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Japan
Nickname(s)Ryujin Nippon
AssociationJapan Volleyball Association
ConfederationAVC
Head coachFrance Philippe Blain
FIVB ranking2 (as of 10 July 2024)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances9 (First in 1964)
Best result (1972)
World Championship
Appearances16 (First in 1960)
Best resultBronze (1970, 1974)
World Cup
Appearances14 (First in 1965)
Best result (1969, 1977)
Asian Championship
Appearances21 (First in 1975)
Best resultGold (1975, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2005, 2009, 2015, 2017)
www.jva.or.jp/en/senior_men/ (in English)
Honours
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 1
World Championship 0 0 2
World Cup 0 2 0
World Grand Champions Cup 0 0 1
Asian Championship 9 4 4
Asian Games 8 2 2
Asian Cup 0 1 3
Goodwill Games 0 0 1
Total 18 10 14
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Team
Silver medal – second place 1968 Mexico City Team
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo Team
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Sofia Team
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Mexico City Team
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 1969 East Germany Team
Silver medal – second place 1977 Japan Team
World Grand Champions Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Osaka/Nagoya Team
Asian Championship
Gold medal – first place 1975 Melbourne Team
Gold medal – first place 1983 Tokyo Team
Gold medal – first place 1987 Kuwait City Team
Gold medal – first place 1991 Perth Team
Gold medal – first place 1995 Seoul Team
Gold medal – first place 2005 Suphanburi Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Manila Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Tehran Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Gresik Team
Silver medal – second place 1989 Seoul Team
Silver medal – second place 1997 Doha Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Jakarta Team
Silver medal – second place 2021 Chiba/Funabashi Team
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Manama Team
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Nakhon Ratchasima Team
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Changwon Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Tehran Team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1958 Tokyo Team
Gold medal – first place 1962 Jakarta Team
Gold medal – first place 1966 Bangkok Team
Gold medal – first place 1970 Bangkok Team
Gold medal – first place 1974 Tehran Team
Gold medal – first place 1982 New Delhi Team
Gold medal – first place 1994 Hiroshima Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Team
Silver medal – second place 1978 Bangkok Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Team
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Beijing Team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan Team
Asian Cup
Silver medal – second place 2022 Nakhon Pathom Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Vinh Yen Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Nakhon Pathom Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Taipei Team
Goodwill Games
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Moscow Team

The Japan men's national volleyball team (Template:Lang-ja) represents Japan in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches, governed by Japan Volleyball Association. Their nickname is "RYUJIN NIPPON (龍神 NIPPON)", meaning "Japanese Dragon God" or "Dragon God of Japan" in Japanese.[1] 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.

In August 2021, at 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan team advanced to the Quarterfinals round and eventually finished at seventh place, the highest rank since 29 years.[2][3]

Results

Japan national team fans in World Championship 2010

Olympic Games

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Olympic Games record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
Japan 1964 Round robin 3rd place 9 7 2 22 12 Squad
Mexico 1968 Round robin Runners-up 9 7 2 24 6 Squad
Germany 1972 Final Champions 7 7 0 21 3 Squad
Canada 1976 Semifinals 4th place 5 2 3 8 9 Squad
Soviet Union 1980 Did not participate
due to US-led boycott
United States 1984 Preliminary round 7th place 6 4 2 12 6 Squad
South Korea 1988 Preliminary round 10th place 7 2 5 10 17 Squad
Spain 1992 Preliminary round 6th place 8 3 5 13 20 Squad
United States 1996 Did not qualify
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008 Preliminary round 11th place 5 0 5 4 15 Squad
United Kingdom 2012 Did not qualify
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020 Quarterfinals 7th place 6 3 3 10 12 Squad
France 2024 Future event
United States 2028
Australia 2032
Total 1 Title 9/15 62 35 27 124 100 —

