Japan men's national volleyball team

The Japan men's national volleyball team represents Japan in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. Japan won a bronze medal at the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games, followed by silver at Mexico 1968 and a gold at Munich 1972. The years after this have been less successful. Japan missed three successive Olympic Games before returning at Beijing 2008, where they failed to win a match. Japan then failed to qualify for the London 2012 Olympic Games and also missed Rio 2016 after finishing seventh at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tokyo. They also failed to qualify for the 2014 FIVB World Championship the first edition they had missed in 54 years. They had previously won FIVB World Championship bronze medals in 1970 and 1974. Japan silver medalists at the 1969 and 1977 World Cup. Japan has been less successful in the World League era. The team has won the Asian Championships nine times and the Asian Games eight times.

Japan
Nickname(s)RYUJIN NIPPON
AssociationJapan Volleyball Association
ConfederationAVC
Head coachYuichi Nakagaichi
FIVB ranking10 (as of October 2019)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances8 (First in 1964)
Best result (1972)
World Championship
Appearances13 (First in 1960)
Best result (1970, 1974)
http://www.jva.or.jp/en/

Results

Japan national team fans in World Championship 2010

Olympic Games

World Championship

  • 1949 – Did not participate
  • 1952 – Did not participate
  • 1956 – Did not participate
  • 1960 – 8th place
  • 1962 – 5th place
  • 1966 – 5th place
  • 1970 3rd place
  • 1974 3rd place
  • 1978 – 11th place
  • 1982 – 4th place
  • 1986 – 10th place
  • 1990 – 11th place
  • 1994 – 9th place
  • 1998 – 15th place
  • 2002 – 9th place
  • 2006 – 8th place
  • 2010 – 13th place
  • 2014 – Did not qualify
  • 2018 – 17th place

World Cup

World Grand Champions Cup

World League

  • 1990 6th place
  • 1991 7th place
  • 1992 10th place
  • 1993 6th place
  • 1994 7th place
  • 1995 8th place
  • 1996 9th place
  • 1997 12th place
  • 1998 did not participate
  • 1999 did not participate
  • 2000 did not participate
  • 2001 9th place
  • 2002 13th place
  • 2003 13th place
  • 2004 10th place
  • 2005 10th place
  • 2006 13th place
  • 2007 13th place
  • 2008 6th place
  • 2009 15th place
  • 2010 did not qualify
  • 2011 15th place
  • 2012 15th place
  • 2013 18th place
  • 2014 19th place
  • 2015 13th place
  • 2016 24th place
  • 2017 14th place

Nations League

Asian Games

Goodwill Games

  • 1986 3rd place
  • 1990 — did not participate

Squads

Team

Current squad

The following is the Japanese roster in the 2019 Men's Nations League.[1]

Head coach: Yuichi Nakagaichi

No. Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2020-21 club
1Issei Otake3 December 19952.01 m (6 ft 7 in)98 kg (216 lb)345 cm (136 in)327 cm (129 in) Panasonic Panthers
2Hideomi Fukatsu1 June 19901.80 m (5 ft 11 in)70 kg (150 lb)325 cm (128 in)305 cm (120 in) Panasonic Panthers
3Naonobu Fujii5 January 19921.83 m (6 ft 0 in)78 kg (172 lb)312 cm (123 in)297 cm (117 in) Toray Arrows
4Akihiro Fukatsu23 July 19871.83 m (6 ft 0 in)78 kg (172 lb)325 cm (128 in)305 cm (120 in) JT Thunders
5Tatsuya Fukuzawa1 July 19861.89 m (6 ft 2 in)88 kg (194 lb)355 cm (140 in)330 cm (130 in) Paris Volley
6Akihiro Yamauchi30 November 19932.04 m (6 ft 8 in)80 kg (180 lb)350 cm (140 in)335 cm (132 in) Panasonic Panthers
7Takashi Dekita13 August 19912.00 m (6 ft 7 in)94 kg (207 lb)346 cm (136 in)331 cm (130 in) Osaka Blazers Sakai
8Masahiro Yanagida (C)6 July 19921.86 m (6 ft 1 in)79 kg (174 lb)335 cm (132 in)301 cm (119 in) Suntory Sunbirds
9Satoshi Ide16 January 19921.74 m (5 ft 9 in)74 kg (163 lb)303 cm (119 in)290 cm (110 in) Suntory Sunbirds
10Taichiro Koga4 October 19891.70 m (5 ft 7 in)70 kg (150 lb)292 cm (115 in)277 cm (109 in) FC Tokyo
11Yuji Nishida30 January 20001.86 m (6 ft 1 in)80 kg (180 lb)350 cm (140 in)335 cm (132 in) JTEKT Stings
12Masahiro Sekita20 November 19931.75 m (5 ft 9 in)73 kg (161 lb)rg331 cm (130 in)296 cm (117 in) Osaka Blazers Sakai
13Naoya Takano30 April 19931.90 m (6 ft 3 in)78 kg (172 lb)338 cm (133 in)316 cm (124 in) Osaka Blazers Sakai
14Yūki Ishikawa11 December 19951.91 m (6 ft 3 in)84 kg (185 lb)351 cm (138 in)327 cm (129 in) Power Volley Milano
15Haku Ri27 December 19901.93 m (6 ft 4 in)82 kg (181 lb)344 cm (135 in)330 cm (130 in) Toray Arrows
16Kentaro Takahashi8 February 19952.01 m (6 ft 7 in)103 kg (227 lb)355 cm (140 in)338 cm (133 in) Toray Arrows
17Tsubasa Hisahara18 March 19951.88 m (6 ft 2 in)80 kg (180 lb)339 cm (133 in)320 cm (130 in) Panasonic Panthers
18Masashi Kuriyama14 July 19881.90 m (6 ft 3 in)85 kg (187 lb)350 cm (140 in)335 cm (132 in) Suntory Sunbirds
19Hiroaki Asano6 October 19901.75 m (5 ft 9 in)72 kg (159 lb)311 cm (122 in)295 cm (116 in) JTEKT Stings
20Taishi Onodera27 February 19962.01 m (6 ft 7 in)98 kg (216 lb)346 cm (136 in)323 cm (127 in) JT Thunders
21Kunihiro Shimizu11 August 19861.93 m (6 ft 4 in)97 kg (214 lb)348 cm (137 in)320 cm (130 in) Panasonic Panthers
22Tomohiro Yamamoto5 November 19941.71 m (5 ft 7 in)69 kg (152 lb)301 cm (119 in)299 cm (118 in) Sakai Blazers
23Yuki Higuchi27 April 19961.91 m (6 ft 3 in)79 kg (174 lb)345 cm (136 in)320 cm (130 in) Sakai Blazers
24Jin Tsuzuki28 December 19981.94 m (6 ft 4 in)85 kg (187 lb)345 cm (136 in)320 cm (130 in) JTEKT Stings

Coach history

Kit providers

The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Japan national volleyball team.

Period Kit provider
2000– Asics

Sponsorship

Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Shiseido other sponsors: Japanet, Molten, All Nippon Airways, Suntory, JTEKT, Nisshin Steel, Nippon Life, Marudai, Mizuno, Meiji Seika, Descente, Mikasa and Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical.

Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium

Stadium

Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium and Yoyogi National Gymnasium Japan national team training and hosting venues.

Media

Japan's matches and friendlies are currently televised by Nippon TV, GAORA and NHK.

See also

References

  1. "Team Roster - Japan - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2019". www.volleyball.world. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
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