Kentaro Asahi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Kentaro Asahi

Japanese volleyball and beach volleyball player

Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1975

Place of Birth: Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

Profession: politician, volleyball player, beach volleyball player

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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Kentaro Asahi (?????, Asahi Kentaro, born September 19, 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 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.