2019–20 V.League Division 1 Men's squads explained

This article is the rosters of each Japanese 2019–20 V.League Division 1 Men's clubs.

Suntory Sunbirds

The following is the roster of Suntory Sunbirds in 2019–20 season.^[1]

Head coach: Masaji Ogino

	Player name	Date of birth	Position	Notes
1		13 July 1991	Libero
3		27 October 1995	Middle blocker
4	Atomu Torikai	6 April 1996	Outside Hitter	Rookie
5	Kentaro Matsubayashi	8 October 1994	Outside Hitter
6	Ji Daoshuai	7 February 1992	Outside Hitter
7		9 September 1992	Setter
9	Masaki Oya	11 December 1995	Setter
10	Kenya Fujinaka	25 July 1993	Outside Hitter
11	Kosuke Hata	15 July 1995	Outside Hitter
12		17 November 1989	Middle blocker
13	Dmitry Muserskiy	29 October 1988	Middle blocker
14	Hisanori Kato	7 April 1994	Middle Blocker
15	Yoshimitsu Kiire	13 May 1995	Libero
17	Kentaro Hoshiya	8 November 1991	Middle Blocker	Captain
18	Takeshi Ogawa	7 July 1994	Opposite Spiker
19	Masashi Kuriyama	14 July 1988	Outside Hitter
20	Hiroki Nishida	15 August 1997	Setter	Informal player^[2]
21	Kenji Satoshi (ja)	16 January 1997	Middle blocker	Rookie
22	Yuito Takahashi	23 May 1997	Libero	Informal player
23	Tatsuki Kashiwada	9 November 1997	Middle Blocker	Informal player

Panasonic Panthers

The following is the roster of Panasonic Panthers in 2019–20 season.

Head coach: Mauricio Paes

	Player name	Date of birth	Position	Notes
1	Kunihiro Shimizu	11 August 1986	Opposite Spiker
2	Hideomi Fukatsu	1 June 1990	Setter	Captain
4	Issei Otake	3 December 1995	Opposite Spiker
5	Sogo Watanabe	21 July 1990	Outside Hitter
6		21 May 1984	Middle Blocker
7	Tsubasa Hisahara	18 March 1995	Outside Hitter
9		20 May 1993	Outside Hitter
10	Akihiro Yamauchi	30 November 1993	Middle Blocker
12	Kazuya Senda	15 January 1993	Outside Hitter
13	Michał Kubiak	23 February 1988	Outside Hitter
14	Hung-Min Liu	10 November 1993	Outside Hitter
16		29 June 1994	Libero
17	Takeshi Nagano	11 July 1985	Libero
20		10 August 1991	Setter
21	Yasunari Kodama	24 July 1994	Middle Blocker
22	Yuichiro Komiya	16 November 1992	Middle Blocker

Wolf Dogs Nagoya

The following is the roster of Wolf Dogs Nagoya in 2019–20 season.

Head coach: Tommi Tiilikainen

	Player name	Date of birth	Position	Notes
1		27 November 1992	Outside hitter
2		1 October 1990	Middle Blocker
4	Shohei Uchiyama	1 November 1987	Setter
5		22 September 1991	Setter
6		9 March 1988	Middle Blocker
7		15 February 1990	Outside Hitter
8	Yuhi Kamiya	20 November 1995	Middle Blocker
9	Takuya Takahashi	19 October 1993	Middle Blocker
10	Koichiro Koga	30 August 1984	Libero	Captain
11		3 July 1991	Middle Blocker
12		8 January 1988	Outside Hitter
14		18 July 1988	Opposite Spiker
16	Mitja Gasparini	26 June 1984	Opposite Spiker
21	Motoki Eiro	8 June 1996	Setter
22	Kenta Takanashi	25 March 1997	Outside Hitter	Rookie
23	Masato Katsuoka	3 July 1996	Outside Hitter
24	Tomohiro Ogawa	4 July 1996	Libero
25	Hong-Jie Liu	10 November 1993	Middle Blocker

JTEKT Stings

The following is the roster of JTEKT Stings in 2019–20 season.

Head coach: Shinji Takahashi^[3]

	Player name	Date of birth	Position	Notes
1		20 April 1996	Outside hitter
2		4 March 1984	Middle blocker
3	Yamato Fushimi	24 December 1991	Middle blocker
4	Taichi Fukuyama	20 December 1993	Middle blocker
5	Rao Shuhan	23 December 1996	Middle blocker New player
6	Matey Kaziyski	23 September 1984	Outside hitter
7	Kouhei Yanagisawa	24 May 1993	Outside hitter
8		6 February 1996	Outside hitter
9	Masatoshi Tatsumi	9 January 1989	Middle blocker
10	Mitsuki Kobayashi	10 May 1997	Setter
11	Ryosuke Hakamaya	1 November 1988	Opposite Spiker
12		14 August 1983	Libero
14	Yuji Nishida	30 January 2000	Opposite Spiker
15	Souta Nakane	2 March 1996	Setter
16		4 February 1992	Setter
17		17 October 1991	Libero	Captain
18	Junpei Michii	19 November 1997	Setter	Informal player
19	Hiroaki Asano	10 June 1990	Outside hitter

Toray Arrows

The following is the roster of Toray Arrows in 2019–20 season.

