Kento Miyaura

Kento Miyaura (宮浦 健人, born 22 February 1999) is a Japanese male volleyball player from Kumamoto City, on the island of Kyushu. Currently, he plays in PlusLiga for PSG Stal Nysa. He used to be the captain of Japan U-19 national team and Waseda University's club.[2][3][4]

In this Japanese name, the person is referred to by their given name, Kento.
Kento Miyaura
Personal information
Full nameKento Miyaura
NicknameKento
NationalityJapanese
Born (1999-02-22) 22 February 1999
Kumamoto, Japan
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb)
Spike347 cm (137 in)
Block320 cm (130 in)
College / UniversityWaseda University
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite spiker
Current clubPoland PSG Stal Nysa
Number16 (national)
13 (club)
National team
2017–2018Japan U–19 national team
2017Japan U–21 national team
2019Japan U–23 national team
2021–presentJapan senior national team
Medal record
Men's volleyball
Representing  Japan
Asian Championship
Silver medal – second place 2021 Chiba/Funabashi Team
Asian U23 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Naypyidaw Team
FIVB U19 World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Bahrain Team
Asian Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Taipei Team[1]
Asian Youth Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Naypyidaw Team

Career

Elementary school years

Miyaura started play volleyball at his second grade of elementary school, he was slender and lacked in power so he got the opportunity to participate in the game until the 4th grade. But he still was a substitute and was told that "You are not an ace".[4]

High school years

He was asked to create a new junior level club of Chinzei High School,[5] at the time it had just two players in the club, so they could not participate in any competitions, but he always practice every day.

Then, in his senior high school years, he was bothered by an injury that forced him to leave the team. In the second year, he was assigned as a captain of the team, but he often caused trouble to the team due to his lack of ability. That was a very hard time in his volleyball life so he thought about quitting. As time passed, the hardship made him stronger. However, he and the team suffered with 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes which closed their training gym, after a month, they had to find a new training place but the environment was not good. So, the result was the team won the runner-up place at All Japan high school volleyball championship.[4]

College years

After high school graduation, Miyaura joined Waseda University. He was called for Japan men's national under-19 volleyball team for the first time and later became a captain of the team. In second year, he considered being more stronger in physical term, so he started to do weight training and communicated with the team's staff about injury prevention. Furthermore, he also changed his serving style, from float serve to jump serve, making more effectiveness to the team. In the next year, he became a big server in the team.[4] Miyaura was assigned for being national representative in every junior level, U-19 team and U-21 team in 2017,[6][7] U-23 and universiade team in 2019, respectively.[8][9][10]

In his final year in college, he was a captain and led the team won first in the All Japan Intercollegiate Volleyball Championship, made Waseda university won this tournament 5 years consecutively.[4] Then, in 2020–21 season, he joined JTEKT Stings in V.League 1.[11][12]

2021/22 season

In 2021, he was called up for senior national team for the first time[13][14] and his first competition as senior is 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.[15] Japanese team finished as runners-up, he scored total 76 points and received the Best opposite spiker award.[16][17][18]

On October 15, he played his first full game in V.League as starting line-up against JT Thunders, which JTEKT lost with 1–3 set.[19] He became key player for the team since helping the team scored and became top scorer in almost every matches.

On January 16, 2022, JTEKT was in the 7th place then, after lost in straight 5 matches, Miyaura helped the team won Toray Arrows with 3–1 set at home.[20][21] Also, he was a top scorer with 30 points and as the result, he lay down and cried after the win.[22]

JTEKT Stings ended at 7th place in the league. Miyaura was in the 5th place of the top scorers category, the 1st among Japanese, with 651 points after finishing the final stage.[23]

2022/23 season

Miyaura was back-to-back elected as Japanese national team and went to compete in the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League. In the first week, he played as the starting line-up against the United States, which Japan lost in the full set, and he scored 20 points totally.[24][25] In almost the last match of the third week, Miyaura as the starting 6, showed his abilities by led the team won over Germany with 1–3 set count. He also scored the most of the team by 17 points, including 15 attacks and 2 aces.[26]

On August 2, it was announced that he would be playing for Polish club PSG Stal Nysa in the 2022-2023 season.

Clubs

National teams

Awards

Individual

Club teams

References
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  22. "男子バレー左の新エースはルーキー宮浦健人。ユース代表で控えだった西田有志の活躍に「僕も負けない」 - 【パリ五輪へ「現状維持ではいけない」】" (in Japanese). sportiva.shueisha.co.jp. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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