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Japanese volleyball player The native form of this personal name is Takanashi Kenta. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Kenta Takanashi

Personal information

Full name

Kenta Takanashi

Nationality

Japanese

Born

(1997-03-25) 25 March 1997 (age 27)
Yamagata, Japan

Height

1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)

Weight

85 kg (187 lb)

Spike

343 cm (135 in)

Block

320 cm (130 in)

College / University

Nippon Sport Science University

Volleyball information

Position

Wing spiker/Outside hitter

Current club

Wolf Dogs Nagoya

Number

7 (national)
22 (club)

Career

Years	Teams
2015–2019	Nippon Sport Science University
2019–present	Wolf Dogs Nagoya

National team

2015–2017	Japan U19-U23 national team
2020–present	Japan national volleyball team

Medal record

Men's volleyball

Representing Japan
Asian Championship
	2021 Chiba/Funabashi	Team
Asian Games
	2022 Hangzhou	Team
Asian Cup
	2016 Nakhon Pathom	Team
Asian U23 Championship
	2019 Naypyidaw	Team

Kenta Takanashi (高梨健太, Takanashi Kenta, born 25 March 1997) is a Japanese male volleyball player. He plays in V.League Division 1 for Wolf Dogs Nagoya and Japan men's national volleyball team. He was the captain of Japan U-21 national team.

Awards

Club

2022–23 Japanese Championship, with Wolfdogs Nagoya

National teams

Japan men's national under-19 volleyball team (2015)
Japan men's national under-20 volleyball team (2016)
- 2016 Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship
Japan men's national under-21 volleyball team (2015–2017)
- 2015 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship
- 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship
Japan men's national under-23 volleyball team (2017)
- 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship
Japan universiade national team (2019)
- 2019 Summer Universiade Tournament
Japan men's national senior volleyball team (2016, 2020–present)

References

"Wolf Dos Nagoya players -Kenta Takanashi". wolfdogs.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 June 2021.
"FIVB U-21 World Championship -Japan players". volleyball.fivb.com. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
"第18回アジアジュニア男子選手権大会(U-20) -日本代表メンバー". jva.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 June 2021.
"第18回世界ジュニア男子選手権大会(U-21) -日本代表メンバー". jva.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 June 2021.
"第19回世界ジュニア男子選手権大会(U-21) -日本代表メンバー". jva.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 June 2021.
"FIVB U-21 World Championship -Kenta Takanashi". volleyball.fivb.com. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
"第3回世界U-23男子選手権大会 -日本代表メンバー". jva.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 June 2021.
"第30回ユニバーシアード競技大会（2019/ナポリ）男子バレーボール競技 -日本代表メンバー". jva.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 June 2021.

v t e Japan men's volleyball squad – 2020 Summer Olympics – 7th place
1 Shimizu 2 Onodera 3 Fujii 6 Yamauchi 11 Nishida 12 Sekita 14 Ishikawa (c) 15 Lee 17 Takanashi 19 Otsuka 20 Yamamoto 21 Takahashi Coach: Nakagaichi

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