Ameze Miyabe
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| Full name | Ameze Miyabe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Japanese | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 October 2001 Amagasaki City, Hyogo, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 303 cm (119 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 270 cm (106 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College / University | Tokai University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Osaka Marvelous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 25 (national) 15 (club) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ameze Miyabe (宮部 愛芽世, Miyabe Ameze; born 12 October 2001) is a Japanese professional volleyball player. She plays in the SV.League for Osaka Marvelous.
Personal Life
Ameze's older sister, Airi Miyabe is also a volleyball player. Both sisters plays in the SV.League. She has Nigerian father and Japanese mother. [1]
Career
Early Years
In her high school years, Ameze contributed to the team's consecutive victories in the 70th and 71st All Japan High School Championship (Haruko).[2] Although they missed out on the third consecutive victory, they finished at the third place in the 72nd tournament.
In 2019, she was selected for the U20 World Championship in Mexico where the team won the championship.[3]
She then enrolled at Tokai University. In 2023, she represented Japan at the V. Summer League as a member of the Women's Universiade team. She contributed to the team's victory and was named as the MVP.[4] In the same year, she was selected to represent Japan at the 2021 FISU World University Games in Chengdu where the team won silver medal.[5] She also contributed to Tokai University's runner-up finish at the All Japan Intercollegiate Championship where they missed out on their third consecutive victory. She won the Fighting Spirit Award.[6]
In 2025, she was selected to represent Japan at the 2025 FISU World University Games in Berlin where the team won a silver medal for consecutive time.[7][8]
Professional Years
For the 2023–24 season, Ameze was selected as a prospective player for JT Marvelous (now Osaka Marvelous).[9]
In May 2025, she made her debut in the Japan Beach Volleyball Tour 2025's second leg as a pair with Wakana Akishige, her junior from Kinrankai Junior and Senior High School.[10]
Award
Individual
- 2018-19 All Japan High School Championship - Best Outside Hitter, MVP
- 2019-20 All Japan High School Championship - Best Opposite
- 2021-22 All Japan Intercollegiate Championship - Best Spiker, Best Scorer
- 2022-23 All Japan Intercollegiate Championship - Best Blocker
- 2023 V.Summer League - MVP
- 2023-24 Kanto University Autumn League - Best Scorer
- 2025 FISU World University Games - Best Outside Hitter
High School Team
- 2017-18 All Japan High School Championship - - Champion, with Kinrankai High School
- 2018-19 All Japan High School Championship - - Champion, with Kinrankai High School
- 2019-20 All Japan High School Championship - - Bronze Medal, with Kinrankai High School
University Team
- 2020-21 All Japan Intercollegiate Championship - - Runner-up, with Tokai University
- 2021-22 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament - - Bronze Medal, with Tokai University
- 2021-22 All Japan Intercollegiate Championship - - Champion, with Tokai University
- 2021-22 Kanto University Autumn League - - Runner-up, with Tokai University
- 2022-23 All Japan Intercollegiate Championship - - Champion, with Tokai University
- 2022-23 Kanto University Autumn League - Champion, with Tokai University
- 2022 23 Kanto University Spring League - - Champion, with Tokai University
- 2022-23 East Japan Intercollegiate Championship - - Champion, with Tokai University
- 2023-24 All Japan Intercollegiate Championship - - Runner-up, with Tokai University
- 2023-24 Kanto University Autumn League - - Bronze Medal, with Tokai University
- 2023-24 Kanto University Spring League - - Bronze Medal, with Tokai University
Club Team
- 2023-24 Empress' Cup All Japan Volleyball Championship - - Bronze Medal, with JT Marvelous
- 2023-24 V.League Division 1 Women's - - Runner-up, with JT Marvelous
- 2024-25 Empress' Cup All Japan Volleyball Championship - - Bronze Medal, with Osaka Marvelous
- 2024–25 SV.League Women's - - Champion, with Osaka Marvelous
- 2025-26 Empress' Cup All Japan Volleyball Championship - - Champion, with Osaka Marvelous
National Team
- 2017 Asian Girls' U18 Volleyball Championship - - Champion
- 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship - - Champion
- 2021 FISU World University Games - - Runner-up
- 2025 FISU World University Games - - Runner-up
References
- ^ 勝部晃多. "【バレー】東海大０－２から逆転３連覇王手 宮部愛芽主将「厳しい時でも諦める理由がなくなった」 - バレーボール : 日刊スポーツ". nikkansports.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-03-16.
- ^ INC, SANKEI DIGITAL (2018-01-08). "米留学中の宮部藍梨、金蘭会の妹・愛芽世や後輩たちを２日連続応援／春高バレー". サンスポ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-03-16.
- ^ "バレー日本代表・荒木彩花 "人生で最も苦しい怪我"からの復活 「代表経験がクソガキだった自分を変えてくれた」【前編】". TBS NEWS DIG (in Japanese). 2023-12-16. Retrieved 2026-03-16.
- ^ "西部大会の優勝はユニバ日本代表！2023 V･サマーリーグ女子西部大会 最終結果 News". SV League/Japan Volleyball League JVL Official website MEN (in Japanese). 2023-07-02. Retrieved 2026-03-16.
- ^ "ユニバ女子代表が2大会ぶりの銀メダル。完全アウェーの中、２セットデュースの善戦も中国にストレートで敗れる FISUワールドユニバーシティゲームズ". バレーボールマガジン (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-03-16.
- ^ izumi (2023-12-03). "全日本インカレ女子 筑波大が4年ぶり9度目の優勝 | 月バレ.com【月刊バレーボール】". 月バレ.com【月刊バレーボール】 | 月刊バレーボールが運営するバレー情報サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-03-16.
- ^ "FISUワールドユニバーシティゲームズ（2025／ライン・ルール）". 公益財団法人日本バレーボール協会 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-03-16.
- ^ "ユニバ女子日本代表は準優勝！ 2大会連続で銀メダルを獲得". バレーボールキング (in Japanese). 2025-07-24. Retrieved 2026-03-16.
- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2026-03-16.
- ^ "大阪MVの宮部愛芽世がビーチバレー初参戦！ ジャパンビーチバレーボールツアー第2戦グランドスラムグランフロント大阪大会に出場！". バレーボールキング (in Japanese). 2025-05-02. Retrieved 2026-03-16.