Ran Takahashi

Ran Takahashi (髙橋 藍 or たかはしらん, Takahashi Ran, born 2 September 2001) is a Japanese male Volleyball player. He plays as an Outside hitter for Nippon Sport Science University's club[1] and Japan men's national volleyball team.

In this Japanese name, the surname is Takahashi.
In this Japanese name, the person should be referred to by their given name, Ran.
Ran Takahashi
Personal information
Full nameRan Takahashi
NationalityJapanese
Born (2001-09-02) 2 September 2001
Kyoto, Japan
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Spike343 cm (135 in)
Block315 cm (124 in)
College(s)Nippon Sport Science University
Volleyball information
PositionWing spiker/Outside hitter
Current club Nippon Sport Science University
Number12 (national)
20 (university)
Career
YearsTeams
2017–2020 Higashiyama High School
2020–present Nippon Sport Science University
2020–present Japan men's national team
2021–present Pallavolo Padova
National team
2020–present Japan men's national team
Medal record
Men's volleyball
Representing  Japan
Asian Championship
2021 Chiba/Funabashi Team

Biography

Ran has some American ancestry through his grandfather and his mother is half Japanese, half German. He also has some British ancestry.[2]

Ran has one brother, Rui Takahashi who is one and a half year older, and one younger sister, Riri Takahashi. He started playing volleyball following the footsteps of his brother and his sister also plays volleyball.[3]

Career

Elementary school years

Ran started playing volleyball in his second grade of elementary school for the school's team.[4]

High school years

Ran played for Kyoto Municipal Hachigaoka Junior High School. In the first grade, because of his height, he was mainly used as a Libero.

Ran attended Higashiyama High School, and he was on the starting lineup in high school since his first year and served as an ace and captain of his team by the third year. He led his team to the Top 4 of the “Inter-High School Sports Festival”. Furthermore, his team won the “National Sports Festival” of Japan as well as winter 2020 All Japan High School Volleyball Championships, also known as Haruko. In addition, he received the "Most Valuable Player" award at the end of the competition.[5][6]

He has no under category experience at all, but he was immediately elected as a senior representative in February 2020 while he was still in the 3rd grade of high school.[7][8]

College years

After graduating from high school, Ran entered Nippon Sport Science University. He led the team, receiving the runner-up place in the 2020 All Japan Intercollegiate Volleyball Championship and got the Best Scorer award from the competition.[9] In 2021, he was one of the Outside Hitter for the Japan men's national volleyball team in 2020 Summer Olympics.[10]

Clubs

Awards

Individual

High school team
  • 2020 All Japan High School Volleyball Championships – Champion, with Higashiyama High School

College team

References
  1. "NSSU volleyball club 選手・スタッフ -#20　髙橋藍". nittai-vb.sakura.ne.jp/ (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  2. "高橋藍（バレー）のwikiプロフィール身長や出身中学高校大学や兄妹や父親や母親など家族についても" (in Japanese). five-wheels.com. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  3. "龍神ニッポンの次世代エース・高橋藍「世界に行って、レベルの高いプレーを早く経験できたらいいな」" (in Japanese). hominis.media. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  4. "髙橋藍、男子バレーの新星は19歳。兄が振り返る急成長の過程" (in Japanese). Takai Miwa. sportiva.shueisha.co.jp. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  5. "Ran Takahashi". Sport Sunchlorella. Sport Sunchlorella. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  6. "髙橋藍(バレーボール)はハーフなの？父や兄もすごい？シューズや東山高校時代は？" (in Japanese). sports-brothers.com. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  7. "【ＴＯＫＹＯ２０２０＋１カウントダウン】バレー・高橋藍、東京五輪へ石川と歩む！次期エースへ石川を超える！" (in Japanese). www.sanspo.com. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  8. "バレーボール東京五輪男子日本代表の高橋藍がセリエＡのパドバに加入へ - バレーボール : 日刊スポーツ". nikkansports.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  9. "第７３回秩父宮賜杯全日本バレーボール大学男子選手権大会 ミキプルーンスーパーカレッジバレー２０２０" (PDF). jva.or.jp (in Japanese). JVA. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  10. "国際第32回オリンピック競技大会（2020 /東京）バレーボール男子日本代表チーム・龍神NIPPON出場内定選手コメント". jva.or.jp. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  11. "Vol.9 Aim High, Reach Higher Spring High champion takes on the world. A story of the Takahashi brothers". Sport Sunchlorella. Sport Sunchlorella. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  12. "Takahashi Ran". Legavolley (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  13. "日体大・高橋藍がセリエＡ挑戦「完成度高い」称賛のパドバに今冬加入 - バレーボール : 日刊スポーツ". nikkansports.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-12-14.
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