Yūka Imamura (今村 優香, Imamura Yūka; born September 2, 1993) was a Japanese volleyball player who played for Hisamitsu…Yūka Imamura (今村 優香, Imamura Yūka; born September 2, 1993) was a Japanese volleyball player who played for Hisamitsu Springs. She also played for the All-Japan women's volleyball team. Imamura played for the All-Japan team for the first time at the Montreux Volley Masters in June 2013. Imamura retired on April 15, 2023.
Kenya Fujinaka (藤中 謙也, Fujinaka Kenya; born (1993-07-25)25 July 1993) is a Japanese male volleyball player. He is part…Kenya Fujinaka (藤中 謙也, Fujinaka Kenya; born (1993-07-25)25 July 1993) is a Japanese male volleyball player. He is part of the Japan men's national volleyball team. On club level he plays for Suntory Sunbirds. He used to play for Senshu University. He started volleyball at the age of seven under the influence of his parents. He used to attend Ube Commercial High School.
Yuichiro Komiya (小宮 雄一郎, Komiya Yūichirō; born (1992-11-16)16 November 1992) is a Japanese male volleyball player. He…Yuichiro Komiya (小宮 雄一郎, Komiya Yūichirō; born (1992-11-16)16 November 1992) is a Japanese male volleyball player. He was a part of the Japan men's national volleyball team in 2015 and is registered again in 2022. On club level, he used to play for Toray Arrows and then transferred to Panasonic Panthers.
Masahiro Yanagida (柳田 将洋, Yanagida Masahiro; born (1992-07-06)6 July 1992) is a Japanese male volleyball player. He is…Masahiro Yanagida (柳田 将洋, Yanagida Masahiro; born (1992-07-06)6 July 1992) is a Japanese male volleyball player. He is a member of the Japan men's national volleyball team, playing Outside Hitter. At the club level he plays for the Tokyo Great Bears. Yanagida captained the senior national team from 2018 to 2021.
Naonobu Fujii (Japanese: 藤井 直伸, Hepburn: Fujii Naonobu; January 5, 1992 – March 10, 2023) was a Japanese volleyball…Naonobu Fujii (Japanese: 藤井 直伸, Hepburn: Fujii Naonobu; January 5, 1992 – March 10, 2023) was a Japanese volleyball player, who was also a member of the Japan men's national volleyball team and of Toray Arrows.
Yamato Fushimi (伏見 大和 Fushimi Yamato, born December 24, 1991) is a Japanese volleyball player. He used to play for…Yamato Fushimi (伏見 大和 Fushimi Yamato, born December 24, 1991) is a Japanese volleyball player. He used to play for Japan men's national volleyball team and currently plays for Wolf Dogs Nagoya in V.League Division 1.
Ryuta Homma (本間 隆太, Homma Ryūta; born 17 October 1991) is a Japanese male Volleyball player. On club level, he…Ryuta Homma (本間 隆太, Homma Ryūta; born 17 October 1991) is a Japanese male Volleyball player. On club level, he captained JTEKT Stings team, in V.League Division 1, since 2019–20 season. He is a former member of the Japan men's national volleyball team.
Takayuki Minowa (蓑輪 貴幸, Minowa Takayuki; born 8 September 1991) is a Japanese volleyball coach whose last role as a…Takayuki Minowa (蓑輪 貴幸, Minowa Takayuki; born 8 September 1991) is a Japanese volleyball coach whose last role as a head with Philippine women's club Akari Chargers of the Premier Volleyball League from 2024 to 2025.
Takashi Dekita (出耒 田敬, Dekita Takashi; born (1991-08-13)13 August 1991) is a Japanese volleyball player. He was a part…Takashi Dekita (出耒 田敬, Dekita Takashi; born (1991-08-13)13 August 1991) is a Japanese volleyball player. He was a part of the Japan men's national volleyball team. On club level he plays for Sakai Blazers.
Haku Ri (李博, Ri Haku; born 27 December 1990), also known as Lee Haku, is a Japanese volleyball player, a member of the…Haku Ri (李博, Ri Haku; born 27 December 1990), also known as Lee Haku, is a Japanese volleyball player, a member of the Japan men's national volleyball team and Toray Arrows in V.League division 1.
