Tomohiro Ogawa

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Tomohiro Ogawa
Personal information
Full nameTomohiro Ogawa
NicknameChibi, Tomo
NationalityJapanese
Born (1996-07-04) 4 July 1996 (age 27)
Kanagawa, Japan
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Spike305 cm (120 in)
Block270 cm (110 in)
College / UniversityMeiji University
Volleyball information
PositionLibero
Current clubJapan Wolf Dogs Nagoya
Number13 (National)
24 (Club)
Career
YearsTeams
N/AJapan Kawasaki Tachibana High School [ja]
2014–2019Japan Meiji University
2019–presentJapan Wolf Dogs Nagoya
National team
2020–presentJapan Japan
Medal record
Men's volleyball
Representing  Japan
Nations League
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Gdańsk Team
Asian Championship
Gold medal – first place 2023 Urmia Team
Silver medal – second place 2021 Chiba/Funabashi Team
Asian Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Taipei Team

Tomohiro Ogawa (小川 智大, Ogawa Tomohiro, born 4 July 1996) is a Japanese male volleyball player from Yokohama city in Kanagawa Prefecture.[1] He plays in V.League Division 1 for Wolf Dogs Nagoya and Japan men's national volleyball team.

Career[edit]

Tomohiro started to play volleyball because of his sister when he was in the third year of elementary school. After that, he attended at Kawasaki Tachibana High School [ja][2] and played for the school volleyball team. In the second year of high school, in "All Japan Junior Star Dream Match" tournament, his performance caught the eye of Yoshiteru Okazaki, who was the director of the Meiji University volleyball club at that time. Then, he entered the Meiji University and played for the university's volleyball club.[3]

In the third year of the college, he won the Best Libero award in the fall league match. In the fourth year, he became the captain and led the team finished at the third place. Moreover, he was also called "The guardian deity of Meiji University" for the achievements.[4]

In 2018, Tomohiro was called for Japan U-23 national team,[5] competing in 2018 Asian Men's Volleyball Cup. At the end, Japanese team finished at third place and he received the Best Libero award.

In 2019, he had the name in Japan universiade national team for 2019 Summer Universiade Tournament[6] which was held in Naples – Italy, the team ended up at fifth place and he received the Best Digger award.[7] In the same year, Tomohiro transferred to Wolf Dogs Nagoya and played in V.League Division 1.

In 2021, he was called for Japan senior national team for the first time[8] and had the name in 2021 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League Japanese roster.[9]

Awards[edit]

Club[edit]

Individual[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "V.League players -Tomohiro Ogawa". vleague.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Wolf Dogs Nagoya players -Tomohiro Ogawa". wolfdogs.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  3. ^ "小川智大のバレーのきっかけや高校大学はどこ？リベロでの活躍をチェック！" (in Japanese). dailytaurus.co. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  4. ^ "明治3位へ躍進 個性派束ねた小川智大" (in Japanese). 4years.asahi.com. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  5. ^ "第6回アジアカップ -日本代表メンバー" (in Japanese). JVA. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  6. ^ "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" (in Japanese). JVA. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  7. ^ "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 -試合結果" (in Japanese). JVA. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  8. ^ "2021年度男子日本代表チーム 選手・監督・スタッフ" (in Japanese). JVA. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  9. ^ "FIVBバレーボールネーションズリーグ2021 -日本代表メンバー" (in Japanese). JVA. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  10. ^ "第6回アジアカップ -試合結果" (in Japanese). JVA. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Wolf Dogs Nagota players -Tomohiro Ogawa". wolfdogs.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  12. ^ "2020-21 V.LEAGUE DIVISION1 MEN V・ファイナルステージ ファイナル 試合結果のお知らせ" (in Japanese). vleague.jp. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  13. ^ "V1男子 最終順位と個人賞が決定" (in Japanese). getsuvolley.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
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