FUJII Naonobu

Date of Birth: 5 Jan 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.83/6'0''

Place of birth: ISHINOMAKI

Birth Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Volleyball	Men JPN Japan	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round - Pool A #04 JPN Japan 3 VEN Venezuela 0	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round - Pool A #11 JPN Japan 3 CAN Canada 1	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round - Pool A #17 JPN Japan 1 ITA Italy 3	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round - Pool A #21 JPN Japan 0 POL Poland 3	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Preliminary Round - Pool A #29 JPN Japan 3 IRI Islamic Rep. of Iran 2	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Men's Quarterfinals #33 JPN Japan 0 BRA Brazil 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
17	Men	2018

Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Men	2019	Japan

Asian Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2017	Indonesia
3	Men	2019	Islamic Republic of Iran

Grand Champions Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Men	2017	Japan

Reading, watching television, cycling. (toray-arrows.jp, 13 Feb 2021; vbm.link, 06 Dec 2017)

Occupation:

Athlete, Office Worker

Juntendo University, Tokyo, JPN

Languages spoken:

Toray Arrows [Japan] since 2014

Ayumu Shinoda [club], JPN; Yuichi Nakagaichi [national], JPN

Position style:

Setter (toray-arrows.jp, 13 Feb 2021)

2017 for Japan (ntv.co.jp, 07 Sep 2017)

In February 2019 he underwent surgery on his left hand after fracturing the third metacarpal bone [middle finger] during a match in the Japanese V.League Division 1. He was sidelined for three months. (Instagram profile, 16 Feb 2019, 01 May 2019; at-s.com, 13 Feb 2020)

National league:

V.League Division 1 [JPN] (vleague.jp, 17 Oct 2020)

Volleyball was the only team sport that his school offered. (toray-arrows.jp, 13 Feb 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (mainichi.jp, 20 May 2017)

Philosophy:

"Win because we have to win." (toray-arrows.jp, 13 Feb 2021)

He was named in the Best Six team for the 2016/17 V.League Division 1 in Japan. (vleague.jp, 24 Mar 2017)

General Interest

General
EARTHQUAKE DISASTER
His family home in Ishinomaki, Japan, was flooded following an earthquake and tsunami that struck off the Pacific coast of Tohoku in 2011. He was studying at Juntendo University in Tokyo at the time of the earthquake, but his family were forced to stay at a shelter and his father lost his job. He says he considered dropping out of university and quitting volleyball due to the financial burden on his family, but was able to continue because of financial support from the university. "My parents' house is only 100 meters from the beach. I doubted my eyes when I saw the newsreel of the tsunami. I was able to confirm that my family were safe, but it took me a week to reach my hometown. I wasn't in a situation where I could go to college, so I thought it would be difficult to continue playing volleyball. It was a miracle. Thanks to the kindness of the college, I was exempted from paying the tuition fee and I was able to continue playing volleyball, so I owe them everything that I am now." (mainichi.jp, 20 May 2017; vbm.link, 06 Dec 2017)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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