| Tsubasa Hisahara | |||||||||||
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| Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||
| Born | (1995-03-18)18 March 1995 (age 30) Hyogo,Japan | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (180 lb) | ||||||||||
| Spike | 339 cm (133 in) | ||||||||||
| Block | 320 cm (130 in) | ||||||||||
| College / University | Tokai University | ||||||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||||||||
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| Number | 7 (club) | ||||||||||
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Tsubasa Hisahara (久原 翼 or ひさはら つばさ,Hisahara Tsubasa; born 18 March 1995) is a male Japanese formerVolleyball player who played forPanasonic Panthers inV.League Division 1. He used to be the captain of Japanese youth national team and was a part ofJapan men's national volleyball team.
Hisahara has two older brothers, the one isDaiki Hisahara, and his father was an elementary schoolVolleyball coach. So, he started playing Volleyball influenced by his family.[4]
He was attended to the Jokoji Volleyball Sports Boy Scouts, where his father was a coach.[5]
When he enteredAmagasaki Municipal High School [ja],[4] his physical growth expanded his range of play, and he was selected as a representative under-category and gradually gained confidence.[5] He frequently participated in theAll Japan High School Volleyball Championship (Spring High) and theNational High School Comprehensive Athletic Meet (Inter-High). He was captain for the third year.[citation needed]
After that, he enteredTokai University, he participated in the game from the first year and led the team with fellowKentaro Matsubayashi andWataru Inoue. In the third year, the team won theEmperor's Cup and Empress' Cup All Japan Volleyball Championship title after beatingJTEKT Stings, who were inJapanese highest league, with a set count of 3–1.[6] In 2016, when he was in his fourth year, he was first elected toJapan senior national team and was also the captain of the college's volleyball club. At the end of the same year, he became an informal player of thePanasonic Panthers.[7]
In the2016–17 V.Premier League, he was registered as an informal player. On January 7, 2017, his V.League first appearance was in the game against Toyota Synthetic Trefelsa (currently isWolf Dogs Nagoya).[8] In the following2017–18 season, he often participated in games while being a rookie.
In 2017, he was elected to represent Japan at the29th Universiade Tournament and contributed to the team's bronze medal.[3]
In the2018–19 season,Tatsuya Fukuzawa, who has the same position with Hisahara, was withdrawn in the middle of the season, and from there he got many opportunities to play in the league.[9] He became a starting member in the final game of the season, the team won the championship and achieved the second consecutive league title. He also participated in the2019 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship as a main player.[10]
In the 2019–20 season, he made a leap forward in the Japan national team and also participated in the2019 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup.[11] For V.League in thesame season, Fukuzawa moved toParis Volley inFrance, so it made him became a regular player from the beginning of the league. Then, he converted to a professional player from June 1, 2020.[citation needed]
In the latter half of March 2021, he had an ill at the end of2020–21 V.League 1 and missed the game after March 21. He also missed the semi–finals and final matches[12][13] and was also excluded from the 2021 Japan national team roster.
He came back in the game competing withFC Tokyo on March 26, 2022, which Panthers won over the opponent.[14] Later on April 19, there was announced that Hisahara would retire from an active player and was assigned to be theJapanese women's national team's assistant coach. By the way, he still being the Panthers' member for the support.[15][1]