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Tatsunori’s birthday message for Ran:
“We will work hard at volleyball and inspire each other to do our best.”
He’s so shy (〃ω〃)
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Tatsunori was the one who brought the surprise cake for Ran’s birthday 😭✨
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Why does this look like Japan invited Italia to the party 🤣 they were like “u go first” to the buffet trays jdkshjshsjah
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Woke up with the news of both Shimizu and Kenya had their babies born 😭 Congrats to Shimizu for being a first-time dad! This is Kenya’s second child, but a girl this time.
Baby Fujinaka - 09/02
Baby Shimizu - 09/03
Congratulations to our new girl dads! 👨👧💕
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Tatsunori skipping the IG greetings and went straight to greeting Ran in front of him and the camera. 😆✨
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Ishikawa about France: "They are a team similar to ours, a team that plays good defense and picks up the ball. A team that plays with technique or skill. Saying they are easy to fight is an understatement, and once you get stuck in the pattern, they are hard to beat."
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らんくん @Ran_volley0902、21歳おめでとう！Happy birthday 🥳🎉
Throwback to VNL in Manila when Ran saved Japan from going to deuce in full set against Italy with his block point! 🙌✨
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Team Japan went out to a nice restaurant in Ljubljana 🥺 i’m glad they were able to relax and experience this!
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Ryujin Nippon strolling in the streets of Ljubljana with their umbrellas 😆✨
Gou taking photos/vid of the sceneries then Tomo naughty Tomo fooling around, with Shun following suit 🤣 then there’s TALL TatsuRan besties casually strolling
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Ishikawa: “I think we were able to break down the serve and block effectively, and we were helped a little by the errors of our opponents. I'm not in the best condition, but I've been preparing for the match against Cuba as one of my goals, (cont)
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🎤🇮🇹 Post-match interview with Yuki Ishikawa by Gian Luca Pasini (La Gazzetta Dello Sport)
🔗 youtu.be/qamrMKyUy5c
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tbh i got worried when Ishikawa was subbed out for Tatsunori because the team’s rhythm was already established, and the connection might break. But Tatsunori was strong-willed to keep the momentum going.
Coach Blain trusted Tatsunori and kiddo didn’t disappoint. 👏
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[2022 World Championship]
Japan 🇯🇵 vs 🇨🇺 Cuba - Match Results
Best Scorers
19 - Nishida
11 - Ishikawa
9 - Onodera
Attack
18 - Nishida
9 - Ishikawa
7 - Yamauchi
Block
6 - Onodera
1 - Ishikawa / Nishida
Ace
1 - Yamauchi / Ran / Ishikawa
🔗 en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/com…
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Japan won against Cuba in 3-1! The team has guaranteed their spot on QFs 🎉🎉🎉
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Commentator: “The longer the rally goes on, the more you fancy Japan.”
HOW TRUE
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Interview with Yuji Nishida at Rai Sport speaking in Italian. 👏👏👏
🔗 youtu.be/bKCN5__2nLg
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Ishikawa: “I think the serves are commendable in the first half because it was very effective. We could not continue to serve until the third set, and our defense, which is one of our strengths, was better than our opponents. (cont)
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Italian king Yuji back at it again! He fully understood what Luchetta was saying. 🥺 Yuji, you really studied hard! twitter.com/gyunyusuga/sta…
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Takanashi's hug to Tatsunori when he was subbed out after getting blocked. 🥺
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