World Championship

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

World Championship record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
Czechoslovakia 1949 Did not participate
Soviet Union 1952
France 1956
Brazil 1960 Final Group 8th place 9 2 7 8 18 Squad
Soviet Union 1962 Final Group 5th place 9 5 4 21 20 Squad
Czechoslovakia 1966 Group Round 5th place 7 4 3 17 17 Squad
Bulgaria 1970 Semifinals 3rd place 11 9 2 30 8 Squad
Mexico 1974 Semifinals 3rd place 11 9 2 28 13 Squad
Italy 1978 Second round 11th places 9 5 4 19 15 Squad
Argentina 1982 Semifinals 4th place 9 7 2 22 10 Squad
France 1986 Second round 10th place 9 2 7 9 23 Squad
Brazil 1990 First round 11th place 4 1 3 3 9 Squad
Greece 1994 Last 16 9th place 4 1 3 4 11 Squad
Japan 1998 Preliminary round 15th place 10 2 8 15 24 Squad
Argentina 2002 Second round 9th place 6 2 4 11 15 Squad
Japan 2006 5th–8th semifinals 8th place 13 7 6 26 27 Squad
Italy 2010 Second round 13th place 5 1 4 5 14 Squad
Poland 2014 Did not qualify
Italy Bulgaria 2018 First round 17th place 8 3 5 8 11 Squad
Poland Slovenia 2022 Qualified as 2021 Asian runners-up
Total 0 Title 16/20 124 60 64 226 235 —

World Cup

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

World Cup record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
Poland 1965 Semifinals 4th place 7 3 4 13 17 Squad
East Germany 1969 Final Runners-up 8 6 2 20 12 Squad
Japan 1977 Final Runners-up 8 5 3 19 14 Squad
Japan 1981 Second round 6th place 7 2 5 12 15 Squad
Japan 1985 Seventh round 6th place 7 2 5 9 15 Squad
Japan 1989 Seventh round 6th place 7 2 5 10 16 Squad
Japan 1991 Matches for places 1-6 4th place 5 1 4 7 13 Squad
Japan 1995 Fourth round 5th place 11 7 4 21 13 Squad
Japan 1999 Fourth round 10th place 11 3 8 16 27 Squad
Japan 2003 Fourth round 9th place 11 3 8 14 27 Squad
Japan 2007 Fourth round 9th place 11 3 8 14 26 Squad
Japan 2011 Fourth round 10th place 11 2 9 12 28 Squad
Japan 2015 Third round 6th place 11 5 6 21 21 Squad
Japan 2019 Third round 4th place 11 8 3 26 16 Squad
Japan 2023 Future event
Total 0 Title 14/14 126 52 74 214 260 —

World Grand Champions Cup

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

World Grand Champions record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
Japan 1993 Round Robin 4th place 5 2 3 9 10 Squad
Japan 1997 Round Robin 5th place 5 1 4 8 12 Squad
Japan 2001 Round Robin 5th place 5 1 4 4 14 Squad
Japan 2005 Round Robin 4th place 5 2 3 8 13 Squad
Japan 2009 Round Robin 3rd place 5 3 2 9 11 Squad
Japan 2013 Round Robin 6th place 5 0 5 1 15 Squad
Japan 2017 Round Robin 6th place 5 0 5 2 15 Squad
Japan 2021 Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Total 0 Titles 7/7 35 9 26 41 90 —

World League

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

World League record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
Japan 1990 Intercontinental round 6th Place 12 5 7 16 23 Squad
Italy 1991 Intercontinental Round 7th Place 16 5 11 22 38 Squad
Italy 1992 Intercontinental Round 10th Place 12 2 10 13 31 Squad
Brazil 1993 Intercontinental Round 6th place 20 10 10 36 41 Squad
Italy 1994 Intercontinental Round 8th Place 12 4 8 16 26 Squad
Brazil 1995 Intercontinental Round 8th Place 12 4 8 18 27 Squad
Netherlands 1996 Intercontinental Round 9th Place 12 3 9 16 31 Squad
Russia 1997 Intercontinental Round 12th Place 12 0 12 3 36 Squad
Italy 1998 Did not participate
Argentina 1999
Netherlands 2000
Poland 2001 Intercontinental Round 9th place 12 3 9 15 28 Squad
Brazil 2002 Intercontinental Round 13th place 12 1 11 11 34 Squad
Spain 2003 Intercontinental Round 13th place 12 3 9 16 31 Squad
Italy 2004 Intercontinental Round 10th place 12 0 12 8 36 Squad
Serbia and Montenegro 2005 Intercontinental Round 10th place 12 2 10 9 32 Squad
Russia 2006 Intercontinental Round 13th place 12 1 11 11 33 Squad
Poland 2007 Intercontinental Round 13th place 12 3 9 17 32 Squad
Brazil 2008 Pool play 6th Place 14 5 9 22 34 Squad
Serbia 2009 Intercontinental Round 15th place 12 3 9 13 31 Squad
Argentina 2010 Did not qualify
Poland 2011 Intercontinental Round 15th place 12 1 11 10 35 Squad
Poland 2012 Intercontinental Round 15th place 12 0 12 11 36 Squad
Argentina 2013 Intercontinental Round 18th place 10 3 7 16 25 Squad
Italy 2014 Intercontinental Round 19th place 12 1 11 8 35 Squad
Brazil 2015 Intercontinental Round 13th place 12 5 7 19 23 Squad
Poland 2016 Intercontinental Round 24th place 9 2 7 14 21 Squad
Brazil 2017 Group Final Round 14th place 11 6 5 24 23 Squad
Total 0 Titles 24/28 296 72 224 364 742 —

