Tatsunori Otsuka

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|fullname= Tatsunori Ōtsuka

|nickname= Tatsu, Tatchan

|nationality= Japanese

|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|2000|11|5|df=y}}

|birth_place= Osaka, Japan

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|college= Waseda University

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|position= Outside hitter

|currentnumber= 5 - (National)
15 - (Club)

|currentclub= {{Flagicon|ITA}} Power Volley Milano

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|nationalteam= Japan U19–U23 national team
Japan senior national team

|nationalyears= 2017–2019
2020–present

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{{jp|Tatsunori Otsuka|大塚達宣|Ōtsuka Tatsunori|born 5 November 2000}} is a Japanese male volleyball player and Olympian from Hirakata city, Osaka.{{cite news |title=大塚達宣(洛南)進路は早稲田！身長や中学は？最高到達点が凄い！ |url=https://sports-brothers.com/6345.html |publisher=sports-brothers.com}} He plays for Power Volley Milano and the Japanese national team (Ryujin Nippon).

Personal life

Otsuka has a younger sister.{{cite news |title=大塚達宣の世界と戦うメンタル子育て前編「大切にしたいのは子どもの意思と周りへの感謝の気持ち」親子が歩んできた道のり |url=http://wasedasports.com/feature/20210722_149710/ |access-date=19 August 2021 |publisher=wasedasports.com |language=ja}}

Career

Otsuka started to play volleyball at the 3rd year of elementary school by entering in Panasonic Panthers Junior club. Then, in the six grade, he attended at "JVA Men's and Women's Elite Academy Training Camp" held by Japan Volleyball Association, in order to find the future players for the national team. In 2017, he was called for Japan men's national under-19 volleyball team for the first time and then was called for U-21 and U-23, respectively. In 2020, Otsuka had the name in the senior national team for the first time and he was one of the outside hitters in 2020 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |title=Volleyball - Japan team |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/volleyball/athlete-profile-nvvomteam6-jpn01-japan.htm |website=olympics.com |access-date=19 August 2021}}

In 2024, Otsuka signed with Allianz Milan and will play for the team in the 2024-2025 club season.{{cite web |url=https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/superlega-2023/news/otsuka-to-replace-ishikawa-at-allianz-milan |title=Otsuka to replace Ishikawa at Allianz Milan |author= |date=22 May 2024 |website=volleyballworld.com |access-date=23 May 2024}}

Clubs

{{Flagicon|JPN}} Panasonic Panthers Junior{{cite news |title=【特集】龍神NIPPONに選出！日の丸を背負い世界の舞台へ大塚達宣 |url=http://wasedasports.com/news/20200505_129708/ |publisher=Wasedasports.com}}
{{Flagicon|JPN}} Rakunan High School (2016–2018){{cite news |title=早稲田バレーのスーパールーキー大塚達宣、高い志で世界へ羽ばたく |url=https://4years.asahi.com/article/12760174 |publisher=4years.asahi.com}}
{{Flagicon|JPN}} Waseda University (2019–2022){{cite web |title=Boys' U19 world championship Japanese team roster |url=http://u19.boys.2017.volleyball.fivb.com/en/teams/jpn-japan/players/tatsunori-otsuka?id=60528 |publisher=FIVB}}{{cite news |title=全日本インカレ「組織として日本一」を目指した早稲田大が4連覇を達成 |url=https://vbnext.com/tag/%E5%A4%A7%E5%A1%9A%E9%81%94%E5%AE%A3/ |publisher=vbnext.com}}
{{Flagicon|JPN}} Panasonic Panthers (2021–2024)
{{Flagicon|ITA}} Power Volley Milano (2024-2025)

Individual Award

2022: V.League Division 1 - Best newcomer award{{Cite web |title=一般社団法人日本バレーボールリーグ機構 |url=https://vleague.jp/ |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=一般社団法人日本バレーボールリーグ機構}}
2023: V.League Division 1 – Best SIX

External links

[https://www.vleague.jp/men/player_detail/4423 Player Profile at V.League] {{in lang|ja}}
[https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/men-world-championship-2022/players/163516 Player Profile at FIVB]