is a retired Japanese

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player. He played as a setter and was one of the key players in the Japan men's national volleyball team in the 2000s. Usami was named ''Most Spectacular Player'' at the 2003 FIVB World Cup, where Japan ended in ninth place.

Honours

* 2001 FIVB World League — 9th place * 2002 World Championship — 9th place * 2003 FIVB World League — 13th place * 2003 FIVB World Cup — 9th place *

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— 10th place * 2007 FIVB World Cup — 9th place

Individual awards

* 2003 FIVB Men's World Cup#Awards — ''Most Spectacular Player''

References

FIVB biography
1979 births Living people Japanese men's volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic volleyball players of Japan Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 2002 Asian Games Volleyball players at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-volleyball-bio-stub