Hiroaki Asano (浅野 博亮, Asano Hiroaki; born (1990-10-06)6 October 1990) is a retired Japanese male volleyball player. He…Hiroaki Asano (浅野 博亮, Asano Hiroaki; born (1990-10-06)6 October 1990) is a retired Japanese male volleyball player. He used to be a part of the Japan men's national volleyball team. On club level, he only played for JTEKT Stings since 2012. On 9 April 2021, the club announced that he would retire after the 69th Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament, but it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hideomi Fukatsu (深津 英臣, Fukatsu Hideomi; born (1990-06-01)1 June 1990) is a Japanese male volleyball player. With his…Hideomi Fukatsu (深津 英臣, Fukatsu Hideomi; born (1990-06-01)1 June 1990) is a Japanese male volleyball player. With his club Panasonic Panthers he competed at the 2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship.
Yukiko Ebata (江畑 幸子 Ebata Yukiko, born November 7, 1989) is a retired Japanese volleyball player who played for the PFU…Yukiko Ebata (江畑 幸子 Ebata Yukiko, born November 7, 1989) is a retired Japanese volleyball player who played for the PFU BlueCats and was a member of the Japan women's national volleyball team. She was a member of Japan's bronze medal-winning 2012 Olympic volleyball team.
Yuta Matsuoka (松岡 祐太, Matsuoka Yūta; born (1989-11-06)6 November 1989) is a retired Japanese male volleyball player. He…Yuta Matsuoka (松岡 祐太, Matsuoka Yūta; born (1989-11-06)6 November 1989) is a retired Japanese male volleyball player. He used to be a part of the Japan men's national volleyball team. On club level, he played for Sakai Blazers.
Taichirō Koga (古賀 太一郎, Koga Taichirō; born October 4, 1989) is a Japanese volleyball player, a member of the Japan…Taichirō Koga (古賀 太一郎, Koga Taichirō; born October 4, 1989) is a Japanese volleyball player, a member of the Japan men's national volleyball team, a gold medalist of the 2017 Asian Championship.
Shunsuke Chijiki (千々木 駿介, Chijiki Shunsuke; born (1989-09-06)6 September 1989) is a Japanese male volleyball player. He…Shunsuke Chijiki (千々木 駿介, Chijiki Shunsuke; born (1989-09-06)6 September 1989) is a Japanese male volleyball player. He was part of the Japan men's national volleyball team. On club level, he plays for Sakai Blazers. He announced retirement from volleyball player after the 2022 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament and become trainer of Sakai Blazers.
Keiki Nishiyama (西山 慶樹 Nishiyama Keiki, born 19 October 1988) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for JT…Keiki Nishiyama (西山 慶樹 Nishiyama Keiki, born 19 October 1988) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for JT Marvelous.
Daisuke Yako (born 7 October 1988) is a retired Japanese male volleyball player. He was a part of the Japan men's…Daisuke Yako (born 7 October 1988) is a retired Japanese male volleyball player. He was a part of the Japan men's national volleyball team. On club level, he only played for JT Thunders.
Masashi Kuriyama (栗山 雅史, Masashi Kuriyama; born (1988-07-14)14 July 1988) is a Japanese male volleyball player. He was…Masashi Kuriyama (栗山 雅史, Masashi Kuriyama; born (1988-07-14)14 July 1988) is a Japanese male volleyball player. He was part of the Japan men's national volleyball team. On club level he plays for Suntory Sunbirds in V.League division 1. On February 10, 2023, Suntory Sunbirds announced that Masasha Kuriyama was set to retire after the season 2022-2023. The retirement ceremony will be held on Match 18 2023.
Nanae Takizawa (滝沢ななえ; Takizawa Nanae, born September 22, 1987, in Mitaka, Tokyo) is a former Japanese volleyball…Nanae Takizawa (滝沢ななえ; Takizawa Nanae, born September 22, 1987, in Mitaka, Tokyo) is a former Japanese volleyball player who played for Pioneer Red Wings. Born in Mitaka, Tokyo, she studied at Hachioji Jissen High School (八王子実践高等学校) and was a member of the volleyball team with Marie Wada and Ayuka Hattori there. After finishing high school, she joined the volleyball team Pioneer Red Wings. In November 2017, Takizawa came out as a lesbian when she told interviewers on a television program that she was dating a woman. She says that her friend had encouraged her, telling her that, with her fame, she could become the Ellen DeGeneres of Japan. Takizawa also felt that she should make use of her position to give more recognition to lesbians in Japan.
Mai Uemura (上村 麻衣 Uemura Mai, born September 15, 1987) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Shikoku Eighty 8…Mai Uemura (上村 麻衣 Uemura Mai, born September 15, 1987) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Shikoku Eighty 8 Queen.
