is a retired Japanese male

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player. He used to be a part of the

Japan men's national volleyball team The Japan men's national volleyball team (), also referred to as Ryujin Nippon (Japanese: 龍神ニッポン; Literal translation, Lit. trans: ''Dragon God of Japan'') or simply Nippon, represents Japan in international volleyball competitions an ...

. On club level, he only played for

JTEKT Stings is a men's volleyball team based in the city of Kariya, Japan. It competes in the V.League, the highest volleyball league in Japan. The club was founded in 1958 and the current owner of the club is JTEKT. History JTEKT Stings was founded as ...

since 2012. On 9 April 2021, the club announced that he would retire after the 69th

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

, but it was cancelled due to

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Awards

Club team

*2012–13 V.Challenge League — Simple cup icon

Champion, with

* 2019–20 V. League 1 — Simple cup icon

Champion, with

*2020–21 the Japanese Emperor's Cup — Simple cup icon

Champion, with JTEKT Stings

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at ''FIVB.org'' 1990 births Living people Japanese men's volleyball players Sportspeople from Nagano Prefecture Volleyball players from Nagano Prefecture Aichi University alumni 21st-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-volleyball-bio-stub