[Official] OK Savings Bank Rehires Shota Hamada, Alternative Asian Quarter Setter

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OK Savings Bank's ᅳᆺman Professional Volleyball Team announced on the 26th that it has recruited Japanese setter Shota Hamada (36, registered name Shota) as an alternative Asian quarter player.

In April last year, the OK ᅳᆺman volleyball team named Iranian middle blocker Maehi Zelbe Gaziani, who was nominated in the men's Asian quarter tryout of the 2025 KOVO (Korea Volleyball Federation), but he failed the medical test and recruited Australian middle blocker Trent O'Day as a substitute for the season.

Amid fierce competition for the postseason advance, the OK Etman Volleyball Team decided to once again recruit Shota, who played for the OK Etman Volleyball Team as an alternative Asian quarter player in the 2024-2025 season to maximize foreign player offense and increase central utilization.

Shota showed good chemistry with the OK men's volleyball team players during the 2024-2025 season and used various attacks to create synergy. At the time, Shota showed strength, recording 9.620 sets success per set and 0.400 blocks per set, although it was short (182 cm). During the 2025-2026 season, he played for Borreas Hokkaido in the SV League of Japan.

Shin Young-chul, head coach of the OK Eutman Volleyball Team, said, "He is a player with good ball control and will be a great help in launching a variety of attacks. "As I have already worked with our team players before, I expect it to help set up operations," he said.

Shota said, "I'm happy to rejoin the OK Eutman volleyball team. As I joined the team at a very important time, I will do my best to help the team advance to the postseason," he said.

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