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The Japan Volleyball Association (JVA) is the governing body for
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 Summ ...
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Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
. It was founded in 1927, and has been a member of FIVB since 1951. It is also a member of the
Asian Volleyball Confederation The Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) is one of five continental bodies of governance in volleyball. It governs indoor volleyball, beach volleyball and other disciplines in Asia and Oceania, excluding the transcontinental countries of Russi ...
. The JVA is responsible for organizing 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 ...
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Japan women's national volleyball team The Japan women's national volleyball team (Hinotori Nippon, 火の鳥NIPPON), or ''All-Japan women's volleyball team'', is currently ranked 7th in the world by FIVB. The head coach is Ferhat Akbaş. One of their greatest successes was at the 19 ...
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History

* In 1921, Great Japan Volleyball Association was established and joined the Great Japan Sports Association. * In 1946, Japan Volleyball Association was founded. * In 1951, Japan Volleyball Association joint FIVB. * In 1973, became an incorporated foundation. * In 2011, became a public interest incorporated foundation.


Presidents


National teams

For details please refer to main articles for dedicated teams.


Men's

* Japan men's national under-19 volleyball team * Japan men's national under-21 volleyball team *
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 ...


Women's

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Japan women's national under-19 volleyball team The Japan women's national under-18 volleyball team represents Japan in women's under-18 volleyball events, it is controlled and managed by the Japanese Volleyball Association that is a member of Asian volleyball body Asian Volleyball Confederati ...
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Japan women's national under-21 volleyball team The Japan women's national under-20 volleyball team represents Japan in women's under-20 volleyball events, it is controlled and managed by the Japanese Volleyball Association that is a member of Asian volleyball body Asian Volleyball Confederati ...
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Japan women's national volleyball team The Japan women's national volleyball team (Hinotori Nippon, 火の鳥NIPPON), or ''All-Japan women's volleyball team'', is currently ranked 7th in the world by FIVB. The head coach is Ferhat Akbaş. One of their greatest successes was at the 19 ...


Competitions


Current title holders

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Sponsors


References


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Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
Volleyball in Japan
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