Kento Miyaura (宮浦 å¥人, born 22 February 1999) is a Japanese male volleyball player from Kumamoto City, on the island of Kyushu. Currently, he plays in the SV.League for Wolfdogs Nagoya.
Kento used to be the captain of Japan U-19 team and Waseda University's club.
Miyaura started playing volleyball in the second grade of elementary school. He was slender and lacked power, so he didn't get the opportunity to participate in the game until the 4th grade, where he still played as a substitute and was told, "You are not an ace".
He was asked to create a new junior-level club at Chinzei High School. At the time, there were just two players in the club, so they could not participate in any competitions, but he always practiced every day.
Then, in his senior high school years, he was bothered by an injury that forced him to leave the team. In his second year, he was assigned as captain of the team, but he often caused trouble for the team due to his lack of ability. That was a very hard time in his volleyball life, so he thought about quitting. As time passed, the hardships made him stronger. However, he and the team suffered from the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, which closed their training gym. After a month, they had to find a new training place, but the environment was not good. So, as a result, the team won the runner-up place at the All Japan high school volleyball championship.
After high school graduation, Miyaura joined Waseda University. He was called to the Japan men's national under-19 volleyball team for the first time and later became captain of the team. In his second year, he considered himself stronger in physical terms, so he started to do weight training and communicated with the team's staff about injury prevention. Furthermore, he also changed his serving style from float serve to jump serve, adding more effectiveness to the team. In the next year, he became a big player on the team. Miyaura was assigned to be a national representative at every junior level: the U-19 team and the U-21 team in 2017, the U-23 team, and the Universiade team in 2019, respectively.
In his final year in college, he was a captain and led the team to victory in the All Japan Intercollegiate Volleyball Championship, making Waseda University win this tournament five years consecutively. Then, in the 2020âÂÂ21 season, he joined the JTEKT Stings in V.League 1.
In 2021, he was called up for the senior national team for the first time, and his first competition as a senior is the 2021 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship. The Japanese team finished as runners-up; he scored a total of 76 points and received the Best Opposite Spiker award.
On October 15, he played his first full game in the V.League as part of the starting line-up against the JT Thunders, which JTEKT lost to in 4 sets with a 1âÂÂ3 record. He became a key player for the team since he helped the team score and became the top scorer in almost every match.
On January 16, 2022, JTEKT was in 7th place, and after losing in straight 5 matches, Miyaura helped the team win against the Toray Arrows in 4 sets, with a 3âÂÂ1 record at home. In this game, Miyaura became JTEkT's top scorer, recording 30 points, which later made him emotional.
JTEKT Stings ended up in 7th place in the league. Miyaura was in 5th place in the top scorers category, the 1st among Japanese, with 651 points after finishing the final stage.
Miyaura was back as a member of the Japanese National Team and went to compete in the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League. In the first week of the league, Miyaura scored 20 points in total, as he played as a starter against the United States, which Japan later lost to. In almost the last match of the third week, Miyaura, as a starter, showed his abilities tallying 17 points in 15 attacks and 2 aces, which lead the team to a 4-set victory over Germany with a 1âÂÂ3 record.
On August 2, it was announced that he would play for the Polish Club PSG Stal Nysa in the 2022âÂÂ2023 season.
In Japan's match against France in the VNL 2023, Miyaura played as a substitute, helping the team with a come from behind 4-set win against France with a 3âÂÂ1 record, where with his high success rate in attacks and strong serve, scored 13 points in 10 attacks, 1 block, and 2 service aces.
On June 16, Paris Volley announced that Kento Miyaura would join the club for the 2023âÂÂ2024 season.
JTEKT Stings announced that Miyaura would return to join the team. In January 2025, he had sprained his left ankle in the match against Hiroshima Thunders. In of SV.League, Miyaura led the team to the final round and made the team get the second place in the season after being defeated Suntory Sunbirds in 2 matches.
In May 2025, it was announced that he would join Wolfdogs Nagoya at the club level.
For the national team, Miyaura became the main opposite hitter and strength for the season, competing in 2025 VNL and 2025 World Championship.