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.
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Results
Japan national team fans in World Championship 2010
Olympic Games
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1964 – 
Bronze Medal
1968 – 
Silver Medal
1972 – 
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1976 – 4th place
1980 – Did not participate due to US-led boycott
1984 – 7th place
1988 – 10th place
1992 – 6th place- 1996 – Did not qualify
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2000 – Did not qualify
2004 – Did not qualify
2008 – 11th place
2012 – Did not qualify
2016 – Did not qualify
2020 – Qualified
World Championship
1949 – Did not participate.svg.png.webp)
1952 – Did not participate
1956 – Did not participate.svg.png.webp)
1960 – 8th place- 1962 – 5th place
- 1966 – 5th place
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1970 – 
3rd place- 1974 – 3rd place
1978 – 11th place
1982 – 4th place- 1986 – 10th place
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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
Asian Games
Squads
- 1998 World Championship — 16th place
- Kentaro Asahi, Nobutaka Hirano, Yoichi Kato, Masayoshi Manabe, Katsuyuki Minami, Norihiko Miyazaki, Yuichi Nakagaichi, Takashi Narita, Koichi Nishimura, Masaji Ogino, Hideyuki Otake, and Minoru Takeuchi. Head Coach: Futoshi Teramawari.
- 2002 World Championship — 9th place (tied)
- Yuta Abe, Nobuyoshi Hosokawa, Nobuhiro Ito, Hiroyuki Kai, Yoichi Kato (c), Hiroaki Kawaura, Takeshi Kitajima, Atsushi Kobayashi, Ryu Morishige, Katsutoshi Tsumagari, Makoto Yamaguchi, and Takahiro Yamamoto. Head Coach: Mikiyasu Tanaka.
- 2003 FIVB World Cup — 9th place
- Yuta Abe, Nobuyoshi Hosokawa, Nobuhiro Ito, Atsushi Kobayashi, Yoichi Kato (c), Takehiro Kihara, Akira Koshiya, Ryu Morishige, Kenji Onoue, Katsutoshi Tsumagari, Takahiro Yamamoto, and Daisuke Usami. Head Coach: Mikiyasu Tanaka.
- 2005 World Grand Champions Cup — 4th place
- Hiroyuki Kai, Kazuma Kishimoto, Masaji Ogino (c), Katsuyuki Minami, Kota Yamamura, Rio Matsunaga, Kyohei Shibata, Katsutoshi Tsumagari, Yu Koshikawa, and Kosuke Tomonaga. Head Coach: Tatsuya Ueta.
- 2006 FIVB World League — 13th place
- Yuta Abe, Shinya Chiba, Yusuke Ishijima, Yu Koshikawa, Keisuke Kurihara, Akira Masuno, Yoshihiko Matsumoto, Ryuji Naohiro, Masaji Ogino, Kenji Onoue, Nobuharu Saito, Yoshifumi Suzuki, Yohei Takasugi, Osamu Tanabe, Kosuke Tomonaga, Katsutoshi Tsumagari, Takahiro Yamamoto, and Kota Yamamura. Head Coach: Tatsuya Ueta.