Nations League

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Nations League record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
France 2018 Preliminary round 12th Place 15 6 9 23 37 Squad
United States 2019 Preliminary Round 10th Place 15 7 8 27 32 Squad
Italy 2021 Preliminary Round 11th Place 15 7 8 25 31 Squad
Italy 2022 Quarterfinals 5th Place 13 9 4 29 21 Squad
Total 0 Titles 4/4 58 29 29 104 121 —

Asian Championship

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Asian Championship record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
Australia 1975 Final Champions 6 6 0 18 1 Squad
Bahrain 1979 Championship Round 3rd place 5 3 2 12 6 Squad
Japan 1983 Final Champions 7 7 0 21 4 Squad
Kuwait 1987 Final Champions 8 8 0 N/A N/A Squad
South Korea 1989 Final Runners-up 8 7 1 21 3 Squad
Australia 1991 Final Champions 7 7 0 21 3 Squad
Thailand 1993 Semifinals 3rd place 6 5 1 15 3 Squad
South Korea 1995 Final Champions 5 5 0 N/A N/A Squad
Qatar 1997 Final Runners-up 5 4 1 13 4 Squad
Iran 1999 Championship round 4th place 7 5 2 16 9 Squad
South Korea 2001 Semifinals 3rd place 6 5 1 15 6 Squad
China 2003 Quarterfinals 7th place 7 4 3 15 10 Squad
Thailand 2005 Final Champions 8 7 1 23 6 Squad
Indonesia 2007 Final Runners-up 7 5 2 17 7 Squad
Philippines 2009 Final Champions 7 7 0 21 4 Squad
Iran 2011 Quarterfinals 5th place 8 5 3 18 13 Squad8
United Arab Emirates 2013 Semifinals 4th place 7 4 3 14 9 Squad
Iran 2015 Final Champions 8 5 3 19 14 Squad
Indonesia 2017 Final Champions 8 7 1 23 4 Squad
Iran 2019 Semifinals 3rd place 8 6 2 22 9 Squad
Japan 2021 Final Runners-up 8 6 2 16 8 Squad
Total 9 Titles 21/21 — — — — — —

Asian Games

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Asian Games record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
Japan 1958 Final Champions 4 4 0 12 2 Squads
Indonesia 1962 Final Champions 7 7 0 21 4 Squads
Thailand 1966 Final Champions 8 8 0 26 0 Squads
Thailand 1970 Final Champions 7 7 0 21 0 Squads
Iran 1974 Final Champions 5 5 0 15 1 Squads
Thailand 1978 Final Runners-up 9 8 1 24 4 Squads
India 1982 Final Champions 6 6 0 18 1 Squads
South Korea 1986 Final Round 4th place 8 4 4 22 9 Squads
China 1990 Semifinals 3rd place 5 3 2 11 6 Squads
Japan 1994 Final Champions 5 4 1 13 5 Squads
Thailand 1998 Final Round 4th place 6 3 3 13 9 Squads
South Korea 2002 Semifinals 3rd place 5 3 2 10 10 Squads
Qatar 2006 Quarterfinals 5th place 3 2 1 6 5 Squads
China 2010 Final Champions 10 8 2 27 9 Squads
South Korea 2014 Final Runners-up 9 8 1 25 8 Squads
Indonesia 2018 Quarterfinals 5th place 5 4 1 14 10 Squads
Total 8 Titles 16/16 102 84 18 278 83 —

