Full name Ai Otomo Name Ai Otomo Nickname You Role Volleyball player | Spike 310cm Height 1.84 m Position Middle Blocker Weight 68 kg | |
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Born March 24, 1982
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan ( 1982-03-24 ) Spouse Hiroyuki Akimoto (m. 2013), Tatsuo Yamamoto (m. 2006–2012) Children Shinnosuke Akimoto, Miku Otomo Olympic medals Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's volleyball Similar People Yoshie Takeshita, Erika Araki, Saori Kimura, Kaori Inoue, Tatsuo Yamamoto | ||
Ai Ōtomo (大友 愛, Ōtomo Ai , born March 24, 1982) is a Japanese volleyball player. Her name before her divorce was Ai Yamamoto (山本 愛).
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Career
She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #13 jersey. She took fifth place with the Japan women's national team. She played as a middle-blocker.
In 2006, she was two months pregnant when she married Tatsuo Yamamoto, a professional beach volleyball player.
In 2008, Hisamitsu Springs announced that she would return to active duty.
In 2009, she moved to JT Marvelous.
In September 2011, due to a right knee injury, Japan Volleyball Association announced that she would not play in the World Cup.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was part of the Japanese team that won the bronze medal in indoor women's volleyball.
In April 2013 JT Marvelous announced her retirement.
On 8 August 2013, Ai married Hiroyuki Akimoto who is a Judoka.