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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World Championship
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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 | 2018–19 club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 6 | Akihiro Yamauchi | 30 November 1993 | 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 353 cm (139 in) | 335 cm (132 in) | |
| 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) | |
| 8 | Masahiro Yanagida (C) | 6 July 1992 | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 79 kg (174 lb) | 328 cm (129 in) | 301 cm (119 in) | Free agent |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 11 | Yuji Nishida | 30 January 2000 | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 80 kg (180 lb) | 346 cm (136 in) | 330 cm (130 in) | |
| 12 | Masahiro Sekita | 20 November 1993 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | 73 kg (161 lb) | 331 cm (130 in) | 296 cm (117 in) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | Free agent |
| 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) | |
| 16 | Kentaro Takahashi | 8 February 1995 | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | 103 kg (227 lb) | 351 cm (138 in) | 338 cm (133 in) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 21 | Kunihiro Shimizu | 11 August 1986 | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 97 kg (214 lb) | 330 cm (130 in) | 320 cm (130 in) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
Coach history
- List from 1965 until now:
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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