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Japanese volleyball player
Aki Momii
Personal information
NationalityJapanese
Born (2000-10-07) 7 October 2000 (age 24)
Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
Height176 cm (69 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Spike285 cm (112 in)
Block278 cm (109 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current clubGreece AEK Athens
Number12 (national team)
19 (club)
Career
YearsTeams
2018–2024JT Marvelous
2024–AEK Athens
National team
2021–presentJapan Japan

Aki Momii (籾井あき, Momii Aki, born 7 October 2000) is a Japanese volleyball player. She plays for Greek club AEK Athens and the Japan women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's volleyball.

Early life

Momii was born in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture. Her father is Peruvian-Spanish, while her mother is Peruvian-Japanese. Momii is a Peruvian citizen until high school.

When she was in elementary school, there was a volleyball team near her house, then she started playing volleyball when she was invited by a friend. Momii joined JT Marvelous after graduating from Hachioji Middle School in February 2019.

In 2021, she was selected to the Japanese national team for the first time in the Olympics.

In May 2024, Momii joined AEK Athens in Greece.

References

  1. "Senior Women's National Team｜Senior Women｜Japan Volleyball Association". www.jva.or.jp. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  2. "Volleyball - MOMII Aki". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  3. "Aki Momii Profile｜JT Marvelous". www.jti.co.jp. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  4. "Aki Momii". www.nikkansports.com. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  5. "Aki Momii's Parents". kazuki73.com. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  6. "Japanese Women's National Team at the Olympics｜Olympics Women's Team｜Japan Volleyball Association". hochi.news. 22 February 2021. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  7. "Κοντά σε συμφωνία με Μόμι η ΑΕΚ". sport-fm.gr (in Greek). 11 May 2024. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
Japan women's volleyball squad – 2020 Summer Olympics – 10th place
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