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2023–24 V.League Division 1 Men's
The 2023–24 V.League Division 1 Men's was the 30th tournament of the V.League between 14 October 2023 and 31 March 2024. Voreas Hokkaido is promoted to V.League Division 1 after winning the 2022–23 V.League Division 2. Club Personnel Transfer players Foreign players The total number of foreign players is restricted to one per club. Player from Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) nations are exempt from these restrictions. Informal players An informal player is a player still in high school or university but given a contract. Informal players are formally registered in V.League Organization and able to play on court. Competition format The competition format was approved and released to the public. Regular round # 10 teams participate in round robin system, playing each other team 4 times. # Teams are ranked in the Regular Round by: #* Winning percentages ->Points ->Set Percentage ->Scoring Rate # The top six teams from the Regular Round will advance ...
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Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summer Olympic Games since Tokyo 1964. Beach volleyball was introduced to the program at the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics. The adapted version of volleyball at the Summer Paralympic Games is sitting volleyball. Basic play The complete set of rules is extensive, but play essentially proceeds as follows: a player on one of the teams begins a 'rally' by serving the ball (tossing or releasing it and then hitting it with a hand or arm), from behind the back boundary line of the court, over the net, and into the receiving team's court. The receiving team must not let the ball be grounded within their court. The team may touch the ball up to three times to return the ball to the other side of the court, but individual players may not touch th ...
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Akihiro Yamauchi
(born 30 November 1993) is a Japanese male volleyball player. He is part of the Japan men's national volleyball team The Japan men's national volleyball team (), also referred to as Ryujin Nippon (Japanese: 龍神ニッポン; Literal translation, Lit. trans: ''Dragon God of Japan'') or simply Nippon, represents Japan in international volleyball competitions an .... On a college club level he plays for Aichi Gakuin University. He is captain of the Panasonic Panthers team, with the jersey number 10. Personal life It was announced on 14 April 2019 that he got married in December 2018. He recently divorced in October 2021. Individual award * 2023: V.League Division 1 – Best SIX References External links profileat ''FIVB.org'' 1993 births Living people Japanese men's volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) Volleyball players from Aichi Prefecture Aichi Gakuin University alumni Asian Games medalists in volleyball Volleyball players at the 2 ...
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JTEKT Stings
is a men's volleyball team based in the city of Kariya, Japan. It competes in the V.League, the highest volleyball league in Japan. The club was founded in 1958 and the current owner of the club is JTEKT. History JTEKT Stings was founded as Toyoda Kōki volleyball club in 1958. The club was promoted to V1 League (later renamed the Challenge League) in 2002. The club was renamed the JTEKT Stings in 2006. In 2010, the club won the Challenge League for the first time. In 2013, the club was promoted to V.Premier League (later was changed to V.League division 1), the highest league in Japan, after beating Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler. In 2020, the club won V.League division 1 title in Season 2019/20 for the first time in club's history. JTEKT Stings won their second title of Emperor's Cup in 2022. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of their entry into the V.League Division 1, they wore a limited edition 10th anniversary uniform featuring red and Mizuno's original blue. Honours ;V ...
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Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal
(previously known as Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal until 2019) is Japan's largest steelmaker, headquartered in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo. The company has four business segments, which are steelmaking, engineering, chemicals, and systems solutions. It is the largest producer of crude steel in Japan and the fourth largest in the world. The company is on the Forbes Global 2000 list, ranked 1971 in 2023. The company is the third incarnation of the Nippon Steel name, each time with a slightly different spelling or pronunciation. The original company, known as Japan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (日本製鐵, ''Nihon Seitetsu''), was split into two separate companies in 1950. These two companies later merged in 1970 to form and this name lasted until 2012, when it merged with Sumitomo Metal Industries. The company’s English name reverted to its 1970 name in 2019, while its Japanese name returned to the original 1934 name. History Early years Nippon Steel traces its roots to J ...
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Sakai, Osaka
is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has been one of the largest and most important seaports of Japan since the medieval era. Sakai is known for its ''kofun'', keyhole-shaped burial mounds dating from the fifth century. The ''kofun'' in Sakai include the largest grave in the world by area, Mozu Tombs, Daisen Kofun. Once known for Katana, swords, Sakai is now famous for the quality of its Japanese kitchen knife, cutlery. , the city had an estimated population of 819,965, making it the fourteenth most populous city in Japan (excluding Tokyo). Geography Sakai is located in southern Osaka Prefecture, on the edge of Osaka Bay and directly south of the city of Osaka. Neighboring municipalities Osaka Prefecture *Habikino, Osaka, Habikino *Izumi, Osaka, Izumi *Kawachinagano, Osaka, Kawachinagano *Matsubara, Osaka, Matsubara *Osaka *Ōsakasayama, Osaka, Ōsakasayama *Takaishi, Osaka, Takaishi Climate Sakai has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by w ...
