is a retired volleyball player from Japan, who was one of the key players in the Japan men's national volleyball team in the 2000s. On club level, he only played for Panasonic Panthers.
Yamamoto plays as a wing-spiker and was named Best Scorer and Best Server at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament.
Honours
2001 FIVB World League — 9th place
2001 World Grand Champions Cup — 5th place
2002 FIVB World League — 13th place
2002 World Championship — 9th place
2003 FIVB World League — 13th place
2003 FIVB World Cup — 9th place
2004 FIVB World League — 10th place
2006 World Championship — 8th place
2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament — 2nd place (qualified)
Individual awards
2003 FIVB World Cup — Most Valuable Player
2003 FIVB World Cup — Best Scorer
References
Sources
FIVB biography
1978 births
Living people
Japanese men's volleyball players
People from Tottori (city) Sportspeople from Tottori Prefecture Olympic volleyball players for Japan Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Japan Opposite hitters 21st-century Japanese people