Kento Miyaura Played the Match of His Career Against France !!! Men's VNL 2023
Jan 23, 2026
Kento Miyaura Played the Match of His Career Against France !!! Men's VNL 2023. Kento Miyaura (宮浦 健人, born 22 February 1999) is a Japanese male volleyball player from Kumamoto City, on the island of Kyushu. Currently, he plays in PlusLiga for PSG Stal Nysa. He used to be the captain of Japan U-19 national team and Waseda University's club.
Miyaura was back-to-back elected as Japanese national team and went to compete in the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League. In the first week, he played as the starting line-up against the United States, which Japan lost in the full set, and he scored 20 points totally.[24][25] In almost the last match of the third week, Miyaura as the starting 6, showed his abilities by led the team won over Germany with 1–3 set count. He also scored the most of the team by 17 points, including 15 attacks and 2 aces.[26]
On August 2, it was announced that he would be playing for Polish club PSG Stal Nysa in the 2022-2023 season.
Yamamoto feeds it in by the left hand, joyous.
Kento Miura in this fourth set.
It's another one on the train to spike tag.
Well, he's got a highlights reel.
So Miura, number four,
there at the net.
Nishida at the net table.
It was a pretty
flippy first touch.
Oh, he hits the winner.
Kento to the scoreboard.
Japan back ahead.
Really good play from the kinky club.
Sabida player.
He plays in division three in Japan.
He's playing for the national team.
Talk about Hollywood story.
And he's just hit a fantastic shot.
Ran Takahashi, set point.
Carl receives to save the set.
Massive players.
It's a good pass from Carl.
There were three options.
They've gone out to four.
Carl, there he is.
He's not been playing division
three for long, you feel.
Carries on like this.
He's not changed his clubs already.
Out of the way, I think the speed
that the serve travels in
very often, and that's another Kento Miura.
Confidence from him.
Three players all coming in front,
drawing France that way.
Hammer and Siglund, then the ball
going back behind.
He's going to get called into action
at this point, Fukatsu.
No, he won't, because Kento Miura
looks the part.
He's not here just to make up the numbers,
and we're seeing that
Blaine knows exactly what he can do
and why he's here.
Now he's, it's great as well,
because Nishida knows
it's not all about time again.
He's not playing.
He's on the bench, not playing well.
It's Kento Miura
dominating the game off the bench.
Such a good, really lovely shot
that with the super slow-mo.
And it's right through the ball.
He's traveling through it,
whipping through it.
Puts an opportunity.
Look at that, 100% attacks it.
Oh, Moura extends the lead.
Again, it's right into that
corridor of uncertainty.
It's no longer that.
It's not even a hallway of hesitation anymore.
It's definitely an avenue of angst right now.
13 points for Tilly.
Second-most top scorer for France
in the game.
This play is special.
I'll tell you what,
yes, he's playing great.
He's now just having the game of his life.
OK, and not only that,
but the set is equal to it.
He knows what's going on.
And as a result,
Bukatsu is giving him the ball.
Now, they have been as many as four behind.
Four-block touch,
and Momoto in the right place.
Both these teams,
it's that they are not flooding
the three-meter line
when they've got an attack.
There's already players in
because of the way they attack.
So somebody's got to stay deep,
which is the Libro,
which then gives them that chance
in transition to go again.
Received by Ryan Takahashi.
Dational from Kento Miura.
And France are back into the lead.
They have re-energized.
They have hit 20.
And they needed that
in between the first
and second time out.
France have run.
Diaz.
Good ball now to Mouto,
but runs there in the way.
Miura, bit of Miura magic
in the right place.
Now a steady ball out wide.
Lovely arm swing.
Such great extension.
He's able to get out
and then he can see
everything in front of him.
Knows where the space is.
Takahashi.
Mouto, Diaz again,
sends it so high.
You're not going to find the floor
against Japan with shots like that.
Omiyo by Miura.
This is magnificent.
Match point.
And take the opening set, 25-60.
Roll shot and a serve
from Kento Miura.
Nice come on.
Done a great job
with the hand-to-ball contact.
That had some side spin on it too.
Interesting story that
built in in the second
in the victory over the Chinese.
9-5, first set.
Pipe attack.
Oh, great extension again by Ran.
Set might be a little heavy.
Push tip from Miura,
who is then able to block.
Ensign covers it.
Russell,
top spin over the top of the block,
but again, Japan pick it up,
feed it into Miura,
who absolutely blasts another.
Wow.
Well, for the first time
in this Brasilia pool play,
the United States
are being given a run for their money.
18 plays 12, first set.
Keeping it very tight.
Oh, Japan backcourt.
Read it though.
And again,
the entire framework
of this performance is firing.
Defense through that transition phase
with the setter and into,
well, whether it's a wing spiker
or an opposite player,
Japan are playing so smoothly.
They really are.
Like this, we haven't seen it all week
in Brasilia.
Block comes back.
Japan go again.
It's the libero setting.
Roll over the top.
That's a cheeky one by Smith,
but Japan able to read it.
All sorts of short play.
Well, Japan say,
if you're going to try and tip us over,
then we're going to pick up
and do exactly the same back to you.
The women's teams of the United States
and Japan have made solid starts to
well, their campaigns.
The meeting between the women's teams
of the USA and Japan.
It was a 3-0 win for the Japanese.
It was last week in
Shreveport, Basia City.
4-7 from the serve.
It's a big one.
Challenge at the net,
but Brandt gets an opportunity
to attack for Germany.
They recycle from the back line.
Mayara.
All angles of that.
3-1 lead.
Left hand serve from the left side.
Causing trouble coming across.
Where Zenga and Frogg.
It was Zenga's.