Head coach: Shinoda Ayumu

	Player name	Date of birth	Position	Notes
1	Takaaki Tomimatsu	20 July 1954	Middle Blocker
2	Kentaro Takahashi	8 February 1995	Middle Blocker
3	Takumi Yamaguchi	30 August 1997	Libero	Informal player
4	Antonin Rouzier	18 August 1986	Opposite Spiker
5	Yuta Yoneyama	29 August 1984	Outside Hitter
6	Kazuki Ochiai	16 November 1993	Opposite Spiker
7	Yudai Minemura	19 May 1994	Outside Hitter
8	Tatsuya Setoguchi	25 May 1988	Outside Hitter
9	Shoma Tomita	20 June 1997	Outside Hitter	Informal player
10	Hidetomo Hoshino	29 September 1990	Outside Hitter	Captain
11		14 June 1995	Outside Hitter
14	Keisuke Sakai	25 August 1996	Setter
15	Haku Ri	27 December 1990	Middle Blocker
17	Hiroki Ozawa	21 September 1997	Outside Hitter	Informal player
18		7 June 1986	Middle Blocker
19	Satoshi Umeno	7 November 1989	Setter
20	Aung Thu	10 July 1993	Outside Hitter
21	Naonobu Fujii	5 January 1992	Setter
22	Satoshi Ide	16 January 1992	Libero

JT Thunders

The following is the roster of JT Thunders in 2019–20 season.

Head coach: Tine Sattler

	Player name	Date of birth	Position	Notes
1		27 March 1990	Middle Blocker
2	Taishi Onodera	27 February 1996	Middle Blocker
3	Akihiro Fukatsu	23 July 1987	Setter
4	Kenta Nakajima	25 August 1991	Middle Blocker
5	Shunichiro Inoue	21 December 1994	Outside Hitter
6	Thomas Edgar	21 June 1989	Middle Blocker
7	Daisuke Yako	7 October 1988	Outside Hitter
8	Koshi Takechi	1 January 1996	Outside Hitter
9	Kodai Yoshioka	14 March 1992	Outside Hitter
10		5 July 1994	Libero
11	Daiki Hisahara	26 December 1991	Outside Hitter
12		23 September 1992	Setter
14	Ataru Kumakura	17 December 1995	Outside Hitter
15	Taishi Karakawa	12 August 1992	Libero
17		23 October 1997	Setter
18		21 March 1991	Outside Hitter	Captain
19	Chien-Chen Chen	20 November 1989	Outside Hitter
20		25 June 1987	Middle Blocker
21	Kai Rogers	2 July 1994	Middle Blocker

Osaka Blazers Sakai

The following is the roster of Osaka Blazers Sakai in 2019–20 season.

Head coach: Gordon Mayforth

	Player name	Date of birth	Position	Notes
1	Yoshihiko Matsumoto	7 January 1981	Middle Blocker
2		27 April 1996	Outside Hitter
3	Takato Miyahara	15 July 1995	Opposite Spiker
4		30 April 1993	Outside Hitter	Captain
5	Tomohiro Horie	23 June 1997	Libero	Informal player
6	Takaya Yamazaki	11 April 1995	Middle Blocker
7	Takashi Dekita	13 August 1991	Middle Blocker
8	Sho Sagawa	11 February 1991	Setter
9	Maurice Torres	6 July 1991	Opposite Spiker
10	Shunsuke Chijiki	6 September 1989	Outside Hitter
11	Masahiro Sekita	20 November 1993	Setter
12	Yuki Koike	4 April 1995	Outside Hitter
14	Shohei Yamaguchi	21 July 1994	Setter
16	Ryosuke Imadomi	22 October 1993	Libero
20	Tomohiro Yamamoto	5 November 1994	Libero
21	Yutaro Takemoto	21 February 1995	Middle Blocker
23	Yukika Uno	28 June 996	Outside Hitter

FC Tokyo

The following is the roster of FC Tokyo in 2019–20 season.

Head coach: Koichiro Shimbo

	Player name	Date of birth	Position	Notes
1		1 May 1996	Outside Hitter	Rookie^[4]
2	Kentaro Tamaya	30 January 1992	Setter
3	Yuya Tachibana	1 March 1989	Libero
4		9 October 1988	Setter
5	Jin Inoue	2 April 1992	Middle Blocker
6	Yoshiki Ohmi	16 April 1997	Outside Hitter
8		15 July 1993	Middle Blocker
9		18 November 1988	Outside Hitter
10	Kenta Suzuki (ja)	13 September 1982	Outside Hitter
12	Hirotaka Odashima	22 July 1991	Middle Blocker
13	Hayata Yanagimachi	17 June 1996	Opposite Spiker
14		22 December 1991	Opposite Spiker	Captain
15	Wataru Taniguchi	5 November 1996	Outside Hitter
16	Shin Tehara	14 April 1993	Setter	Deputy captain
17	Naoto Tomita	10 May 1994	Outside Hitter	Withdrew, due to the injury
18	Tetsuya Muto	5 November 1997	Middle Blocker	Informal player^[5]
19	Nazomi Sato	14 September 1994	Opposite Spiker
20	Petar Premović	12 September 1994	Opposite Spiker
21	Ryosuke Hirata	18 May 1995	Middle Blocker
22	Kazuki Miyahara	28 June 1995	Outside Hitter
23	Ikumi Komori	3 October 1995	Outside Hitter
24	Shohei Nose	20 July 1993	Libero	Withdrew, due to the injury
26	Ayato Kuroda	30 January 1996	Outside Hitter
	Koga Matsuda	31 December 1997	Middle Blocker	Informal player

