Masahiro Sekita

is a Japanese male professional volleyball player from Tokyo. He currently plays in V.League Division 1 for JTEKT Stings and Japan men's national volleyball team. He used to be the captain of Japan U-21 national team in 2012 Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship and 2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship.

Career
Masahiro was the captain of Japan U-21 national team, since 2012 to 2013. Then, he had registered for Japan senior national team for the first time in 2016. In 2021, Masahiro was one of the setters in Japanese roster, which played in 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Japanese team advanced to the quarterfinals round in 29 years and at the end, he ranked the 7th place in the best setters category.

He transferred to Polish league, PlusLiga, playing for Cuprum Lubin in the 2021–22 season. Then he was back to play in the domestic league for JTEKT Stings.

In 2023, Masahiro lead Japanese national team to won medals for 2 tournaments, Nations League and Asian Championship which is bronze and gold respectively. Also, the team got a ticket for 2024 Summer Olympics after placed second in pool B in Olympic Qualification Tournaments which also known as World Cup.

Then in 2024, he and the team won first silver medal – the highest medal – ever in 2024 Nations League.

Clubs

 * 🇯🇵 Toyo High School
 * 🇯🇵 Chuo University
 * 🇯🇵 Panasonic Panthers (2016–2018)
 * 🇯🇵 Osaka Blazers Sakai (2018–2021)
 * 🇵🇱 Cuprum Lubin (2021–2022)
 * 🇯🇵 JTEKT Stings (2022–present)

Individual

 * 2012 Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship – MVP award

Club

 * 2022 Emperor's Cup &mdash; Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with JTEKT Stings

National teams

 * 2012 Asian Junior Men's Volleyball Championship – Gold medal with cup.svg Gold Medal
 * 2019 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship – Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze Medal
 * 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League – Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze Medal
 * 2023 Asian Men's Volleyball Championship – Gold medal with cup.svg Gold Medal
 * 2023 FIVB Nations League &mdash; Silver medal with cup.svg Runner-up

Personal life
After 2020 Summer Olympics, Masahiro became a new brand ambassador for Mizuno, a Japanese sports equipment and sportswear company.

In January 2022, he announced his marriage through his social media account.