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She chose to attend a high school two hours from home. Each day, there was the train, the bus, and finally the walk to Mukogawa Women's Senior High School, which had the best volleyball program around. It harbored an arena of hope for young Fuka Sekita, a native of Hyogo, Japan, who began her athletic endeavors as a hesitant 9-year-old going to soccer practice at the request of her parents, but who later that year found her true calling — volleyball — and the flow that she credits to her present success.