VC Nagano Tridents

The following is the roster of VC Nagano Tridents in 2019–20 season.

Head coach: Ahmad Masajedi

	Player name	Date of birth	Position	Notes
1	Patryk Strzeżek	19 November 1989	Opposite Spiker
2	Yusuke Sugai	10 September 1997	Opposite Spiker	Rookie
3	Yusaku Tagami	4 May 1994	Middle Blocker
4	Ryusuke Nakamura	26 December 1997	Outside Hitter	Informal player^[6]
5	Shingo Kasari	29 January 1997	Outside Hitter	Rookie
6	Tatsuki Ito	2 January 1998	Outside Hitter	Informal player
7	Yu Kuriki	29 July 1992	Outside Hitter
8	Yudai Kawahigashi	7 February 1998	Setter	Informal player
9	Kota Ikeda	8 February 1997	Outside Hitter	Rookie
10	Takaki Sugiyama	5 August 1990	Libero
12	Kengo Yamamoto	22 June 1992	Libero
13	Meguru Tsubaki	2 February 1995	Setter
14	Ryoma Yanuki	24 December 1995	Middle Blocker
15	Taihei Hazama	8 April 1997	Middle Blocker	Informal player
16	Kenshi Morisaki	25 July 1992	Middle Blocker
17	Ayato Matsumura	29 April 1998	Outside Hitter
18	Kentaro Osawa	28 August 1995	Libero
21	Kazuki Takasawa	6 July 1995	Outside Hitter
22	Masaya Kado	2 April 1997	Libero	Informal player
24	Tsubasa Osada	30 April 1993	Setter	Captain

Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler

The following is the roster of Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler in 2019–20 season.

Head coach: Takashi Ogawa

	Player name	Date of birth	Position	Notes
1	Bryan Bagunas	10 October 1997	Outside Hitter
2	Shintaro Tajiri	22 June 1992	Setter
3	Ryota Abe	3 April 1989	Outside Hitter
4	Masaya Katsu	12 July 1994	Outside Hitter	Deputy Captain^[7]
5	Motoyuki Onishi	29 March 1996	Middle Blocker
6	Yoshinori Kimoto	24 October 1996	Middle Blocker
7	Keisuke Natsuo	28 July 1996	Libero
8	Kyogo Kawaguchi	22 March 1997	Middle Blocker
9	Kazutoshi Hayashi	4 February 1995	Middle Blocker
10	Kota Yamada	25 November 1997	Outside Hitter	Informal player^[8]
12	Katsuya Ishibashi	10 October 1992	Outside Hitter
13	Masato Kubota	7 August 1992	Libero
14	Yakan Guma	11 December 1985	Opposite Spiker
15	Yves Mutabazi	26 November 1994	Opposite Spiker	Withdrew due to the injury, replaced by Yakan Guma
16	Yutaka Hamamoto	6 July 1993	Outside Hitter
17	Seishiro Shimasaki	7 November 1990	Outside Hitter
18	Kenta Koga	17 September 1997	Outside Hitter	Informal player
19	Higushi Taichi	16 May 1991	Outside Hitter
21	Naoki Inokuchi	27 April 1997	Setter	Informal player
22	Kurama Fujioka	4 October 1993	Setter
23	Hiroki Fujita	11 March 1994	Middle Blocker	Withdrew, due to the injury
24	Kouki Komeda	14 December 1993	Outside Hitter	Captain

Notes and References

1. News: 2019-20シーズン サンバーズ チーム体制 . 18 December 2021 . www.suntory.co.jp . ja.
2. News: 2020年 新入団選手のお知らせ . 18 December 2021 . www.suntory.co.jp . ja.
3. News: 2019-20シーズン､ジェイテクトSTINGS新体制 . 18 December 2021 . www.jtekt-stings.jp . ja.
4. News: 選手インタビュー掲載(ウェブサイト)のお知らせ . 18 December 2021 . www.fctokyo.co.jp . ja.
5. News: 新加入選手について . 18 December 2021 . www.fctokyo.co.jp.
6. News: 内定選手のお知らせ . 18 December 2021 . vcnagano.jp . ja.
7. News: 「大分三好ヴァイセアドラー」バレーボールチーム2019-20シーズン新体制のお知らせ . 18 December 2021 . weisseadler.com . ja.
8. News: 新入団（内定）選手加入のお知らせ . 18 December 2021 . weisseadler.com . ja.