Hawi Okumu Oba

Fuyumi Hawi Okumu Oba is a Japanese volleyball player.

Early life

Fuyumi Hawi Okumu Oba was born on June 27, 1988 to Kenyan volleyball coach Godfrey Okumu and Japanese volleyball player Kozue Oba. Hawi Okumu Oba attended Hakata Girls' High School. She has roots in Nairobi and Fukuoka City.

Club career

Okumu Oba joined the Astemo Rivale Ibaraki of the V.Premier League in 2017. She left Astemo by the end of the 2024–25 SV.League season.
She joined Saitama Ageo Medics in mid-2025.

National team

Hawi Okumu Oba was supposed to debut for the Japan national team at the Philippines leg of the 2022 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League in June but was sidelined due to COVID-19. Okumu Oba eventually debuted for Japan at the 2022 Asian Women's Volleyball CupShe was called up to participate in a training camp in 2024.