| Kentaro Asahi | |
| Fullname: | Kentaro Asahi |
| Birth Date: | 19 September 1975 |
| Weight: | 83kg (183lb) |
| Currentteammate: | Katsuhiro Shiratori |
| Teammates: | Koichi Nishimura Satoshi Watanabe |
| Tours (Points): | 25 (295) 24 (605) |
| Medaltemplates-Expand: | yes |
| Medaltemplates-Title: | Medal record |
is a Japanese professional beach volleyball player and politician. He was born in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.
Asahi played as a center for the Japan men's national volleyball team in the 1990s. He ended up in sixteenth place at the 1998 World Championship, and later on started a career in beach volleyball. Asahi and teammate Katsuhiro Shiratori represented Japan in beach volleyball at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]
Asahi began to work for yhr IT company Forval Corporation in 2011 through a Japanese Olympic Committee athlete hiring program.[2]
In July 2016, Asahi was elected as a member of the House of Councillors representing the Tokyo at-large district for the Liberal Democratic Party.[3]