*anese beach volleyball player and politicianPrevious teammates Medal record

Kentaro Asahi (朝日健太郎, Asahi Kentarō, born September 19, 1975) is a *anese professional beach volleyball player and politician. He was born in *amoto, *amoto Prefecture, Kyushu, *an.

Asahi played as a center for the *an 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 *an in beach volleyball at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.

Asahi began to work for yhr IT company Forval Corporation in 2011 through a *anese 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

• 1998 World Championship — 16th place

References

• Kentaro Asahi - Profile at the All *an Team
• Kentaro Asahi at the Beach Volleyball Database

External links

• Kentaro Asahi at the FIVB beach volleyball database
• Kentaro Asahi at the International Olympic Committee
• Kentaro Asahi at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)