Asian Cup

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Asian Cup record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
Thailand 2008 Semifinals 4th place 6 4 2 13 11 Squad
Iran 2010 Quarterfinals 8th place 6 0 6 4 18 Squad
Vietnam 2012 Semifinals 3rd place 6 5 1 15 4 Squad
Kazakhstan 2014 Quarterfinals 6th place 6 1 5 5 17 Squad
Thailand 2016 Semifinals 3rd place 6 3 3 13 11 Squad
Taiwan 2018 Semifinals 3rd place 5 2 3 10 12 Squad
Thailand 2022 Final Runners-up 6 4 2 14 6 Squad
Total 0 Titles 7/7 41 19 22 74 79 —

Goodwill Games

  Champions    Runners up    Third place    Fourth place

Goodwill Games record
Year Round Position GP MW ML SW SL Squad
Soviet Union 1986 Semifinals 3rd place N/A
United States 1990 Did not participate
Total 0 Titles 1/2 — — — — — —

Team

Current squad

The following is the Japanese roster for 2022 AVC Cup for Men.[4]
Head coach: Japan Shimbo Koichiro

No. Name Position Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2022–23 club
3 Akihiro Fukatsu (c) S (1987-07-23) July 23, 1987 (age 37) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 68 kg (150 lb) 334 cm (131 in) 315 cm (124 in) Japan Osaka Blazers Sakai
4 Issei Otake OP (1995-12-03) December 3, 1995 (age 28) 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 98 kg (216 lb) 346 cm (136 in) 327 cm (129 in) Japan Panasonic Panthers
11 Shoma Tomita WS/OH (1997-06-20) June 20, 1997 (age 27) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 80 kg (180 lb) 342 cm (135 in) 321 cm (126 in) Japan Toray Arrows
18 Kenyu Nakamoto WS/OH (1997-11-21) November 21, 1997 (age 26) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 68 kg (150 lb) 330 cm (130 in) 305 cm (120 in) Japan Panasonic Panthers
21 Motoki Eiro S (1996-06-08) June 8, 1996 (age 28) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 80 kg (180 lb) 330 cm (130 in) 320 cm (130 in) Japan Wolf Dogs Nagoya
22 Yuki Higuchi WS/OH (1996-04-27) April 27, 1996 (age 28) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 345 cm (136 in) 320 cm (130 in) Japan Sakai Blazers
24 Kazuyuki Takahashi L (2000-01-26) January 26, 2000 (age 24) 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 61 kg (134 lb) 310 cm (120 in) 281 cm (111 in) Japan JTEKT Stings
29 Soshi Fujinaka L (1998-07-30) July 30, 1998 (age 26) 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 338 cm (133 in) 315 cm (124 in) Japan JTEKT Stings
30 Larry Ebade-Dan MB (1999-12-02) December 2, 1999 (age 24) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 65 kg (143 lb) 325 cm (128 in) 310 cm (120 in) Japan VC Nagano Tridents
37 Kenya Fujinaka WS/OH (1993-07-25) July 25, 1993 (age 31) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 340 cm (130 in) 330 cm (130 in) Japan Suntory Sunbirds
38 Haruki Ono MB (1995-10-27) October 27, 1995 (age 29) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 345 cm (136 in) 325 cm (128 in) Japan Suntory Sunbirds
39 Hiroki Ozawa OP (1997-09-21) September 21, 1997 (age 27) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 340 cm (130 in) 315 cm (124 in) Japan Toray Arrows
40 Takahiro Namba MB (1998-05-01) May 1, 1998 (age 26) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 344 cm (135 in) 325 cm (128 in) Japan Toray Arrows
41 Daigo Yamada MB (1998-04-11) April 11, 1998 (age 26) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 340 cm (130 in) 325 cm (128 in) Japan Tokyo Great Bears

Former squads

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.

Media

Japan's matches and friendlies are currently televised by Nippon TV, GAORA and NHK.

See also

References

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