- 2008 Summer Olympics — 11th place
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 |
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| 1 | Issei Otake | 3 December 1995 | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | 98 kg (216 lb) | 345 cm (136 in) | 327 cm (129 in) | Panasonic Panthers |
| 2 | Hideomi Fukatsu | 1 June 1990 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 70 kg (150 lb) | 325 cm (128 in) | 305 cm (120 in) | Panasonic Panthers |
| 3 | Naonobu Fujii | 5 January 1992 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 312 cm (123 in) | 297 cm (117 in) | Toray Arrows |
| 4 | Akihiro Fukatsu | 23 July 1987 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 325 cm (128 in) | 305 cm (120 in) | JT Thunders |
| 5 | Tatsuya Fukuzawa | 1 July 1986 | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 355 cm (140 in) | 330 cm (130 in) | Paris Volley |
| 6 | Akihiro Yamauchi | 30 November 1993 | 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 350 cm (140 in) | 335 cm (132 in) | Panasonic Panthers |
| 7 | Takashi Dekita | 13 August 1991 | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | 94 kg (207 lb) | 346 cm (136 in) | 331 cm (130 in) | Osaka Blazers Sakai |
| 8 | Masahiro Yanagida (C) | 6 July 1992 | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 79 kg (174 lb) | 335 cm (132 in) | 301 cm (119 in) | Suntory Sunbirds |
| 9 | Satoshi Ide | 16 January 1992 | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | 74 kg (163 lb) | 303 cm (119 in) | 290 cm (110 in) | Suntory Sunbirds |
| 10 | Taichiro Koga | 4 October 1989 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | 70 kg (150 lb) | 292 cm (115 in) | 277 cm (109 in) | FC Tokyo |
| 11 | Yuji Nishida | 30 January 2000 | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 350 cm (140 in) | 335 cm (132 in) | JTEKT Stings |
| 12 | Masahiro Sekita | 20 November 1993 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | 73 kg (161 lb)rg | 331 cm (130 in) | 296 cm (117 in) | Osaka Blazers Sakai |
| 13 | Naoya Takano | 30 April 1993 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 338 cm (133 in) | 316 cm (124 in) | Osaka Blazers Sakai |
| 14 | Yūki Ishikawa | 11 December 1995 | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 351 cm (138 in) | 327 cm (129 in) | Power Volley Milano |
| 15 | Haku Ri | 27 December 1990 | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | 344 cm (135 in) | 330 cm (130 in) | Toray Arrows |
| 16 | Kentaro Takahashi | 8 February 1995 | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | 103 kg (227 lb) | 355 cm (140 in) | 338 cm (133 in) | Toray Arrows |
| 17 | Tsubasa Hisahara | 18 March 1995 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 339 cm (133 in) | 320 cm (130 in) | Panasonic Panthers |
| 18 | Masashi Kuriyama | 14 July 1988 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 350 cm (140 in) | 335 cm (132 in) | Suntory Sunbirds |
| 19 | Hiroaki Asano | 6 October 1990 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | 72 kg (159 lb) | 311 cm (122 in) | 295 cm (116 in) | JTEKT Stings |
| 20 | Taishi Onodera | 27 February 1996 | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | 98 kg (216 lb) | 346 cm (136 in) | 323 cm (127 in) | JT Thunders |
| 21 | Kunihiro Shimizu | 11 August 1986 | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 97 kg (214 lb) | 348 cm (137 in) | 320 cm (130 in) | Panasonic Panthers |
| 22 | Tomohiro Yamamoto | 5 November 1994 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | 69 kg (152 lb) | 301 cm (119 in) | 299 cm (118 in) | Sakai Blazers |
| 23 | Yuki Higuchi | 27 April 1996 | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 79 kg (174 lb) | 345 cm (136 in) | 320 cm (130 in) | Sakai Blazers |
| 24 | Jin Tsuzuki | 28 December 1998 | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 345 cm (136 in) | 320 cm (130 in) | JTEKT Stings |
Coach history
- List from 1965 until now:
- Yasutaka Matsudaira (1965-1972)
- Tsutomu Koyama (1973-1976)
- Yūzo Nakamura (1977-1980)
- Naohiro Ikeda (1980-1984)
- Masaru Saito (1984-1986)
- Tsutomu Koyama (1986-1988)
- Masayuki Minami (1989-1990)
- Seiji Oko (1991-1995)
- Shinichiro Tsujiai (1996-1997)
- Futoshi Teramawari (1997-2000)
- Mikiyasu Tanaka (2001-2004)
- Tatsuya Ueta (2005-2013)
- Gary Sato (2013-2014)
- Masashi Nambu (2014-2016)
- Yuichi Nakagaichi (2017-)
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.
References
- "Team Roster - Japan - FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2019". www.volleyball.world. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
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