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In April 2013 JT Marvelous announced her retirement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jti.co.jp/knowledge/marvelous/news/2012/1304_02/index.html|title=谷口雅美選手、大友愛選手、吉澤智恵選手、西山慶樹選手退部のお知らせ|author=JT Marvelous|accessdate=2013-06-27}}</ref>
In April 2013 JT Marvelous announced her retirement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jti.co.jp/knowledge/marvelous/news/2012/1304_02/index.html|title=谷口雅美選手、大友愛選手、吉澤智恵選手、西山慶樹選手退部のお知らせ|author=JT Marvelous|accessdate=2013-06-27}}</ref>


On 8 August 2013, Ai married [[Hiroyuki Akimoto]] who is a [[Judoka]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sankei.jp.msn.com/sports/news/130830/mrt13083018290013-n1.htm|title=バレー大友愛さんと柔道の秋本啓之が結婚|author=msn sankei news|accessdate=2013-08-30}}</ref>
On 8 August 2013, Ai married [[Hiroyuki Akimoto]] who is a [[Judoka]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sankei.jp.msn.com/sports/news/130830/mrt13083018290013-n1.htm |title=バレー大友愛さんと柔道の秋本啓之が結婚 |author=msn sankei news |accessdate=2013-08-30 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831175641/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/sports/news/130830/mrt13083018290013-n1.htm |archivedate=2013-08-31 }}</ref>


== Clubs ==
== Clubs ==

Revision as of 12:41, 28 June 2017

Ai Ōtomo
Personal information
Full nameAi Ōtomo
NicknameYou
Born(1982-03-24)March 24, 1982
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)[1]
Spike312 cm (123 in)
Block305 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle Blocker
National team
Japan women's national volleyball team
Ai Ōtomo
Medal record
Women's Volleyball
Representing Japan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Japan Team
World Grand Champions Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Japan Team

Ai Ōtomo (大友 愛, Ōtomo Ai , born March 24, 1982) is a Japanese volleyball player. Her name before her divorce was Ai Yamamoto (山本 愛).

Career

She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #13 jersey. She took fifth place with the Japan women's national team. She played as a middle-blocker.

In 2006, she was two months pregnant when she married Tatsuo Yamamoto, a professional beach volleyball player.

In 2008, Hisamitsu Springs announced that she would return to active duty.

In 2009, she moved to JT Marvelous.

In September 2011, due to a right knee injury, Japan Volleyball Association announced that she would not play in the World Cup.[2]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was part of the Japanese team that won the bronze medal in indoor women's volleyball.

In April 2013 JT Marvelous announced her retirement.[3]

On 8 August 2013, Ai married Hiroyuki Akimoto who is a Judoka.[4]

Clubs

Awards

Individual

  • 1999 Asian Youth Championship – Best server award
  • 2000 Asian Junior Championship – Server award
  • 2001 2000–01 V.Premier League – New face award
  • 2002 51st Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship – Best6
  • 2005 54th Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship – Best6
  • 2009 58th Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament – Best6
  • 2010 2009–10 V.Premier League – Best 6
  • 2010 59th Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament – Best6
  • 2011 2010–11 V.Premier League – Best 6
  • 2011 60th Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament – MVP, Best6
  • 2013 62nd Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament – Best 6

Team

  • 2001 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship – Champion, with NEC Red Rockets
  • 2002 8th V.League – Runner-Up, with NEC Red Rockets
  • 2003 9th V.League – Champion, with NEC Red Rockets
  • 2004 10th V.League – Champion, with NEC Red Rockets
  • 2008–09 V.Premier League – Runner-Up, with Hisamitsu Springs
  • 2009 58th Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament – Runner-Up, with Hisamistu Springa
  • 2009–10 V.Premier League – Runner-Up, with JT Marvelous
  • 2010 59th Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament – Runner-Up, with JT Marvelous
  • 2010–11 V.Premier League – Champion, with JT Marvelous
  • 2011 60th Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament – Champion, with JT Marvelous

National team

Senior team

Junior team

  • 2000 World Youth Championship – Champion

References

  1. ^ "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  2. ^ Japan Volleyball Association. 山本愛選手の怪我による全日本女子離脱について (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-09-21.
  3. ^ JT Marvelous. "谷口雅美選手、大友愛選手、吉澤智恵選手、西山慶樹選手退部のお知らせ". Retrieved 2013-06-27.
  4. ^ msn sankei news. "バレー大友愛さんと柔道の秋本啓之が結婚". Archived from the original on 2013-08-31. Retrieved 2013-08-30. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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