Ran Takahashi
Personal information
Full nameRan Takahashi
NationalityJapanese
Born (2001-09-02) 2 September 2001
Kyoto, Japan
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Spike343 cm (135 in)
Block315 cm (124 in)
College / UniversityJapan Nippon Sport Science University (4th year)
Volleyball information
PositionWing spiker/Outside hitter
Current clubItaly Vero Volley Monza
Number12 (National)
13 (University)
12 (Club)
Career
YearsTeams
2017–2020Japan Higashiyama High School
2020–presentJapan NSSU
2021–2023Italy Pallavolo Padova
2023–presentItaly Vero Volley Monza
National team
2021–present Japan
Medal record
Men's volleyball
Representing  Japan
Nations League
Bronze medal – third place2023 GdańskTeam
Asian Championship
Gold medal – first place 2023 Urmia Team
Silver medal – second place 2021 Chiba/Funabashi Team
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2021–present
GenreVlog
Subscribers279 thousand[1]
Total views11 million[1]
100,000 subscribers
Last updated: November 15, 2023
Last updated: July, 2023

Ran Takahashi (髙橋 藍 or たかはしらん, Takahashi Ran, born 2 September 2001) is a Japanese male volleyball player and an Olympian. He plays as an Outside Hitter for Nippon Sport Science University's club,[2] Japan men's national volleyball team and Vero Volley Monza.[3]

Biography

Ran Takahashi was born on 2 September 2001 in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. His mother is a Japanese of part British and German descent, and his father is Japanese. Ran has one brother, Rui, who is one and a half year older, and one younger sister, Riri. He started playing volleyball following the footsteps of his brother. His sister also plays volleyball.[4]

Career

Elementary school years

Ran started playing volleyball in his second grade of elementary school for the school's team.[5]

High school years

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

Afterward, he attended Higashiyama High School, and he was in the starting line up 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 the 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.[6][7]

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.[8][9]

College years and overseas

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.[10] In 2021, he was one of the Outside Hitter for the Japan men's national volleyball team in 2020 Summer Olympics.[11]

After winning 2nd place at the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship with the Japan men's national volleyball team, he returned to play for his college team in the 2021 Kanto University Men's Division 1 League, winning 1st place by defeating Waseda University in straight sets.[12] He also played for his college team in the 2021 All Japan Intercollegiate Volleyball Championship. Regrettably, they lost in the quarterfinals against Jutendo University in 5 sets.[13]

On November 29, it was reported that Ran would play in the Italian Volleyball League Division 1 with Pallavolo Padova.[14] He flew to Italy on December 10 and his jersey number is 14, the same as Yūki Ishikawa's when he played with Padova.

On December 19, he debuted in the highest Italian league as a substitute in the third set against Modena Volley.[15][16]

Pallavolo Padova announced that Ran has renewed his contract with the club for Season 2022-2023.[17] He was nominated MVP of the match against Valsa Group Modena for the first time in Italian league.[18]

Vero Volley Monza revealed that they have signed with Ran Takahashi for Season 2023–2024.[19]

Clubs

Personal life

He owns a Instagram account with 2 million followers, a YouTube and Tiktok channel with his brother, called RanRui, which is a portmanteaux of their given names.

Ran Takahashi: The First Photobook, a career retrospective, was released on August 22, 2022.[23]

Awards

Individual

High school team

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

College team

National team

References

  1. 1 2 "About RanRui". YouTube.
  2. ↑ "NSSU volleyball club 選手・スタッフ -#20 髙橋藍". nittai-vb.sakura.ne.jp/ (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "イタリア挑戦の高橋藍「スパイクの決定率を追求したい」チーム選択には石川から助言も" (in Japanese). news.yahoo.co.jp. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Ran Takahashi". Sport Sunchlorella. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "【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.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "秋季関東大学男子1部リーグ 試合結果と最終順位 | 月バレ.com【月刊バレーボール】". 月バレ.com【月刊バレーボール】 | 月刊バレーボールが運営するバレー情報サイト (in Japanese). 2021-11-01. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
  13. ↑ "【バレー】男子は高橋藍擁する日体大が慶応大とフルセットの激闘。女子も2年ぶりVを目指す筑波大が天理大に辛勝 全日本インカレ" (in Japanese). news.yahoo.co.jp. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  14. ↑ "イタリア挑戦の高橋藍「スパイクの決定率を追求したい」チーム選択には石川から助言も" (in Japanese). news.yahoo.co.jp. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  15. ↑ "【バレー】イタリア・セリエA男子 21/22シーズン第13節 前半最終節で高橋藍がリーグデビュー果たす" (in Japanese). news.yahoo.co.jp. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  16. ↑ "Ran Takahashi's first point in SuperLega". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  17. ↑ "Nazionale giapponese a Padova, Ran Takahashi confermato in bianconero". Pallavolo Padova (in Italian). 2022-05-21. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
  18. ↑ "【バレー】髙橋藍 開幕戦スタメンを獲得し17得点でMVP（月刊バレーボール）". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  19. ↑ 勝部晃多. "【バレー】日本代表の高橋藍がイタリア・セリエＡのモンツァと契約 日体大に在学しながらプレー - バレーボール : 日刊スポーツ". nikkansports.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  20. ↑ "Vol.9 Aim High, Reach Higher Spring High champion takes on the world. A story of the Takahashi brothers". Sport Sunchlorella. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  21. ↑ "Takahashi Ran". Legavolley (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  22. ↑ "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.
  23. ↑ "髙橋藍ファースト写真集 RAN 二十歳の肖像（髙橋藍/監修） | BBMスポーツ | ベースボール･マガジン社". www.bbm-japan.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-08-27.
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