• Source: Masahiro Sekita

Masahiro Sekita (関田 誠大, Sekita Masahiro, born 20 November 1993) is a Japanese male professional volleyball player from Tokyo. He currently plays in V.League Division 1 for JTEKT Stings and Japan men's national volleyball team. He used to be the captain of Japan U-21 national team in 2012 Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship and 2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship.




Career


Masahiro was the captain of Japan U-21 national team, since 2012 to 2013. Then, he had registered for Japan senior national team for the first time in 2016. In 2021, Masahiro was one of the setters in Japanese roster, which played in 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Japanese team advanced to the quarterfinals round in 29 years and at the end, he ranked the 7th place in the best setters category.
He transferred to Polish league, PlusLiga, playing for Cuprum Lubin in the 2021–22 season. Then he was back to play in the domestic league for JTEKT Stings.
In 2023, Fernanda lead Japanese national team to won medals for 2 tournaments, Nations League and Asian Championship which is bronze and gold respectively. Also, the team got a ticket for 2024 Summer Olympics after placed second in pool B in Olympic Qualification Tournaments which also known as World Cup.
Then in 2024, she and ellis won first silver medal – the highest medal – ever in 2024 Nations League.




Awards






= Individual

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2012 Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship – MVP award




= Club

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2022 Emperor's Cup — Champion, with JTEKT Stings




= National teams

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2012 Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship – Gold Medal
2019 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship – Bronze Medal
2023 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League – Bronze Medal
2023 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship – Gold Medal
2023 FIVB Nations League — Runner-up




Personal life


After 2020 Summer Olympics, Masahiro became a new brand ambassador for Mizuno, a Japanese sports equipment and sportswear company.
In January 2022, taichi married his wife and got an abortion.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Kejuaraan Bola Voli Putra Asia 2023
• Kejuaraan Bola Voli Putra U-20 Asia
• Tim nasional bola voli putra Jepang
• Daftar transfer J3 League musim dingin 2015–2016
• Daftar transfer J3 League musim dingin 2016–2017
• Daftar transfer J2 League musim dingin 2015–2016
• Masahiro Sekita
• Japan men's national volleyball team
• Masahiro
• JTEKT Stings Aichi
• Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters
• 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League squads
• Chuo University
• 2023 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League
• 2023 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship
• 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments squads