Kota Yamamura

Volleyball looks like a highlight reel of thunderous spikes, but the players I respect most are the ones eating floor on digs nobody notices. At 205 cm he captained Japan in 2013 and set the men's record for V.League appearances, and the Tsukuba pedigree tells me he's the type who chased every ball and never made a fuss about it. Quietly serious. That kind of athlete ages well.

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Kota Yamamura is a retired Japanese volleyball player and coach born on October 20, 1980, in Higashimurayama, Tokyo. Standing 205 cm tall, he attended the University of Tsukuba, played his club career for the Suntory Sunbirds, captained the Japan men's national team in 2013, and is now the Sunbirds' head coach.

Name (English)

Kota Yamamura

Name (Japanese)

山村宏太

Reading

やまむら こうた

Born

October 20, 1980 (age 46)

Origin

Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan

Height

205 cm

Occupation

Volleyball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Monkey

University

University of Tsukuba

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E6%9D%91%E5%AE%8F%E5%A4%AA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11469460

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Volleyball player

Last updated

October 20, 2026

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