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Gender: | men |
Type: | U21 |
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Federation: | Japanese Volleyball Association |
Website: | jva.or.jp |
Confederation: | AVC |
Coach: | Ueda Yoshitsugu |
Olympic Apps: | No Appearances |
World Champs Apps: | 14 |
World Champs First: | 1977 |
World Champs Best: | (1989) |
Regional Cup Apps: | 21 |
Regional Cup First: | 1980 |
Regional Cup Best: | (1988, 2010, 2012) |
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The Japan men's national under-21 volleyball team represents Japan in men's under-21 volleyball events, it is controlled and managed by the Japanese Volleyball Association that is a member of Asian volleyball body Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) and the international volleyball body government the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB).
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
FIVB U21 World Championship[1] | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Squad | ||||||
1977 | 6th place | Squad | |||||||
1981 | 9th place | Squad | |||||||
1985 | 10th place | Squad | |||||||
1987 | 10th place | Squad | |||||||
1989 | Runners-Up | Squad | |||||||
1991 | 5th place | Squad | |||||||
1993 | 7th place | Squad | |||||||
1995 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
1997 | |||||||||
1999 | |||||||||
2001 | 9th place | Squad | |||||||
2003 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2005 | |||||||||
2007 | 11th place | Squad | |||||||
2009 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2011 | 12th place | Squad | |||||||
2013 | 10th place | Squad | |||||||
2015 | 14th place | Squad | |||||||
2017 | 13th place | Squad | |||||||
2019 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2021 | |||||||||
2023 | |||||||||
2025 | Qualified | ||||||||
Total | 0 Titles | 14/23 |
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
Asian U20 Championship | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | ||||||
2018 | Preliminary round | 13th place | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 2 | |
2022 | Preliminary round | 13th place | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | |
2024 | Semifinals | 3rd place | 7 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 5 | |
Total | 3 Titles | 21/21 |
The following is the Japanese roster in the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship.[2]
Head coach: Tokunaga Fumitoshi
No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block | 2017 club |
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Kenta Takanashi (c) | 1.90NaN0 | 77kg (170lb) | 333cm (131inches) | 312cm (123inches) | Nippon Sport Science University | ||
Takaki Koyama | 1.910NaN0 | 76kg (168lb) | 330cm (130inches) | 315cm (124inches) | Osaka Sangyo University | ||
Yudai Arai | 1.880NaN0 | 86kg (190lb) | 345cm (136inches) | 333cm (131inches) | Tokai University | ||
Kenyu Nakamoto | 1.870NaN0 | 68kg (150lb) | 325cm (128inches) | 305cm (120inches) | Nippon Sport Science University | ||
Kento Miyaura | 1.890NaN0 | 73kg (161lb) | 338cm (133inches) | 320cm (130inches) | Waseda University | ||
Jin Tsuzuki | 1.940NaN0 | 78kg (172lb) | 340cm (130inches) | 320cm (130inches) | Chuo University | ||
Taisei Muraoka | 1.90NaN0 | 85kg (187lb) | 335cm (132inches) | 320cm (130inches) | Tokyo Gakugei University | ||
10 | Alan Kono | 1.80NaN0 | 74kg (163lb) | 320cm (130inches) | 308cm (121inches) | Aichi Gakuin University | |
11 | Shunichiro Sato | 2.030NaN0 | 92kg (203lb) | 335cm (132inches) | 320cm (130inches) | Tohoku High School | |
12 | Masaki Kaneko | 1.880NaN0 | 70kg (150lb) | 333cm (131inches) | 320cm (130inches) | JT Thunders Hiroshima | |
14 | Tomohiro Horie | 1.830NaN0 | 70kg (150lb) | 315cm (124inches) | 305cm (120inches) | Waseda University | |
15 | Yusuke Makiyama | 1.850NaN0 | 65kg (143lb) | 320cm (130inches) | 303cm (119inches) | Chuo University | |