Kotoki Zayasu

{{short description|Japanese volleyball player (born 1990)}} {{Infobox volleyball player | name = Kotoki Zayasu | fullname = Kotoki Zayasu | nickname = Koto | image = Kotoki Zayasu 2017 01.jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|01|11|mf=y}} | birth_place = Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan | death_date = | hometown = | spike = {{convert|280|cm|abbr=on}} | block = {{convert|269|cm|abbr=on}} | height = {{height|m=1.60}} | weight = {{convert|56|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | position = Libero | currentclub = {{flagicon|JPN}} Hisamitsu Springs | currentnumber= | nationalteam = {{JPN}} }}

{{nihongo|'''Kotoki Zayasu'''|座安琴希|Zayasu Kotoki|born January 11, 1990}} is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for RC Cannes. She played for the Japan national team during the 2016 Summer Olympics.

== Career == Kotoki became a volleyball player at 9 years old. While in high school Kotoki served as captain of the team, and played as setter.

On 1 April 2008 Kotoki joined Hisamitsu Springs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.springs.jp/image/topics/0292.pdf|script-title=ja:新人２選手入団のお知らせ|language=Japanese|author=Hisamitsu Springs|accessdate=2008-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425230957/http://www.springs.jp/image/topics/0292.pdf|archive-date=2012-04-25|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In March 2011 Kotoki was selected a member of national team,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jva.or.jp/japan/womens/|script-title=ja:2011年全日本女子|language=Japanese|author=Japan Volleyball Association|accessdate=2011-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520031044/http://www.jva.or.jp/japan/womens/|archive-date=2014-05-20|url-status=dead}}</ref> for which she played in the Montreux Volley Masters and the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup.

== Clubs == * {{flagicon|JPN}} Okinawa Prefectural Chubu Commercial High School. * {{flagicon|JPN}} Hisamitsu Springs (2008–2016) * {{flagicon|FRA}} RC Cannes (2016–2017) * {{flagicon|JPN}} Hisamitsu Springs (2017-

== Awards == === Individual === * 2011-2012 V.Premier League - Best Receiver, Best Libero. * 2015 Montreux Volley Masters - Best Libero<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.volleymasters.ch/en/news/turkey-claim-gold-at-30th-edition-of?id=52632|title=TURKEY CLAIM GOLD AT 30TH EDITION OF MONTREUX VOLLEY MASTERS|author=MONTREUX VOLLEY MASTERS|accessdate=2015-06-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823164343/http://www.volleymasters.ch/en/news/turkey-claim-gold-at-30th-edition-of?id=52632|archive-date=2017-08-23|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Team === * 2011–12 V.Premier League - 16px Runner-up, with Hisamitsu Springs. * 2014 - Empress's Cup - 16px Champion, with Hisamitsu Springs. * 2014-2015 V.Premier League - 16px Runner-Up, with Hisamitsu Springs.

=== National team === * 2015 Montreux Volley Masters - Image:Med 2.png Silver medal

== National team == * {{flagicon|JPN}} National team (2011-)

== References == {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldCup/2011/Women/Players.asp?Tourn=WWC2011&Team=JPN&No=135413 FIVB Biography] * [http://www.vleague.or.jp/team_player_detail/id=35831 Japan Volleyball League Biography]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zayasu, Kotoki}} Category:Japanese women's volleyball players Category:Living people Category:People from Ginowan, Okinawa Category:1990 births Category:Japan women's international volleyball players Category:Olympic volleyball players for Japan Category:Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Sportspeople from Okinawa Prefecture Category:21st-century Japanese sportswomen Category:Volleyball players from Okinawa Prefecture