Yuka Sakurai

Yuka Sakurai
Personal information
Full name	Yuka Sakurai
Nickname	Ebi
Born	(1974-09-02)September 2, 1974 kaizu, Gifu, Japan
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Spike	284cm
Block	272cm
Volleyball information
Position	Libero
Current club	Denso Airybees
Number	9
National team
Japan

Yuka Sakurai (櫻井由香 Sakurai Yuka, born September 2, 1974) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Denso Airybees.

Clubs

• Yorojoshi Shogyo High School → Denso Airybees (1993-)

National team

•  Japan 1998-2002,2005,2007-

Awards

Individual

• 2005 11th V.League Best Libero award

Team

• 2008 2007-08 Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier - Runner-up, with Denso.
• 2008 57th Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship - Champion, with Denso.
• 2010 Empress's Cup - Champion, with Denso.

National team

• 2008: 5th place in the Olympic Games of Beijing

References

External links

• FIVB Biography
• Denso Official Website Profile

Japan – 2008 Summer Olympics Kurihara Tajimi Takeshita (c) Omura Takahashi Sano Sugiyama Sakurai Kano Kawai Araki Kimura