vo ...

. She served as Head Coach of Japanese volleyball team

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. and now serves as Executive Adviser. She played for the All-Japan women's volleyball team and was a participant at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Olympics. At the 2012 Olympics, she was part of the Japanese team that won the bronze medal. She was also part of the 2010 Japanese Women's team that won bronze at the world championships, beating the US in the bronze medal match. Her nickname was World's smallest and strongest setter (世界最小最強セッター ''Sekai saisho saikyo setter''). She was the captain of the Japanese volleyball team during the 2006 World Championship and took the most valuable player award. On 28 September 2012 JT Marvelous announced her retirement.　On 21 June 2013 Takeshita was selected to become a member of the directors of Japan Volleyball Association. Her husband is the Japanese baseball player Hirotaka Egusa.

Profile

*She became a volleyball player at 10 years old. *Her nickname is "Tenn", though she has not publicly revealed the meaning or origin of the nickname.

Clubs

* Shiranuijoshi High School *

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(1996–2002) *

(2002-2012)

Awards

Individual

* 2004 Olympic Qualifier "Best Setter" * 2006 World Championship "Most Valuable Player" * 2006 World Championship "Best Setter" * 2008 Olympic Qualifier "Best Setter" * 2008 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Setter" * 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Setter" * 2011 World Cup "Best Setter"

Team

*1998 4th V.League - Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with NEC Red Rockets. *2000 6th V.League - Simple cup icon

Champion, with NEC Red Rockets. *2001

Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship , is a volleyball tournament in Japan. Kurowashiki () means the flag of black eagle. It opens in May every year at Osaka. It is organized by the Japan Volleyball Association and the Mainichi Newspapers. History *1952 - It started as All Japan V ...

Champion, with NEC Red Rockets. *2002 8th V.League - Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with NEC Red Rockets. *2003

Runner-Up, with JT Marvelous. *2004 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship - Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with JT Marvelous. *2006-2007 V.Premier League - Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with JT Marvelous. *2007 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship - Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with JT Marvelous. *2009-2010 V.Premier League - Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with JT Marvelous. *2010

Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament , is a volleyball tournament in Japan. Kurowashiki () means the flag of black eagle. It opens in May every year at Osaka. It is organized by the Japan Volleyball Association and the Mainichi Newspapers. History *1952 - It started as All Japan V ...

Runner-Up, with JT Marvelous. *2010-2011 V.Premier League - Simple cup icon

Champion, with JT Marvelous. *2011 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament - Simple cup icon

Champion, with JT Marvelous.

National team

Senior team

*2003: 5th place in the

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

in Japan *2004: 5th place in the Olympic Games of Athens *2005: Bronze Medal in the 13th Senior Asian Championship *2006: 6th place in the

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*2006: Silver Medal in Asian Game 2006 *2007: 7th place in the

in Japan *2007: Gold Medal in the 14th Senior Asian Championship at Thailand *2008: 5th place in the Olympic Games of Beijing *2010: Bronze Medal in the

*2011: 5th place in the World Grand Prix Final round *2011: Silver Medal in the 16th Senior Asian Championship *2011: 4th place in the

in Japan *2012: Bronze Medal in the Olympic Games of London

References

External links

FIVB biography

Official Profile
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