Akihiro Fukatsu (深津 旭弘, Fukatsu Akihiro; born (1987-07-23)23 July 1987) is a Japanese male volleyball player. He was…Akihiro Fukatsu (深津 旭弘, Fukatsu Akihiro; born (1987-07-23)23 July 1987) is a Japanese male volleyball player. He was part of the Japan men's national volleyball team. On club level, he plays for Tokyo Great Bears.
Miya Sato (佐藤 美耶, Satō Miya; born October 23, 1986) is a Japanese volleyball player who played for Toray Arrows. She…Miya Sato (佐藤 美耶, Satō Miya; born October 23, 1986) is a Japanese volleyball player who played for Toray Arrows. She announced her retirement on 27 May 2010. She participated in the 2010 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup.
Kunihiro Shimizu (清水邦広, Shimizu Kunihiro; born (1986-08-11)11 August 1986) is a Japanese former professional volleyball…Kunihiro Shimizu (清水邦広, Shimizu Kunihiro; born (1986-08-11)11 August 1986) is a Japanese former professional volleyball player who played for the Japan national team. A one-club man, he spent his entire professional career with Osaka Bluteon. He announced his retirement from the national team after finishing seventh place in 2020 Summer Olympics, total of 14 years in the team. Shimizu was crowned the Most Valuable Player (MVP) in Asian Championship 2015.
Tatsuya Fukuzawa (福澤 達哉 Fukuzawa Tatsuya, born July 1, 1986) is a retired Japanese volleyball player who played for…Tatsuya Fukuzawa (福澤 達哉 Fukuzawa Tatsuya, born July 1, 1986) is a retired Japanese volleyball player who played for Japan men's national volleyball team. He announced his retirement on July 14, 2021 and competed in the retirement match with Panasonic Panthers teammates on August 14, 2021.
Mami Yoshida (吉田 真未, Yoshida Mami; born June 5, 1986) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Pioneer Red Wings.…Mami Yoshida (吉田 真未, Yoshida Mami; born June 5, 1986) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Pioneer Red Wings. She also plays for the All-Japan women's volleyball team. Yoshida played for the All-Japan team for the first time at the Montreux Volley Masters in May 2013.
Takeshi Nagano (永野健, Nagano Takeshi; born July 11, 1985) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Panasonic…Takeshi Nagano (永野健, Nagano Takeshi; born July 11, 1985) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Panasonic Panthers.
Koichiro Koga (古賀 幸一郎, Koga Kōichirō; born (1984-08-30)30 August 1984) is a retired Japanese male volleyball player. He…Koichiro Koga (古賀 幸一郎, Koga Kōichirō; born (1984-08-30)30 August 1984) is a retired Japanese male volleyball player. He was a part of the Japan men's national volleyball team. On club level, he played for Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza and then Wolf Dogs Nagoya. His retirement was announced on March 7, 2021.
Yuta Yoneyama (米山 裕太, Yoneyama Yūta; born (1984-08-29)29 August 1984) is a Japanese male volleyball player. He was part…Yuta Yoneyama (米山 裕太, Yoneyama Yūta; born (1984-08-29)29 August 1984) is a Japanese male volleyball player. He was part of the Japan men's national volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Italy. Currently, he plays for Toray Arrows on the club level.
Takaaki Tomimatsu (富松 崇彰, Tomimatsu Takaaki; born (1984-07-20)20 July 1984) is a Japanese male volleyball player. He…Takaaki Tomimatsu (富松 崇彰, Tomimatsu Takaaki; born (1984-07-20)20 July 1984) is a Japanese male volleyball player. He was part of the Japan men's national volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Italy. He currently plays for Toray Arrows.
Yu Koshikawa (越川 優, Koshikawa Yū; born June 30, 1984) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Voreas Hokkaido in…Yu Koshikawa (越川 優, Koshikawa Yū; born June 30, 1984) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Voreas Hokkaido in V.League Division 2. In July 2009, Suntory Sunbirds announced that Koshikawa would move to Pallavolo Padova next season. In July 2012, Suntory Sunbirds announced Koshikawa would join the club in the next season.
Seiko Kawamura (河村 聖子 Kawamura Seiko, born 23 May 1984) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Toyota Auto Body…Seiko Kawamura (河村 聖子 Kawamura Seiko, born 23 May 1984) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Toyota Auto Body Queenseis.
