Asako Tajimi

Personal information

Full name

Asako Tajimi

Nickname

Asako

Born

(1972-06-26) 26 June 1972
Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

Height

1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)

Weight

68 kg (150 lb)

Spike

308 cm (121 in)

Volleyball information

Position

Middle blocker

Number

9 (1992)
12 (1996)
2 (2008)

National team

1991–2008

Honours

Asako Tajimi (多治見麻子 Tajimi Asako, born 26 June 1972) is a Japanese former volleyball player and three-time Olympian. She competed with the Japanese women's national volleyball team at the 1992, 1996, and 2008 Olympics.

Tajimi helped Japan win the bronze medal at the 1994 Goodwill Games in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Clubs

HachioujiJissen High School → Hitachi (1999–2001) → Pioneer Red Wings(2001–2011) → Hitachi Rivale (2011–2012)

^ "Asako Tajimi". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
^ Krastev, Todor. "Women Volleyball Goodwill Games 1994 Sankt Petersburg (RUS) - 07-.08 Winner Soviet Union". Todor66.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

v t e Japan women's volleyball squad – 1992 Summer Olympics – 5th place
1 Sato (c) 2 Nakada 3 Ishikake 4 Nakanishi 5 Obayashi 6 Takahashi 7 Namura 8 Yamauchi 9 Tajimi 10 Yoshihara 11 Fukuda 12 Nakamura Coach: Yoneda

v t e Japan squad – 1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship – 7th place
Obayashi Fukuda Natori Yoshihara Eto Tajimi Yamauchi Nagatomi Murata Fujiyoshi Natta Shimazaki Coach: Yokota

v t e Japan women's volleyball squad – 1996 Summer Olympics – 9th place
1 Nakanishi (c) 2 Obayashi 3 Nagatomi 4 Yamauchi 5 Yoshihara 6 Torii 9 Nakamura 10 Sakamoto 11 Saiki 12 Tajimi 14 Hoshino 17 Ogake Coach: Yoshida

v t e Japan women's volleyball squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – 5th place
1 Kurihara 2 Tajimi 3 Takeshita (c) 4 Omura 5 Takahashi 6 Sano 7 Sugiyama 8 Sakurai 9 Kano 11 Araki 12 Kimura 14 Kawai Coach: Yanagimoto