Kentaro Takahashi

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Kentaro Takahashi
Personal information
NationalityJapan
Born (1995-02-08) 8 February 1995 (age 26)
Yamagata, Japan
Height203 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Weight93 kg (205 lb)
Spike345 cm (136 in)
Block330 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle blocker
Current clubJapan Toray Arrows
Number16 (national)
2 (club)
Career
YearsTeams
N/AJapan Yonezawa Chuo High School
2014–2016Japan University of Tsukuba
2016–presentJapan Toray Arrows
National team
2012–2013Japan U-19 national team
2013Japan U-21 national team[1]
2014–presentJapan senior national team
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Medal record
Men's volleyball
Representing  Japan
Asian Youth Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Tehran Team
Asian Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Gresik Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Tehran Team
Last updated: 7 June 2021

Kentaro Takahashi (高橋 健太郎, Takahashi Kentarō, born (1995-02-08)8 February 1995) is a Japanese male volleyball player. He is part of the Japan men's national volleyball team. On club level he plays for Toray Arrows.[2]

Personal life[]

His family consising of father, Kazuhiko Takahashi, used to play Baseball. His mother, older sister and a younger sister, who is a Long jump athlete.[3]

Career[]

Kentaro used to play Baseball before and he aimed to be professional baseball player. But at 15 years old, he broke his elbow so he had to quit playing baseball.[4] After that, he attended at Yonezawa Chuo High School, he started to play volleyball and had an initiation about his future career as a volleyball player.[5]

In 2012, He had selected as a Japan men's national under-19 volleyball team for the first time and received the bronze medal from the 2012 Asian Youth Boys Volleyball Championship.

In 2014, Kentaro had registered in Japan men's national volleyball team for the first time and entered University of Tsukuba respectively. Then, he was dubbed by the then national team coach Masashi Nanbu as one of "NEXT4", the word that referred to 4 players who would be the future of Japanese men's national team, alongside Masahiro Yanagida, Yūki Ishikawa and Akihiro Yamauchi.[6]

In 2016, Kentaro decided to join Toray Arrows volleyball club in V.League and started playing for the team in 2016-17 season.[7][8]

References[]

  1. ^ "JAPAN TEAM COMPOSITION". fivb.org. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Team Roster – Japanmen's volleyball team". fivb.org. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  3. ^ "高橋健太郎(バレー)の出身地は？家族構成(父・母・姉妹)も調査！" (in Japanese). kanazawa-ambi.com. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Kentaro Takahashi: Force In The Middle". FIVB. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  5. ^ "バレー高橋健太郎の中学高校大学、身長や最高到達点は？プロフィールまとめ！" (in Japanese). sports-fan.net. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  6. ^ "YANAGIDA CAPTAINS JAPANESE MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM IN OLYMPIC YEAR". FIVB. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Toray Arrows -Kentaro Takahashi profile". toray-arrows.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Toray Arrows players -Kentaro Takahashi". vleague.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 June 2021.

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