Ai Kurogo

Ai Kurogo
Personal information
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1998-06-14) 14 June 1998 (age 26) Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
Height	180 cm (71 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Spike	306 cm (120 in)
Block	295 cm (116 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Wing spiker
Number	5
Career
Years Teams 2018–present Saitama Ageo Medics
National team
2015–2016 U-18 national team 2017 U-20 national team 2017–2021 Senior national team
Honours Women's Volleyball Representing  Japan FIVB Nations League 2024 Bangkok Team

Ai Kurogo (黒後 愛, Kurogo Ai, born (1998-06-14)14 June 1998) is a Japanese volleyball player. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's volleyball.^[1]

She was part of the Japan women's national volleyball team. She participated at the 2017 FIVB U20 Women's Volleyball World Championship,^[2] 2018 Asian Games,^[3] and the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League.^[4]

Awards

Individual

• 2015-16 All Japan High School Championship - Best Outside Hitter
• 2015-16 All Japan High School Championship - Most Valuable Player
• 2016-17 All Japan High School Championship - Best Outside Hitter
• 2016-17 All Japan High School Championship - Most Valuable Player
• 2017–18 V.Premier League Women's - Best Face Award

High school

• 2015-16 All Japan High School Championship - Champion, with Shimokitazawa Seitoku
• 2016-17 All Japan High School Championship - Champion, with Shimokitazawa Seitoku

References

1. "Volleyball KUROGO Ai". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
2. "Player - Ai Kurogo - FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship 2017". u20.women.2017.volleyball.fivb.com. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
3. "Favorites Dominate Day 1 Of Women's Volleyball At The 2018 Asian Games". VolleyMob. 2018-08-20. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
4. "Team Roster - Japan - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2018". www.volleyball.world. Retrieved 2018-09-21.

External links

• FIVB profile
• http://www.volleyball.world/en/women/schedule/8867-japan-argentina/post
• Instagram profile