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Shinya Chiba (volleyball)
Shinya Chiba (born 12 December 1961) is a Japanese former alpine skier who competed in the 1984 Winter Olympics and 1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Calgary 1988 were a multi-sport event held from February 13 to 28, 1988, with Calgary, Calgary, Alberta as the main host city. This marks the m .... His best Olympic finish was an 11th place in the 1988 downhill. References External links * * * 1961 births Living people Japanese male alpine skiers Olympic alpine skiers for Japan Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-alpine-skiing-bio-stub ...
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Osaka Blazers Sakai
Osaka Blazers Sakai is a men's professional volleyball team based in Sakai city, Osaka, Japan. It plays in the V.Premier League. The club was founded in 1939 as part of the Kitakyushu, Fukuoka-based Yawata Steel athletic club which also included football club Yawata Steel F.C. In 1969 the volleyball section split and moved to Sakai. On October 2, 2023, the club changed its name into Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers. Honours ; Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League *Champions (17): 1967-1968 1973-1974 1974-1975 1975-1976 1976-1977 1978-1979 1979-1980 1980-1981 1982-1983 1988-1989 1989-1990 1990-1991 1996-1997 1997-1998 2005-2006, 2010–11, 2012–13 *Runners-up (4): 1994-95,1995–96, 2008–09 and 2009–10 ; Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship *Champions (14): 1952 1953 1957 1960 1967 1974 1975 1976 1977 1980 1984 1988 1989 1990 ;Emperor's Cup , commonly known as or Japan FA Cup, and rebranded as The JFA Emperor's Cup from 2024 onwards, is a Japanese an ...
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Toray Industries
is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan that specializes in industrial products centered on technologies in organic synthetic chemistry, polymer chemistry, and biochemistry. Its founding business areas were fibers and textiles, as well as plastics and chemicals. The company has also diversified into areas such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and R&D, medical products, reverse osmosis big membranes, electronics, IT-products, housing and engineering, as well as advanced composite materials. The company is listed on the first section of Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the TOPIX 100 and Nikkei 225 stock market indices. History Toray Industries had been originally established as Toyo Rayon in 1926 by Mitsui Bussan, one of the two largest Japanese trading companies (''sogo shosha'') of the time (the other being Mitsubishi Shoji). The fact that Mitsui did not allow the company to be named as a Mitsui company indicates their skepticism of the risk ...
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Mishima, Shizuoka
file:Mishima-city-office.JPG, Mishima City Hall is a Cities of Japan, city located in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 109,803 in 49,323 households, and a population density of . The total area of the city is . Geography Mishima is located in far eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, at the northern end of Izu Peninsula and in the foothills of Mount Fuji. Surrounding municipalities *Kanagawa Prefecture **Hakone, Kanagawa, Hakone *Shizuoka Prefecture **Kannami, Shizuoka, Kannami **Nagaizumi, Shizuoka, Nagaizumi **Numazu, Shizuoka, Numazu **Shimizu, Shizuoka, Shimizu **Susono, Shizuoka, Susono Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Mishima has remained stable over the past 25 years. Climate Mishima has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa'') with hot summers and cool winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year, but is heaviest from June to September. The average annual temperatu ...
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Yudai Minemura
Yudai may refer to: * Yudai Township, a township in Wanyuan, Sichuan, China *Jade Belt Bridge The Jade Belt Bridge (), also known as the ''Camel's Back Bridge'', is an 18th-century pedestrian moon bridge located on the grounds of the Summer Palace in Beijing, China. It is famous for its distinctive tall thin single arch. The Jade Belt Br ..., also known as Yudai Bridge, a bridge in Summer Palace, Beijing, China * Yūdai, a masculine Japanese given name * Yudai (kickboxer), Japanese kickboxer, winner of the K-1 Japan U-18 Tournament at '' K-1 PREMIUM 2007 Dynamite!!'' {{disambiguation ...
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Ayumu Shinoda
Ayumu (written: 歩 or 歩夢) is a unisex Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese rugby union player *, Japanese snowboarder *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese racing driver *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese actor *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese snowboarder *, Japanese playwright, director, actor, and theatre producer *, Japanese motorcycle racer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese anime director *, Japanese footballer Fictional characters *, protagonist of the light novel series ''Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?'' *, character in the manga series ''Soredemo Ayumu wa Yosetekuru'' *, character in the manga series ''Azumanga Daioh'' *, character in the manga series ''Hayate the Combat Butler'' *, a character in the media project Nijigasaki High School Idol Club *, a character in the manga series Idaten Jump See also ...
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