Kotoki Zayasu

Japanese volleyball player

Kotoki Zayasu

Personal information

Full name

Kotoki Zayasu

Nickname

Koto

Born

(1990-01-11) January 11, 1990 (age 34)
Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan

Height

1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)

Weight

56 kg (123 lb)

Spike

280 cm (110 in)

Block

269 cm (106 in)

Volleyball information

Position

Libero

Current club

Hisamitsu Springs

National team

Japan

Kotoki Zayasu (座安琴希, Zayasu Kotoki, born January 11, 1990) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for RC Cannes. She played for the Japan national team during the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Career

Kotoki became a volleyball player at 9 years old. While in high school Kotoki served as captain of the team, and played as setter.

On 1 April 2008 Kotoki joined Hisamitsu Springs.^[1]

In March 2011 Kotoki was selected a member of national team,^[2] for which she played in the Montreux Volley Masters and the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup.

Clubs

Okinawa Prefectural Chubu Commercial High School.
Hisamitsu Springs (2008-2016)
RC Cannes (2016-2017)
Hisamitsu Springs (2017-

Awards

Individual

2011-2012 V.Premier League - Best Receiver, Best Libero.
2015 Montreux Volley Masters - Best Libero^[3]

Team

2011–12 V.Premier League - Runner-up, with Hisamitsu Springs.
2014 - Empress's Cup - Champion, with Hisamitsu Springs.
2014-2015 V.Premier League - Runner-Up, with Hisamitsu Springs.

National Team

2015 Montreux Volley Masters - Silver medal

National team

National team (2011-)

References

^ Hisamitsu Springs. 新人２選手入団のお知らせ (PDF) (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
^ Japan Volleyball Association. 2011年全日本女子 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
^ MONTREUX VOLLEY MASTERS. "TURKEY CLAIM GOLD AT 30TH EDITION OF MONTREUX VOLLEY MASTERS". Archived from the original on 2017-08-23. Retrieved 2015-06-01.