Haruna Kawabata
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| Full name | Haruna Kawabata | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 February 2001 Gifu, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Spike | 274 cm (108 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Block | 255 cm (100 in) | ||||||||||||||
| College / University | Tokai University | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Libero | ||||||||||||||
| Current club |  Denso Airybees | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 23 (national) 4 (club) | ||||||||||||||
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Haruna Kawabata (川畑 遥奈, Kawabata Haruna; born 8 February 2001) is a Japanese professional volleyball player. She plays in the SV.League for Denso Airybees.
Career
Early Years
She enrolled at Tokai University. She was selected to represent Japan at 2021 FISU World University Games.[1][2]
In her fourth year, the team achieved remarkable success of becoming the first university team to reach the semi-final of the 70th Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament.[3]
After that, the team achieved a quadruple crown, winning the Kanto University Autumn & Spring Championship, East Japan Intercollegiate Championship, and All Japan Intercollegiate Championship. In her final All Japan Intercollegiate Championship, she won the championship for the second consecutive year.[4]
Professional Years
In 2022, Denso Airybees announced that she would join the team.[5]
In 2025, she was selected for the Japan women's national volleyball team for the first time.[6][7]
Award
Individual
- 2019-20 Kanto University Autumn League - Best Receiver
- 2021 FISU World University Games - Best Libero, Best Digger, Best Receiver
- 2021-22 All Japan Intercollegiate Championship - Best Libero
- 2022-23 All Japan Intercollegiate Championship - Best Libero
- 2022-23 Kanto University Autumn League - Best Libero, Best Receiver
- 2022-23 Kanto University Spring League - Best Libero, Best Receiver
- 2022-23 East Japan Intercollegiate Championship - Best Libero
- 2024-25 SV.League Women's - Best Libero, Best Receiver
University Team
- 2019-20 All Japan Intercollegiate Championship -
- Bronze Medal, with Tokai University - 2019-20 Kanto University Autumn League
- Champion, with Tokai University - 2020-21 All Japan Intercollegiate Championship -
- Runner-up, with Tokai University - 2021-22 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament - - Bronze Medal, with Tokai University
- 2021-22 All Japan Intercollegiate Championship - - Champion, with Tokai University
- 2021-22 Kanto University Autumn League - - Runner-up, with Tokai University
- 2022-23 All Japan Intercollegiate Championship - - Champion, with Tokai University
- 2022-23 Kanto University Autumn League - - Champion, with Tokai University
- 2022-23 Kanto University Spring League - - Champion, with Tokai University
- 2022-23 East Japan Intercollegiate Championship - - Champion, with Tokai University
Club Team
- 2023-24 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament - - Runner-up, with Denso Airybees
National Team
2021 FISU World University Games - - Runner-up
References
- ↑ "ユニバ女子代表が2大会ぶりの銀メダル。完全アウェーの中、２セットデュースの善戦も中国にストレートで敗れる FISUワールドユニバーシティゲームズ". バレーボールマガジン (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-03-25.
- ↑ izumi (2023-07-04). "男子は山本龍、水町泰杜ら、女子は中川つかさ、佐藤淑乃、宮部愛芽世ら ワールドユニバーシティゲームズ出場選手 | 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). Retrieved 2026-03-26.
- ↑ "東レがPFUを3-1で下し、2大会連続6回目の優勝。黒鷲賞にクラン・ヤナ、敢闘賞にバルデス・メリーサ 第70回黒鷲旗女子". バレーボールマガジン (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-03-25.
- ↑ "【バレー】女子は東海大２連覇で悲願の４冠達成、中川つかさ主将ＭＶＰ「ホッとしました」 - バレーボール : 日刊スポーツ". nikkansports.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-03-25.
- ↑ "デンソー 川畑遥奈・山下晴奈（東海大）、横山真奈（鹿屋体大）、磯谷実紅（筑波大）、 野田祐希（八王子実践高）の内定を発表 V1女子". バレーボールマガジン (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-03-25.
- ↑ 月刊バレーボール (2025-04-10). "秋本美空が代表復帰 初選出は川畑遥奈ら10人 2025年度女子日本代表登録メンバー34人を発表 | 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). Retrieved 2026-03-26.
- ↑ "女子日本代表 2025". 公益財団法人日本バレーボール協会 (in Japanese). 2026-03-26. Retrieved 2026-03-26.