Kentaro Asahi

Kentaro Asahi
OLY
朝日 健太郎
Official portrait, 2021
Senator of Japan
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 July 2016
Preceded byKota Matsuda
ConstituencyTokyo at-large
Personal details
Born (1975-09-19) 19 September 1975 (age 51)
Kita-ku, Kumamoto, Japan
PartyLiberal Democratic
EducationHosei University
Waseda University
Volleyball career
Height1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Years Teammate
– Katsuhiro Shiratori
Previous teammates
Years Teammate Tours (points)
– Koichi Nishimura
Satoshi Watanabe		 25 (295)
24 (605)
Medal record
Men's beach volleyball
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place2010 GuangzhouMen

Kentaro Asahi (朝日健太郎, Asahi Kentarō; born 19 September 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.

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

References

  1. ↑ "Kentaro Asahi". 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "Japan's athlete hiring program finding more success as 2020 Olympics approach". The Japan Times. Jiji. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "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. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.