| Clubname: | VC Nagano Tridents |
| Founded: | 2008 |
| Chairman: | Seiya Sasagawa |
| Manager: | Shinji Kawamura |
| Captain: | Kota Ikeda |
| League: | V.League Division 1 |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Position: | 9th |
| Website: | https://vcnagano.jp/ |
is a Japanese men's volleyball team based in Nagano prefecture.[1] Currently it competes in the V.League Division 1, the highest volleyball league in Japan.
VC Nagano Tridents was founded in April, 2008, the original name is VC Nagano Growth.[2] They changed team's name into VC Nagano Trident in April 2010. In 2015, they participated in V Challenge League II. A year later, they won the title of V Challenge League II and promoted to V Challenge League I.
In 2018, they were eligible to compete in V. League Division 1 due to V.League expansion.
In 2022, VC Nagano Trident as the first team in V.League to launch "Token" programme in order to support their team's activities.[3]
In July 2023, it's announced that Melco Group will acquire the whole club as the club is facing bankruptcy in August.There will be no changes in the employment and business continuity of the employees belonging to VC Nagano Tridents and the continuation of the competitions belonging to VC Nagano Tridents.The new company will rebuild the management to enter the S-V League under the new system.[4] [5]
| Team roster – season 2023/2024 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player Name | Date of birth | Position | ||||
| 1 |  Koki Yamada | 7 October 1999 | Middle Blocker | |||
| 2 | Shohei Ono | 25 April 1999 | Outside Hitter | |||
| 3 | Sota Ikeda | 8 October 1998 | Outside/Opposite Hitter | |||
| 4 | Nakano Ryu | 28 August 1998 | Outside Hitter | |||
| 5 | Ryo Shimokawa | 12 January 2000 | Setter | |||
| 6 |  Xiu Chengcheng | 23 August 1999 | Outside Hitter | |||
| 7 | Hiroki Koto | 14 April 2000 | Libero | |||
| 9 | Shota Fujiwara | 14 July 1998 | Outside Hitter | |||
| 12 | Kazuma Sonae | 6 January 1998 | Libero | |||
| 13 | Meguru Tsubaki | 2 February 1995 | Setter | |||
| 14 | Ryoma Yanuki | 24 December 1995 | Middle Blocker | |||
| 15 | Taihei Hazama | 8 April 1997 | Middle Blocker | |||
| 16 |  Trent O'Dea | 11 May 1994 | Middle Blocker | |||
| 17 | Keito Nakamura | 15 July 1999 | Outside Hitter | |||
| 22 | Taiga Itoyama | 12 January 2001 | Setter | |||
| Head coach: Shinji Kawamura | ||||||
| Team roster – Season 2022/23 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player Name | Date of birth | Position | |||
| 1 | Koki Yamada | 7 October 1999 | Middle Blocker | ||
| 2 | Yusuke Sugai | 10 September 1997 | Opposite Hitter | ||
| 3 | Sota Ikeda | 8 October 1998 | Outside/Oppostie Hitter | ||
| 4 | Nakano Ryu | 28 August 1998 | Outside Hitter | ||
| 5 | Ryo Shimokawa | 12 January 2000 | Setter | ||
| 6 | Tatsuki Ito | 2 January 1998 | Outside Hitter | ||
| 8 |  Carlos Alberto Araujo | 29 April 1992 | Oppostie Hitter | ||
| 9 | Kota Ikeda (c) | 8 February 1997 | Outside Hitter | ||
| 12 | Kazuma Sonae | 6 January 1998 | Libero | ||
| 13 | Meguru Tsubaki | 2 February 1995 | Setter | ||
| 14 | Ryoma Yanuki | 24 December 1995 | Middle Blocker | ||
| 15 | Taihei Hazama | 8 April 1997 | Middle Blocker | ||
| 16 | Kenshi Morisaki | 25 July 1992 | Middle Blocker | ||
| 17 | Keito Nakamura | 15 July 1999 | Outside Hitter | ||
| 19 | Hiromasa Miwa | 17 December 1999 | Middle Blocker | ||
| 20 |  Doni Haryono | 21 February 1999 | Outside Hitter | ||
| 24 | Tsubasa Osada | 30 April 1993 | Setter | ||
| Head coach: Shinji Kawamura | |||||
Champions Runners-up
| width=200 colspan=2 | League | width=100 | Position | width=60 | Teams | width=60 | Matches | width=60 | Win | width=60 | Lose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V.League Division 1 | 2018–19 | 10th | 10 | 27 | 1 | 26 | |||||
| 2019–20 | 10th | 10 | 27 | 3 | 24 | ||||||
| 2020–21 | 9th | 10 | 36 | 4 | 32 | ||||||
| 2021–22 | 10th | 10 | 36 | 5 | 31 | ||||||
| 2022–23 | 9th | 10 | 36 | 5 | 31 |