Japan men's national volleyball team
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| Nickname(s) | RYUJIN NIPPON | ||
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| Association | Japan Volleyball Association | ||
| Confederation | AVC | ||
| Head coach | Yuichi Nakagaichi | ||
| FIVB ranking | 14 (as of August 2016) | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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| 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/ | |||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1972 Munich | Team |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1968 Mexico City | Team |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1964 Tokyo | Team |
| World Championship | ||
| | 1970 Sofia | Team |
| | 1974 Mexico City | Team |
| World Cup | ||
| | 1969 Japan | Team |
| | 1977 Japan | Team |
| World Grand Champions Cup | ||
| | 2009 Osaka/Nagoya | Team |
| Asian Championships | ||
| | 1975 Melbourne | Team |
| | 1983 Tokyo | Team |
| | 1987 Kuwait City | Team |
| | 1991 Perth | Team |
| | 1995 Seoul | Team |
| | 2005 Suphanburi | Team |
| | 2009 Manila | Team |
| | 2015 Tehran | Team |
| | 1989 Seoul | Team |
| | 1997 Doha | Team |
| | 2007 Jakarta | Team |
| | 1979 Manama | Team |
| | 1993 Nakhon Ratchasima | Team |
| | 2001 Changwon | Team |
| Asian Games | ||
| | 1958 Tokyo | Team |
| | 1962 Jakarta | Team |
| | 1966 Bangkok | Team |
| | 1970 Bangkok | Team |
| | 1974 Tehran | Team |
| | 1982 New Delhi | Team |
| | 1994 Hiroshima | Team |
| | 2010 Guangzhou | Team |
| | 1978 Bangkok | Team |
| | 2014 Incheon | Team |
| | 1990 Beijing | Team |
| | 2002 Busan | Team |
| AVC Cup | ||
| | 2012 Vinh Yen | Team |
| | 2016 Nakhon Pathom | Team |
The Japan men's national volleyball team is the volleyball national team of Japan.
The 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 tow silver medalist at the 1969 and 1977 World Cup. Japan has been less successful in the World League era.The team has won the Asian Championships and the Asian Games eight times each.
Results
Japan national team fans in World Championship 2010
Olympics Games
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1964 – 
Bronze Medal -
1968 – 
Silver Medal -
1972 – 
Gold Medal -
1976 – 4th place -
1980 – did not compete -
1984 – 8th 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 (tied) -
2012 – did not qualify -
2016 – did not qualify
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
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
World Grand Champions Cup
- 1993 — 4th place
- 1997 — 5th place
- 2001 — 5th place
- 2005 — 4th place
- 2009 — 3rd place
- 2013 — 6th place
Asian Games
- 1958 —
1st place - 1962 — 2nd place
- 1966 — 1st place
- 1970 — 1st place
- 1974 — 1st place
- 1978 — 2nd place
- 1982 — 1st place
- 1986 — 4th place
- 1990 —
3rd place - 1994 — 1st place
- 1998 — 4th place
- 2002 — 1st place
- 2006 — 5th place
- 2010 — 1st place
- 2014 — 2nd place
Asian Championship
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan |
8 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
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)
- 2003 FIVB World Cup — 9th place
- 2005 World Grand Champions Cup — 4th place
- Hiroyuki Kai, Kazuma Kishimoto, Masaji Ogino
, Katsuyuki Minami, Kota Yamamura, Rio Matsunaga, Kyohei Shibata, Katsutoshi Tsumagari, Yu Koshikawa, and Kosuke Tomonaga. Head Coach: Tatsuya Ueta.
- Hiroyuki Kai, Kazuma Kishimoto, Masaji Ogino
- 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 2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament:
Head coach: Nambu Masashi
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block | 2015 club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shimizu, KunihiroKunihiro Shimizu (C) | 11 August 1986 | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 94 kg (207 lb) | 345 cm (136 in) | 335 cm (132 in) | Panasonic Panthers |
| 3 | Nagano, TakeshiTakeshi Nagano (L) | 11 July 1985 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | 65 kg (143 lb) | 315 cm (124 in) | 300 cm (120 in) | Panasonic Panthers |
| 4 | Fukuzawa, TatsuyaTatsuya Fukuzawa | 1 July 1986 | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 84 kg (185 lb) | 355 cm (140 in) | 345 cm (136 in) | Panasonic Panthers |
| 5 | Tomimatsu, TakaakiTakaaki Tomimatsu | 20 July 1984 | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 350 cm (140 in) | 340 cm (130 in) | Toray Arrows |
| 6 | Yamauchi, AkihiroAkihiro Yamauchi | 30 November 1993 | 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) | 72 kg (159 lb) | 348 cm (137 in) | 328 cm (129 in) | Panasonic Panthers |
| 7 | Kuriyama, MasashiMasashi Kuriyama | 14 July 1988 | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 89 kg (196 lb) | 340 cm (130 in) | 330 cm (130 in) | Suntory Sunbirds |
| 8 | Yanagida, MasahiroMasahiro Yanagida | 6 July 1992 | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 335 cm (132 in) | 305 cm (120 in) | Suntory Sunbirds |
| 10 | Fukatsu, HideomiHideomi Fukatsu | 1 June 1990 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 70 kg (150 lb) | 330 cm (130 in) | 305 cm (120 in) | Panasonic Panthers |
| 11 | Ishikawa, YūkiYūki Ishikawa | 11 December 1995 | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 74 kg (163 lb) | 345 cm (136 in) | 330 cm (130 in) | Chuo University |
| 12 | Dekita, TakashiTakashi Dekita | 13 August 1991 | 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) | 92 kg (203 lb) | 350 cm (140 in) | 330 cm (130 in) | Sakai Blazers |
| 14 | Sakai, DaisukeDaisuke Sakai (L) | 22 October 1981 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | 76 kg (168 lb) | 320 cm (130 in) | 305 cm (120 in) | Suntory Sunbirds |
| 17 | Masahiro Sekita | 20 November 1993 | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | 70 kg (150 lb) | 320 cm (130 in) | 305 cm (120 in) | Panasonic Panthers |
| 18 | Yoneyama, YutaYuta Yoneyama | 29 August 1984 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | 340 cm (130 in) | 320 cm (130 in) | Toray Arrows |
| 19 | Ryota Denda | 3 July 1991 | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 345 cm (136 in) | 327 cm (129 in) | Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza |
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-)
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
| National sports teams of Japan | |
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| Women's teams |
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| Men's teams | |
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