Kenya Yasuda

{{short description|Japanese water polo player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Kenya Yasuda

| image = Kenya Yasuda Rio2016.jpg

| caption = Kenya Yasuda in 2016.

| fullname =

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|3|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Toyama, Toyama, Japan

| death_date =

| death_place =

| sport= Water polo

| coach =

| club = Bourbon WP Club

| height = {{convert|182|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|77|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

|

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{JPN}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Incheon|team}}

}}

{{Nihongo|Kenya Yasuda|保田 賢也|Yasuda Ken'ya|born 29 March 1989}} is a water polo player from Japan. He appeared in the Japanese Reality TV series Terrace House: Boys × Girls Next Door (2012), episodes 75 - 98 which depicts his water polo training and in which he expresses his dream to one day represent Japan in the Olympics. He makes a cameo appearance in the Japanese movie Terrace House: Closing Door (2015) in which he outlines the necessary steps he and his team must take to qualify for entry to the 2016 Rio Olympics. He was part of the Japanese team at the 2016 Summer Olympics,{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/kenya-yasuda|title=Kenya YASUDA - Olympic - Japan|date=|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ya/kenya-yasuda-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417213742/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ya/kenya-yasuda-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17|title=Kenya Yasuda Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}} where the team was eliminated in the group stage.

References