Yusuke Ishijima (石島 雄介, Ishijima Yūsuke; born 9 January 1984) is a former Japanese male volleyball player. He was part…Yusuke Ishijima (石島 雄介, Ishijima Yūsuke; born 9 January 1984) is a former Japanese male volleyball player. He was part of the Japan men's national volleyball team. He competed with the national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. He played with Osaka Blazers Sakai in 2005–2006 season, then transferred to Italian club one season and backed to Sakai again until 2017. He also participated in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in beach volleyball.
Mai Yamaguchi (山口 舞 Yamaguchi Mai, born July 3, 1983) is a former Japanese volleyball player who played for Okayama…Mai Yamaguchi (山口 舞 Yamaguchi Mai, born July 3, 1983) is a former Japanese volleyball player who played for Okayama Seagulls. She was part of Japan's 2012 bronze medal-winning team. Mai participated in the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, which was her last international tournament with the national team. She announced her retirement from volleyball in 2019.
Yumiko Tsuzuki (都築有美子 Tsuzuki Yumiko born May 11, 1983, in Okazaki, Aichi) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays…Yumiko Tsuzuki (都築有美子 Tsuzuki Yumiko born May 11, 1983, in Okazaki, Aichi) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for NEC Red Rockets. She served as captain of Toyota Auto Body Queenseis between 2007 and 2009. On 27 June 2013 NEC Red Rockets announced her joining.
Yoshifumi Suzuki (鈴木 寛史, Suzuki Yoshifumi; born (1983-03-31)31 March 1983) is a retired Japanese male volleyball…Yoshifumi Suzuki (鈴木 寛史, Suzuki Yoshifumi; born (1983-03-31)31 March 1983) is a retired Japanese male volleyball player. He was part of the Japan men's national volleyball team at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Italy. He played for only Suntory Sunbirds in the club level.
Nene Tomita (Japanese: 冨田 寧寧; Tomita Nene; born September 30, 1982) is a Japanese former volleyball player who played…Nene Tomita (Japanese: 冨田 寧寧; Tomita Nene; born September 30, 1982) is a Japanese former volleyball player who played for Toray Arrows.
Kōzō Takahashi (高橋幸造, Takahashi Kōzō; born (1982-03-21)21 March 1982) is a former Japanese male volleyball player who…Kōzō Takahashi (高橋幸造, Takahashi Kōzō; born (1982-03-21)21 March 1982) is a former Japanese male volleyball player who played the position of setter. He was part of the Japan men's national volleyball team. On club level he played for Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza.
Masami Yokoyama (横山雅美 Yokoyama Masami, born December 12, 1981) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Igtisadchi…Masami Yokoyama (横山雅美 Yokoyama Masami, born December 12, 1981) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Igtisadchi Baku.
Tomomi Nakao (中尾 巴美 Nakao Tomomi, born 27 November 1981) is a former Japanese volleyball player who played for Ageo…Tomomi Nakao (中尾 巴美 Nakao Tomomi, born 27 November 1981) is a former Japanese volleyball player who played for Ageo Medics.
Ikumi Nishibori (Japanese: 西堀育実, born 20 August 1981) is a Japanese female volleyball player. She played for the Japan…Ikumi Nishibori (Japanese: 西堀育実, born 20 August 1981) is a Japanese female volleyball player. She played for the Japan women's national volleyball team, at the 2001 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup. On club level she played for the Pioneer Red Wings.
Yuki Tanaka (田中 弓貴, Tanaka Yuki; born 19 August 1981) is a Japanese volleyball player who played for Kurobe…Yuki Tanaka (田中 弓貴, Tanaka Yuki; born 19 August 1981) is a Japanese volleyball player who played for Kurobe AquaFairies. She served as the captain of the team from 2009.
Mariko Mori (森 万里子 Mori Mariko, born June 17, 1981) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Toray Arrows. She…Mariko Mori (森 万里子 Mori Mariko, born June 17, 1981) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Toray Arrows. She served as sub captain of the team between 2008 and 2010. Her maiden name was Mariko Nishiwaki.
Yoshihiko Matsumoto (松本 慶彦, Matsumoto Yoshihiko; born 7 January 1981) is a Japanese volleyball player. He competed in…Yoshihiko Matsumoto (松本 慶彦, Matsumoto Yoshihiko; born 7 January 1981) is a Japanese volleyball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Aki Shibata (芝田安希 Shibata Aki, born January 6, 1981) was a Japanese volleyball player who played for Toray Arrows. She…Aki Shibata (芝田安希 Shibata Aki, born January 6, 1981) was a Japanese volleyball player who played for Toray Arrows. She served as captain of the team between 2008 and 2010. Toray announced that she retired in June 2010.