Haruyo Shimamura
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| Full name | Haruyo Shimamura | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | John | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 4, 1992 Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 313 cm (123 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 300 cm (118 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Middle blocker | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club |  Gwangju AI Peppers | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 (national) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Haruyo Shimamura (島村 春世, Shimamura Haruyo; born March 4, 1992) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays in club level for Gwangju AI Peppers in V-League, South Korea.[1][2] She had played with NEC Red Rockets team for 15 years, which 2024–25 was the last season.[3][4]
Shimamura also plays for the Japan women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]
Shimamura was born in 1992. She played for the Japanese national team for the first time at the Montreux Volley Masters in May 2013 and in 2016 she played at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[6][7] She played in Olympic Games again in 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Shimamura had been the captain of the NEC Red Rockets since the 2015–16 season.[8] She played with NEC in 2024–25 as the last season, so she had been with the team for 15 years since 2010–11.[2][4]
Clubs
Kamakura Municipal Koshigoe Junior High- Kawasaki Municipal Tachibana High School (2007–2010)
- NEC Red Rockets (2010–2025)[2][4]
Gwangju AI Peppers (2025–present)[1]
