Mai Yamaguchi (山口舞 ''Yamaguchi Mai'', born July 3, 1983) is a former Japanese

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player who played for

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. She was part of Japan's 2012 bronze medal-winning team. Mai participated in the

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, which was her last international tournament with the national team. She announced retiredment from volleyball player in 2019.

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Her nickname is "''Yume''", which means "dream" in Japanese. Another nickname is

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, which is locally farmed specialty of her hometown of

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, in

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. She liked knitting and cooking at the time of her bronze medal and she also enjoyed figure skating.

Clubs

* Osaka International Takii High School * Okayama Seagulls (2002-2019)

National team

* National team (2009-2018)

Awards

Individual

* 2011–12 V.Premier League - Best 6 * 2013–14 V.Premier League - Best6

Team

*2005 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament - Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Okayama Seagulls *2002–06,08–11 Domestic Sports Festival (Volleyball) - Simple cup icon

Champion, with Okayama Seagulls * 2012–13 V.Premier League - Bronze Medal with

* 2013 Empress's Cup - Runner-up with

* 2013–14 V.Premier League - Runner-up with

National team

*2010

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- Bronze medal *2011 Asian Championship - Silver medal *2012

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- Bronze medal *2014

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- Silver medal

References

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FIVB Biography
Japanese women's volleyball players Okayama Seagulls players Living people 1983 births Olympic volleyball players for Japan Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Japan women's international volleyball players {{japan-volleyball-bio-stub