Erika Araki

Erika Araki
Personal information
Full name	Erika Araki
Nickname	Erica
Born	3 August 1984 Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight	80 kg (180 lb)
Spike	307 cm (121 in)
Block	298 cm (117 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Middle blocker
Current club	Ageo Medics
Number	12
Career
Years Teams 2003-2008 2008-09 2009-13 2014- Toray Arrows Foppapedretti Bergamo Toray Arrows Ageo Medics
National team
Japan 2005–2012
Honours Representing  Japan Olympic Games 2012 London Team World Championship 2010 Japan Team Asian Games 2006 Doha Team Asian Championship 2005 Taicang Team 2007 Suphanburi Team 2009 Hanoi Team 2011 Taipei Team

Erika Araki (荒木絵里香 Araki Erika, born 3 August 1984) is a Japanese volleyball player. She served as captain for the national team from 2009 to 2012.

Araki began her professional volleyball career with the Toray Arrows from 2003-2008. In July 2008, she joined Foppapedretti Bergamo. Araki returned to the Arrows the following season. From 2010 to 2013, Araki served as team captain. On 18 June 2013, the team announced her marriage.^[2] On 10 October 2013, Toray announced her pregnancy.^[3] The next year, Araki joined the Ageo Medics.

Profile

• Her father was a rugby player at Waseda University. Her mother was a PE teacher.
• She was good at swimming and athletics as a child.
• She became a volleyball player at 10 years old. At this age she was at 6 feet tall, the tallest in her school
• While attending Seitoku Gakuen high school with Kana Oyama, the volleyball team were national high school champions.

Awards

Individual

• 2004 The 10th Women's V.League - Best 6
• 2006 The 12th Women's V.League - Best 6
• 2007–08 Women's V.Premier League - Most Valuable Player, Spike awards, Block awards, Best 6
• 2008 2008 Summer Olympics "Best Blocker"
• 2009–2010 V.Premier League - Spike awards
• 2010–2011 V.Premier League - Best 6
• 2011-2012 V.Premier League - MVP, Block awards, Best 6.
• 2012-2013 V.Premier League - Excellent player awards, Block awards, Spike awards, Best server awards and Best 6.

Team

• 2004 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament - Champion, with Toray Arrows.
• 2007 Domestic Sports Festival (Volleyball) - Champion, with Toray Arrows.
• 2007–2008 Empress's Cup - Champion, with Toray Arrows.
• 2007–2008 V.Premier League - Champion, with Toray Arrows.
• 2009–10 V.Premier League - Champion, with Toray Arrows.
• 2010 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament - Champion, with Toray Arrows.
• 2010–11 V.Premier League - Runner-up, with Toray Arrows.
• 2011 Empress's Cup - Champion, with Toray Arrows.
• 2011–12 V.Premier League - Champion, with Toray Arrows.
• 2012-2013 V.Premier League - Runner-up, with Toray Arrows.

National team

Senior team

• 2006: 6th place in the 2006 FIVB Women's World Championship in Japan
• 2007: 7th place in the 2007 FIVB Women's World Cup in Japan
• 2008: 5th place in the Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament in Beijing, 3rd place in the 2008 Asian Women's Cup Volleyball Championship in Nakhon Ratchasima
• 2009: 3rd place in the 2009 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship in vietnam
• 2010: 3rd place in the World Championship in Japan
• 2011 Montreux Volley Masters - Champion
• 2011 4th place in the World Cup in Japan
• 2012: 3rd place in the Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament in London

References

1. "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
2. Toray Arrows. "荒木絵里香選手の入籍について". Retrieved 2013-06-18.
3. Toray Arrows. "荒木選手の退社について". Retrieved 2013-10-03.

External links

• FIVB biography
• Toray Arrows Women's Volleyvall Team
• Toray Official Araki rental transfer the register to Bergamo
• Italian news:the move to Bergamo
• Japanese news:the move from Toray Arrows to Bergamo