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| Nationality | Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (2000-04-11) 11 April 2000 Toyama, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Water polo | ||||||||||||||
| Club | CC Ortigia | ||||||||||||||
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Yusuke Inaba (稲場 悠介, Inaba Yūsuke, born 11 April 2000) is a Japanese water polo player.
He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics12 and 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career
Born in Toyama, Japan in 2000. Graduated from Toyama Municipal Horikawa Junior High School and Daiichi Gakuin High School, a correspondence school.3
In 2017, he joined VK Budva in Montenegro, and in 2018, he moved to CSM Digi Oradea in Romania.4 He won a silver medal at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2018.5
He was the top scorer in the FINA Water Polo World League for two consecutive years in 2018 and 2019,4 and was the top scorer for the third time in the 2021 World League. In 2021, he participated in the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Japan.5
He won a gold medal at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China in 2022.5 He participated as the ace of the Japanese national team at the Paris Olympics held in France in 2024.6
He participated as the captain of the Japanese national team at the 2025 World Championships held in Singapore in July 2025.7
Club
- 2017
VK Budva - 2018-2019
CSM Digi Oradea - 2020
Sporting Club Quinto - 2021-2022 Pallanuoto Trieste
- 2023- CC Ortigia
References
References
- "Water Polo - INABA Yusuke". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- "稲場 悠介" (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- "稲場 悠介さん" (in Japanese). Daiichi Gakuin High School. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
- "引退した兄の思い力に 水球男子 稲場悠介選手×兄・航平さん" (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. 2024-07-05. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
- "稲場 悠介" (in Japanese). Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
- "水球男子五輪代表に稲場悠介ら 13人を発表" (in Japanese). Japanese Olympic Committee. 2024-04-22. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
- "水球の稲場悠「ベストを尽くす」 世界選手権、男子日本代表主将" (in Japanese). Japanese Olympic Committee. 2025-06-27. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
External links
External links
- Yusuke Inaba at World Aquatics
- Yusuke Inaba at Olympics.com
- Yusuke Inaba at Olympedia
- Yusuke Inaba at InterSportStats
- Yusuke Inaba at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)
- Yusuke Inaba on Instagram