Professional Volleyball Player Reacts to Japanese High School Volleyball

This is me reacting to a Japanese High School volleyball match. These young players are insane! Hope you enjoy and don't forget to like, comment, and ask questions if you have them! Yay volleyball!

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[ch-otje]

I'm RAKUNAN no.4 setter
Thank you for watching our match.
I'm very happy.

[ete]

The Kyoto prefecture is so high level that this is just the qualifying match and it was only Higashiyama that made it to the nationals!

[hannah._.]

funny how Erik kept on mentioning the no. 1 guy being the go to hitter and after few months he faced this boy in VNL and Olympics. The upgrade of Ran Takahashi, from a go to hitter in high school to future of National Team and olympian.

[doomblitz]

Ever since the Haikyuu manga started publishing (2012), membership for high school and middle school volleyball started to soar, Japan's National Volleyball team might reap the rewards from that.

[johncheng]

The number 1 player: Ran Takahashi, you will play against him in Tokyo Olympic. I was just amazed a week ago how this Japanese high schooler’s volleyball skill and accidentally found out Takahashi’s highlights on YouTube, especially his VNL 2021 highlights. He is even more amazing in his Japanese national team!

[thanglongnguyenvu]

Jp volleyball is crazy even at highschool level. Guess Haikyuu wasn't so far off portraying the insanity of highschool volleyball.

[killerwhales]

This game was final for Kyoto tournament, and winner goes to the nationals. The team won is named Higashiyama HS and they actually won the nationals as well without losing any sets. I was watching it on live and it was totally shocking

[mackayla]

Oof he went with the best Japanese high school rivalry!
The go-to hitter that you were talking about is Takahashi Ran. He joined the Japanese national team after graduating high school. You will see him at the very bottom of the roster (because he’s only 19 years old). I wonder if you will meet him in a competition.
Fun fact: he was a libero in middle school.

[yunalisaxoxo]

Erik: "That's literally how Ishikawa serves"

Well that #1 (captain), Ran Takahashi (currently 20 y/o), is deemed as the next Ishikawa and he idolizes Ishikawa for a very long time. That's why Ran got most of Ishikawa's techniques. He's registered as a part of Japan's National team last year.

[mendoza__]

I like how shoji talks about other liberos having good form and technique and acts like he isn’t an absolute monster !!

[gibbyrickson]

Eric you are now obligated to show us your high school video

[PokePulse]

The number one is actually Ran Takahashi and he joined team japan in 2021. His team won the nationals

[joseveronicarebibis]

The number 1 on Higashiyama is actually Ran Takahashi which became part of the Japan National Team right after highschool or the Haruko where he became the MVP

[Kai-wxcz]

I’m Japanese high school student and volleyball player. Higashiyama came first in a national tournament last year. So, Everyone thought Higashiyama will win national tournaments this year. But Higashiyama retired national tournaments. Because the teammate was infected by COVID-19.

[hazelial]

12:12 "that's literally how ishikawa serves" is the fact that no.1 is ran takahashi & his role model is yuki ishikawa

[nicholasyeung]

2:40 #1 is Ran Takahashi and he played in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

[jaden-ling]

#1 with headband from 東山, higashiyama is Ran Takahashi. Soon to be Japan national team player or is now... His height is 188cm with a max reach of 343cm in his senior year during the period of this match. Kinda the next yuki Ishikawa vibe (right handed, skilled in pipes and block outs) and quite a lot of hype around him . This team is also championship winner too

Edit: This match is qualifier match

[justcassie]

2:40 just how fast the night changes, now you’re playing against him

[mahalima_atin]

12:14 it's really too good to be a coincidence how you mentioned ishikawa when takahashi served (yes he's the number 1 with the bandana) because takahashi was dubbed as the next ishikawa when he was in highschool

[MOI-rtzi]

2:40 that is Ran Takahashi (JERSEY no. 1) He played for Higashiyama Highschool and in 2020, they won the Haruko Volleyball championship.