Japan men's national volleyball team

Japan

Association	Japan Volleyball Association
Confederation	AVC
FIVB ranking	14 (as of October 2015)
Uniforms
Home Away
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/

Japan men's national volleyball team

Medal record
Olympic Games
	1972 Munich	Team
	1968 Mexico City	Team
	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
	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
Asian Cup
	2012 Vinh Yen	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 1972. Also, the team was third at the 1970 and 1974 World Championships, and second 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

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

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 — 3rd place
• 2006 — 5th place
• 2010 — 1st place
• 2014 — 2nd place

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 , 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 , 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 , 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

  Nobuharu Saito, Daisuke Usami, Takahiro Yamamoto, Masaji Ogino, Yoshihiko Matsumoto, Kota Yamamura, Kunihiro Shimizu, Tatsuya Fukuzawa, Katsutoshi Tsumagari, Yusuke Ishijima, Yu Koshikawa, and Kosuke Tomonaga. Head Coach: Shoichi Yanagimoto.

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	Kunihiro 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	Takeshi 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	Tatsuya 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	Takaaki 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	Akihiro 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	Masashi 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	Masahiro 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	Hideomi 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	Yūki 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	Takashi 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	Daisuke 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	Yuta 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

See also

• Volleyball
• Japan women's national volleyball team