VOLLEYBALL PLAYER

Takako Shirai

1952 - Today

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Takako Shirai (白井貴子 Shirai Takako, Korean: 윤정순, Hanja: 尹貞順, Yoon Jeong-soon) is a Japanese former volleyball player of Korean ancestry. She is a two-time Olympian who was a member of the Japanese women's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Shirai also helped Japan win the silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. She was an outside hitter. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Takako Shirai is the 51st most popular volleyball player (down from 40th in 2024), the 2,672nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,992nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Volleyball Player.

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Among VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS

Among volleyball players, Takako Shirai ranks 51 out of 199. Before her are Vladimir Alekno, Jenia Grebennikov, Ricardo Garcia, Bruno Rezende, Andrea Zorzi, and Guido Görtzen. After her are Lyubov Sokolova, Zhu Ting, Osmany Juantorena, Murilo Endres, Ingrid Visser, and Yevgeniya Estes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Takako Shirai ranks 747. Before her are Jim Wetherbee, Pedro Soto, Howie Hawkins, Don Was, Melanie Mayron, and Raj Babbar. After her are Irwin Keyes, Ray Sharkey, Michael Brook, Junkyard Dog, Faye Kellerman, and Sharon Walsh.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takako Shirai ranks 2,672 out of 6,245. Before her are Mana Nakao (1986), Junji Koizumi (1968), Kōji Gushiken (1956), Daiki Iwamasa (1982), Yoshiki Okamura (1977), and Yoshiharu Habu (1970). After her are Issei Yoshimi (1982), Hayato Ochi (1982), Sumire Uesaka (1991), Hideki Noda (1969), Toru Oniki (1974), and Nobuhide Akiba (1985).

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Among VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS In Japan

Among volleyball players born in Japan, Takako Shirai ranks 2. Before her are Masae Kasai (1933). After her are Saori Kimura (1986), Yūki Ishikawa (1995), Yoshie Takeshita (1978), Yūko Sano (1979), Miyuki Takahashi (1978), and Erika Araki (1984).

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