| Clubname: | Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers |
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| Color2: | Black |
| Short Name: | Nippon Steel Sakai BZ |
| Founded: | 1939 |
| Ground: | Sakai City, Osaka, Japan. |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager Head Coach |
| Manager: |  Mikiyasu Tanaka Shinya Chiba |
| Captain: | Takashi Dekita |
| League: | V.League Division 1 |
| Season: | 2021–22 |
| Position: | 5th place |
| Website: | http://www.blazers.gr.jp/ |
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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.[1] In 1969 the volleyball section split and moved to Sakai.
On October 2, 2023, the club changed its name into Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers.[2]
The following is team roster of Season 2023–2024.[3]
| Player Name | Date of birth | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoshihiko Matsumoto | 7 January 1981 | Middle blocker |
| 2 | Yuki Higuchi | 27 April 1996 | Outside hitter |
| 3 | Kosuke Yasui | 8 December 2000 | Outside hitter |
| 4 | Naoya Takano | 30 April 1993 | Outside hitter |
| 5 | Tomohiro Horie | 23 June 1997 | Libero |
| 6 | Aiki Mori | 19 April 1998 | Libero |
| 7 | Takashi Dekita | 13 August 1991 | Middle blocker |
| 8 | Naoto Akima | 19 September 2000 | Middle blocker |
| 9 | Hiroshi Sakoda | 1 May 1996 | Outside hitter |
| 10 | Cole Hogland | 6 April 2000 | Middle blocker |
| 11 | Shigetome Hyuga | 25 October 1999 | Outside hitter |
| 13 |  Sharone Vernon-Evans | 28 August 1998 | Opposite hitter |
| 14 | Shohei Yamaguchi (c) | 21 July 1994 | Setter |
| 18 | Rintaro Umemoto | 9 April 1998 | Middle blocker |
| 21 | Yutaro Takemoto | 21 February 1995 | Middle blocker |
| 22 | Akahoshi Shinjo | 19 January 2000 | Setter |
| 23 | Yukiya Uno | 28 June 1996 | Outside hitter |
| Head coach: Shinya Chiba |
| Team roster – season 2022/2023 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player Name | Date of birth | Position | ||||
| 1 | Yoshihiko Matsumoto | 7 January 1981 | Middle blocker | |||
| 2 | Yuki Higuchi | 27 April 1996 | Outside hitter | |||
| 3 | 8 December 2000 | Outside hitter | ||||
| 4 | Naoya Takano | 30 April 1993 | Outside hitter | |||
| 5 | Tomohiro Horie | 23 June 1997 | Libero | |||
| 7 | Takashi Dekita (c) | 13 August 1991 | Middle blocker | |||
| 8 | 19 September 2000 | Middle blocker | ||||
| 9 | Hiroshi Sakoda | 1 May 1996 | Outside hitter | |||
| 11 | Shigetome Hyuga | 25 October 1999 | Outside hitter | |||
| 13 | Sharone Vernon-Evans | 28 August 1998 | Opposite hitter | |||
| 14 | Shohei Yamaguchi | 21 July 1994 | Setter | |||
| 17 | Akihiro Fukatsu | 23 July 1987 | Setter | |||
| 18 | Rintaro Umemoto | 9 April 1998 | Middle blocker | |||
| 20 | Tomohiro Yamamoto | 5 November 1994 | Libero | |||
| 21 | Yutaro Takemoto | 21 February 1995 | Middle blocker | |||
| 22 | Akahoshi Shinjo | 19 January 2000 | Setter | |||
| 23 | Yukiya Uno | 28 June 1996 | Outside hitter | |||
| Head coach: Shinya Chiba | ||||||
Champion Runner-up
| width=200 colspan=2 | League | width=100 | Position | width=60 | Teams | width=60 | Matches | width=60 | Win | width=60 | Lose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V.League | |||||||||||
| 1st (1994–95) | Runner-up | 8 | 21 | 10 | 11 | ||||||
| 2nd (1995–96) | Runner-up | 8 | 21 | 13 | 8 | ||||||
| 3rd (1996–97) | Champion | 8 | 21 | 14 | 7 | ||||||
| 4th (1997–98) | Champion | 8 | 21 | 17 | 4 | ||||||
| 5th (1998–99) | 6th | 10 | 18 | 10 | 8 | ||||||
| 6th (1999-00) | 4th | 10 | 18 | 15 | 3 | ||||||
| 7th (2000–01) | 5th | 10 | 18 | 10 | 8 | ||||||
| 8th (2001–02) | 3rd | 10 | 18 | 12 | 6 | ||||||
| 9th (2002–03) | 6th | 8 | 21 | 8 | 13 | ||||||
| 10th (2003–04) | 4th | 8 | 21 | 12 | 9 | ||||||
| 11th (2004–05) | 6th | 8 | 28 | 11 | 17 | ||||||
| 12th (2005–06) | Champion | 8 | 28 | 17 | 11 | ||||||
| V・Premier | 2006-07 | 6th | 8 | 28 | 9 | 19 | |||||
| 2007-08 | 4th | 8 | 28 | 15 | 13 | ||||||
| 2008-09 | Runner-up | 8 | 28 | 15 | 13 | ||||||
| 2009-10 | Runner-up | 8 | 28 | 18 | 10 | ||||||
| 2010-11 | Champion | 8 | 24 | 19 | 5 | ||||||
| 2011-12 | 4th | 8 | 21 | 13 | 8 | ||||||
| 2012-13 | Champion | 8 | 28 | 17 | 11 | ||||||
| 2013-14 | 3rd | 8 | 28 | 19 | 9 | ||||||
| 2014-15 | 4th | 8 | 21 | 8 | 13 | ||||||
| 2015-16 | 6th | 8 | 21 | 10 | 11 | ||||||
| 2016-17 | 6th | 8 | 21 | 8 | 13 | ||||||
| 2017–18 | 7th | 8 | 21 | 7 | 14 | ||||||
| V.League Division 1 | 2018–19 | 6th | 10 | 32 | 16 | 16 | |||||
| 2019–20 | 5th | 10 | 28 | 15 | 13 | ||||||
| 2020–21 | 7th | 10 | 36 | 17 | 19 | ||||||
| 2021–22 | 5th | 10 | 36 | 24 | 12 | ||||||
| 2022–23 | 4th | 10 | 39 | 24 | 15 |