Kentaro Asahi
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| Full name | Kentaro Asahi | ||||
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September 19, 1975 Japan | ||||
| Height | 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||
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Kentaro Asahi (朝日健太郎 Asahi Kentarō, born September 19, 1975) is a Japanese professional beach volleyball player and politician. He was born in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.
Asahi played as a center for the Japan men's national volleyball team in the 1990s. He ended up in sixteenth place at the 1998 World Championship, and later on started a career in beach volleyball. Asahi and teammate Katsuhiro Shiratori represented Japan in beach volleyball at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]
Asahi began to work for IT company Forval Corporation in 2011 through a Japanese Olympic Committee athlete hiring program.[2]
In July 2016, Asahi was elected as a member of the House of Councillors representing the Tokyo at-large district for the Liberal Democratic Party.[3]
Honours
- 1998 World Championship — 16th place
References
- Kentaro Asahi - Profile at the All Japan Team
- Kentaro Asahi - Profile at the Beach Volleyball Database
- ↑ http://www.london2012.com/athlete/asahi-kentaro-1016952/
- ↑ "Japan's athlete hiring program finding more success as 2020 Olympics approach". The Japan Times. Jiji. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ↑ "朝日健太郎氏、当選 自民・東京 元ビーチバレー代表". Asahi Shimbun. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
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