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I don’t want to read between the lines, but Kentaro’s emoji though 👀👀👀
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"His wife's words saved him from giving up due to the disappointing Tokyo Olympics... "Don't underestimate Japanese middles!" Director Blanc also praises 202cm Kentaro Takahashi's high block."
number.bunshun.jp/articles/-/853…
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Mrs. Takahashi's words that stung Kentaro and made him go back to reality when he told them he was going to quit after not being chosen for the Olympics.
Indeed, behind every successful man, stands a strong woman. Thank you, Mrs. Takahashi!
🔗 number.bunshun.jp/articles/-/853…
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The Starbucks staff wrote “Thank you” and “Ganbatte kudasai (Please do your best)” on Yuji’s cup, and Yuji replying “Ganbarimasu (i’ll do my best)” 🥺✨
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Next club season, YuYuRan will all be wearing #14 jerseys.
Yuki Ishikawa - Milano
Yuji Nishida - JTEKT
Ran Takahashi - Padova
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Still not over how emotional Yuki was when he and Shimizu hugged after their last match in Olympics (vs BRA), which was also Shimizu’s last hurrah in the national team. 🥺
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Oohhh so Yuji didn’t know that the kid he gave the ball to was Ishikawa’s nephew! All along i thought Yuji handed the ball to the kid because he knew it’s his Yuki-san’s relative. 🥺
This is legit affinity 😭✨ twitter.com/v_kazuma141/st…
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Ran Takahashi will be having his first photobook entitled "RAN", which will be published by Baseball Magazine (BBM).
It will be available at bookstores nationwide (🇯🇵) and on Amazon. Available languages are Japanese and English.
🔗 bbm-japan.com/article/detail…
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The song Yuki Ishikawa wants to convey is… “Opening Declaration” by Novelbright!
rough trans of the short interview in thread
👇👇👇
#石川祐希
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Great news for Indonesian fans 📣
It has been recently confirmed that the 2023 Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball Championship will be held in Indonesia!
🔗 asianvolleyball.net/new/2022-sava-…
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🇯🇵 Ryujin Nippon Schedule - 2022 World Championship in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Preliminary Round
🆚 Qatar - August 26 / 9pm JST
🆚 Brazil - August 28 / 9pm JST
🆚 Cuba - August 30 / 9pm JST
🔗 en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/com…
#龍神NIPPON
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A (probably unhelpful #2) Guide for New Ryujin Nippon Members (AVC ver); thread
※ I didn't include Yuga Tarumi yet even though he joined the training camp since I referred to JVA's list of registered AVC members.
🔗 jva.or.jp/topics/2022061…
#龍神NIPPON
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I don’t know Yuzuru in a deep level, but to anyone who has been supporting Japanese’ culture, be it jdrama, anime, music industry and sports for many years like me, i know that Yuzuru has brought an enormous glory to Japan’s fs world. Good luck on your next journey, Yuzuru! 💐⛸
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Coach Blain added to the list of Italy’s complain list. He literally SHOUTED protest in public (team’s hotel lobby) that it’s so hot in the training hall. 🥵
Coach being a dad as usual because his kids are too polite to voice out their concerns. 😭
🔗 volleyball.ir/%d9%84%db%8c%d…
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Captain Ishikawa will miss the VNL final round because he sprained his left ankle from their practice last July 18. 😰
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Yamauchi will be the acting captain for VNL final round in the absence of Ishikawa. Ganbare, Nippon! Get well soon, Yuki. 😓 twitter.com/gyunyusuga/sta…
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I remember Yuki also got injured in 2017, and wasn’t able to take Chuo in their 4th consecutive inkare championship. On 2018, he thought his injury is healed, he overworked himself, causing him to miss the 1st & 2nd weeks of VNL because of the same injury. Yuki Ishikawa please 😭
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Remember when Ran also said “I love you” to Nakkun when he announced that he has cancer? 🥺
It’s always the “I love you” from Ran to Nakkun 😭✨ he treasures his Fujii-san so much 😭
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Yamauchi: “I can't do as good as Ishikawa, but I am the eldest, so I want to inspire the team and have a positive influence outside of the game so that we can fight as a team until the end.”
Ganbare, Captain Yamauchi! We’re counting on you! 🔥🔥🔥
newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/-/102…
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The horns are a norm for Iran fans. Even though Team Iran isn’t playing, they will blow their horns, regardless where they are. If you’re pissed off at this, you should see the Asian Club. I had to mute the game the whole time because i can’t concentrate on the game anymore. 🥲
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The end of 2022 VNL journey for Japan. They have achieved one of their goals, which is to qualify in QFs, and they had better results than last year. Thank you so much for your hard work, team!
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Kentaro: “As middles, let’s work hard together too.”
Thank you for your hard work in this year’s VNL! Gou, i’m so proud of how you introduced yourself in the international scene. 😁👏
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Chuo Sports wrote an article about their alumni, Yuki Ishikawa (Faculty of Law), Masahiro Sekita (Faculty of Law) and Shoma Tomita (Faculty of Letters), about their participation in the 2022 VNL.
🔗 chuo-u.ac.jp/activities/spo…
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