Kentaro Asahi
Japanese volleyball and beach volleyball player
About Kentaro Asahi
Born 1975. Kentaro Asahi is a Japanese volleyball player, beach volleyball player and politician.
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.
Asahi began to work for the IT company Forval Corporation in 2011 through a Japanese Olympic Committee athlete hiring program.
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.
Honours
1998 World Championship — 16th place
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Who is Kentaro Asahi?
Japanese volleyball and beach volleyball player
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Kentaro Asahi was born on 19 September 1975 in Kumamoto.
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Kentaro Asahi is a volleyball player, beach volleyball player and politician.
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Kentaro Asahi is Japanese.
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