Post Content Tokyo 2020 Olympian and Japan national team setter Naonobu Fujii revealed earlier today that he has been diagnosed with stage 4 gastric cancer.
Translation below:
Everyone, please pray for Fujii’s health. 😓 He has been diagnosed with Gastric Cancer (Stage 4), and that was the reason why he experienced eye problems recently, the cancer has spread in his brain.
— aly ∞ (@gyunyusuga) February 27, 2022
FUJII WILL BE CANCER-FREE!!!! 🙌🙌
(Below is the rough trans if his IG post) pic.twitter.com/rYNOkVcGhu
There’s no other info released from Fujii but friends and fans from around the world have started to share their well wishes online to the 30 year old who wed former national team setter Miya Sato late last year.
Club teammate Krisztián Pádár has posted this on Instagram as he joins the well wishers.
On behalf of the global volleyball community, you are in our thoughts and prayers Fujii. YOU ARE NOT ALONE in this fight.
Stay stronger and strong! You got this!
