is a men's volleyball team based in Oita City, Oita, Japan. Prior to its suspension of activities and withdrawal in May 2024, the team played in V.League Division 2, the second-level Japanese volleyball league. It represented Japan at the 2014 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship.
Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler was founded in 1994 by the Miyoshi Clinic of Internal Medicine and Cardiology. Originally called Miyoshi Cardiology EKG, then Miyoshi Cardiology EKG Oita, the team was named "Weisse Adler", meaning "white eagles" in German, for the characters in the name of the of the clinic.[1] The founder, Hiroshi Miyoshi, was the director of the hospital and was also involved in the management of the team.[2] Most of the team also worked at the hospital.[3] It originally had nine members.[4]
After placing first in the V1 League in the 2005–2006 season, the franchise was promoted to the V.Premier League in 2006. The team was demoted to the V.Challenge League in 2009.[5] In 2014, it represented Japan at the 2014 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship in the Philippines.[6] Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler was demoted to V.League Division 2 after losing the V.Challenge match of the 2022–23 season to Voreas Hokkaido.[7] [8]
In March 2024, the founder passed away and the club had difficulty continuing operations. The next month, the franchise announced the suspension of all activities and their withdrawal from the new V.League in late May as they were unable to find a company to transfer the team to.[9] [10]
Champions Runners-up
width=200 colspan=2 | League | width=100 | Position | width=60 | Teams | width=60 | Matches | width=60 | Win | width=60 | Lose |
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V・Premier | 2006-07 | 8th | 8 | 28 | 2 | 26 | |||||
2007–08 | 8th | 8 | 28 | 2 | 26 | ||||||
2008–09 | 8th | 8 | 28 | 3 | 25 | ||||||
2009–10 | 7th | 8 | 28 | 4 | 24 | ||||||
2010–11 | 8th | 8 | 24 | 3 | 21 | ||||||
2011–12 | 8th | 8 | 21 | 3 | 18 | ||||||
2012–13 | 8th | 8 | 28 | 5 | 23 | ||||||
V・Challenge | |||||||||||
2013–14 | Runner-up | 11 | 20 | 17 | 3 | ||||||
2014–15 | Champion | 12 | 22 | 19 | 3 | ||||||
V・Challenge 1 | |||||||||||
2015–16 | Runners-up | 8 | 21 | 18 | 3 | ||||||
2016–17 | Champion | 8 | 21 | 18 | 3 | ||||||
2017–18 | Runners-up | 8 | 21 | 15 | 6 | ||||||
V.League Division 1 | 2018–19 | 9th | 10 | 27 | 4 | 23 | |||||
2019–20 | 9th | 10 | 27 | 3 | 24 | ||||||
2020–21 | 10th | 10 | 36 | 3 | 33 | ||||||
2021–22 | 9th | 10 | 36 | 6 | 30 | ||||||
2022–23 | 10th | 10 | 36 | 5 | 31 |
The following is the team roster of the 2022–2023 season.
2022–2023 season team roster | |||||||
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No. | Name | Position | Date of birth | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Spike (cm) | |
2 | Enock Some | Opposite hitter | 30 October 1997 | 2.010NaN0 | 90kg (200lb) | 360 | |
3 | Abe Ryota | Outside hitter | 3 April 1989 | 1.880NaN0 | 78kg (172lb) | 345 | |
4 | Kantapat Koonmee | Outside hitter | 17 April 1998 | 2.040NaN0 | 87kg (192lb) | 355 | |
5 | Motoyuki Onishi | Middle blocker | 29 March 1996 | 1.980NaN0 | 91kg (201lb) | 335 | |
6 | Ryusuke Nakamura | Middle blocker | 26 December 1997 | 1.940NaN0 | 84kg (185lb) | 338 | |
7 | Takemune Ogawa | Libero | 22 September 1998 | 1.750NaN0 | 72kg (159lb) | 315 | |
8 | Kyogo Kawaguchi | Middle blocker | 22 March 1997 | 1.980NaN0 | 83kg (183lb) | 335 | |
10 | Kota Yamada | Outside hitter | 25 November 1997 | 1.750NaN0 | 75kg (165lb) | 335 | |
11 | Hiroki Ito | Setter | 26 June 1999 | 1.90NaN0 | 85kg (187lb) | 332 | |
12 | Shohei Ono | Outside hitter | 25 April 1999 | 1.870NaN0 | 77kg (170lb) | 330 | |
13 | Masato Kubota | Libero | 7 August 1992 | 1.770NaN0 | 79kg (174lb) | 320 | |
14 | Shota Fujiwara | Outside hitter | 14 July 1998 | 1.90NaN0 | 84kg (185lb) | 330 | |
15 | Shodai Abe | Middle blocker | 3 November 1999 | 1.90NaN0 | 86kg (190lb) | 335 | |
16 | Yutaka Hamamoto | Outside hitter | 5 July 1993 | 1.90NaN0 | 82kg (181lb) | 335 | |
18 | Kenta Koga | Opposite hitter | 17 September 1997 | 1.880NaN0 | 75kg (165lb) | 335 | |
20 | Toshiaki Nagao | Outside hitter | 3 May 2001 | 1.790NaN0 | 78kg (172lb) | 330 | |
21 | Naoki Inokuchi | Setter | 27 April 1997 | 1.730NaN0 | 65kg (143lb) | 315 | |
22 | Kurama Fujioka | Setter | 4 October 1993 | 1.770NaN0 | 72kg (159lb) | 315 | |
Head coach: Murray Pole |
Foreign players