Japan men's national volleyball team

Japan
Nickname(s) RYUJIN NIPPON
Association Japan Volleyball Association
Confederation AVC
Head coach Yuichi Nakagaichi
FIVB ranking 12 (as of August 2017)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances 8 (First in 1964)
Best result (1972)
World Championship
Appearances 13 (First in 1960)
Best result (1970, 1974)
http://www.jva.or.jp/en/

The Japan men's national volleyball team has won three Olympic medals, including a gold medal in Munich 1972 and won a bronze medal at the Tokyo 1964, silver medalist at Mexico 1968. Japan also, the team was third at the 1970 and 1974 World Championships, and 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.

Results

Japan national team fans in World Championship 2010

Olympic Games

  • Japan 1964Bronze Bronze Medal
  • Mexico 1968Silver Silver Medal
  • West Germany 1972Gold Gold Medal
  • Canada 1976 – 4th place
  • Soviet Union 1980 – Did not participate due to US-led boycott
  • United States 1984 – 7th place
  • South Korea 1988 – 10th place
  • Spain 1992 – 6th place
  • United States 1996 – Did not qualify
  • Australia 2000 – Did not qualify
  • Greece 2004 – Did not qualify
  • China 2008 – 11th place
  • United Kingdom 2012 – Did not qualify
  • Brazil 2016 – Did not qualify
  • Japan 2020 – Qualified

World Championship

  • Czechoslovakia 1949 – Did not participate
  • Soviet Union 1952 – Did not participate
  • France 1956 – Did not participate
  • Brazil 1960 – 8th place
  • Soviet Union 1962 – 5th place
  • Czechoslovakia 1966 – 5th place
  • Bulgaria 1970Bronze 3rd place
  • Mexico 1974Bronze 3rd place
  • Italy 1978 – 11th place
  • Argentina 1982 – 4th place
  • France 1986 – 10th place
  • Brazil 1990 – 11th place
  • Greece 1994 – 9th place
  • Japan 1998 – 15th place
  • Argentina 2002 – 9th place
  • Japan 2006 – 8th place
  • Italy 2010 – 13th place
  • Poland 2014 – Did not qualify
  • Italy Bulgaria 2018 – 17th place

World Cup

  • 1965 4th place
  • 1969 2nd place
  • 1977 2nd place
  • 1981 6th place
  • 1985 6th place
  • 1989 6th place
  • 1991 4th place
  • 1995 5th place
  • 1999 10th place
  • 2003 9th place
  • 2007 9th place
  • 2011 10th place
  • 2015 6th place
  • 2019 TBA

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 Championship

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan93315
Totals (1 nations)93315

Asian Games

Squads

Team

Current squad

The following is the Japanese roster in the 2018 World Championship.[1]

Head coach: Yuichi Nakagaichi

No. Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2018–19 club
1Issei Ōtake3 December 19952.01 m (6 ft 7 in)98 kg (216 lb)345 cm (136 in)327 cm (129 in)Japan Panasonic Panthers
3Naonobu Fujii5 January 19921.83 m (6 ft 0 in)78 kg (172 lb)312 cm (123 in)297 cm (117 in)Japan Toray Arrows
5Tatsuya Fukuzawa1 July 19861.89 m (6 ft 2 in)88 kg (194 lb)355 cm (140 in)330 cm (130 in)Japan Panasonic Panthers
6Akihiro Yamauchi30 November 19932.04 m (6 ft 8 in)80 kg (180 lb)353 cm (139 in)335 cm (132 in)Japan Panasonic Panthers
8Masahiro Yanagida (C)6 July 19921.86 m (6 ft 1 in)79 kg (174 lb)328 cm (129 in)301 cm (119 in)Free agent
9Satoshi Ide16 January 19921.74 m (5 ft 9 in)74 kg (163 lb)303 cm (119 in)290 cm (110 in)Japan Toray Arrows
10Taichiro Koga4 October 19891.70 m (5 ft 7 in)70 kg (150 lb)292 cm (115 in)277 cm (109 in)Japan Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza
11Yuji Nishida30 January 20001.86 m (6 ft 1 in)80 kg (180 lb)346 cm (136 in)330 cm (130 in)Japan JTEKT Stings
14Yūki Ishikawa11 December 19951.91 m (6 ft 3 in)84 kg (185 lb)351 cm (138 in)327 cm (129 in)Free agent
15Haku Ri27 December 19901.93 m (6 ft 4 in)82 kg (181 lb)344 cm (135 in)330 cm (130 in)Japan Toray Arrows
16Kentaro Takahashi8 February 19952.01 m (6 ft 7 in)103 kg (227 lb)351 cm (138 in)338 cm (133 in)Japan Toray Arrows
17Yamato Fushimi24 December 19912.07 m (6 ft 9 in)113 kg (249 lb)340 cm (130 in)330 cm (130 in)Japan Toray Arrows
18Masahiro Sekita20 November 19931.75 m (5 ft 9 in)72 kg (159 lb)311 cm (122 in)295 cm (116 in)Japan Panasonic Panthers
19Hiroaki Asano6 October 19901.75 m (5 ft 9 in)72 kg (159 lb)311 cm (122 in)295 cm (116 in)Japan 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. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
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