[Ren Kane (Part 2)]How top players behave as learned from their father who can dunk – Basketball: Nikkan Sports Premium

“When I was little, I used to play karate and dodgeball. I’m a serious guy.”

-Your father, Jun Kanechika, was a top volleyball player who played for NTT West and other teams. Do you have any memories of when you were playing in the top league?

I have a few memories of going to the match venue. This was the last Hyogo Delfino game I played. However, I don’t remember much about where I was playing. Once, a director at a television station edited and sent me some of my father’s old television footage. However, even after my playing days ended, I continued playing volleyball as a member of society, so I occasionally watched the games.

-Were you never told to play volleyball when you were a child?

It hasn’t been said at all. I used to do karate. Around 2 or 3 years in the lower grades of elementary school. I quit after I started playing basketball seriously, though.

-Did your father recommend it to you?

No, it’s the same with basketball, but my older brother, who is two years older than me, started playing first and I started later. There was really no pressure on me to play volleyball. I remember simply playing with him and being taught how to swim, run, and jump. Yes, I was playing dodgeball, a competitive game. Like karate, I think I practiced it until I was in the second or third grade of elementary school. That’s why I’m good at throwing. I was doing a lot of things that interested me.

-Was your father a scary person?

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