Kentaro Takahashi (高橋 健太郎, Takahashi Kentarō, born 8 February 1995) is a Japanese male volleyball player. He is part of the Japan men's national volleyball team. Currently, he plays in V.League division 1 for JTEKT Stings[2]
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| Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 February 1995 Yamagata, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (205 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 355 cm (140 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 330 cm (130 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College / University | University of Tsukuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Middle blocker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club |  JTEKT Stings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 (national) 2 (club) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal life
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His family consists of his father, Kazuhiko Takahashi, who used to play Baseball; his mother; an older sister; and a younger sister, who are Long jump athletes.[3]
Career
editKentaro 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]
Ahead of 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, he quit national team for family matter.[9] He returned to the team in 2023. After the 2024 Paris Olympics, he announced his retirement from the national team.
Individual Award
edit- 2021-2022 V.League Division 1 - Best Blocker[10]
- 2021-2022 V.League Division 1 - Best 6
- 2021-2022 V.League Division 1 - Fair Play Award
- 2022–2023 V.League Division 1- Best Blocker
References
edit- ^ "JAPAN TEAM COMPOSITION". fivb.org. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Team Roster – Japanmen's volleyball team". fivb.org. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Kentaro Takahashi: Force In The Middle". FIVB. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "YANAGIDA CAPTAINS JAPANESE MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM IN OLYMPIC YEAR". FIVB. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Toray Arrows -Kentaro Takahashi profile". toray-arrows.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Toray Arrows players -Kentaro Takahashi". vleague.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "バレー男子世界選手権、日本代表１４人発表 左足首負傷の石川祐希が復帰 高橋健太郎は離脱（スポーツ報知）". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "一般社団法人日本バレーボールリーグ機構". 一般社団法人日本バレーボールリーグ機構. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
External links
edit- profile at FIVB.org
- 「勘違いしちゃったんでしょうね」バレー・高橋健太郎が過去告白 at ananweb.jp
- 昔は甲子園を目指したバレー選手。 高橋健太郎を変えたひと言とは。 at number.bunshun.jp
- Kentaro Takahashi at WorldofVolley
- Kentaro Takahashi at V.League (men) (in Japanese)
- Kentaro Takahashi at V.League (archived) (in Japanese)
- Kentaro Takahashi at Olympics.com
- Kentaro Takahashi at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
