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| Clubname: | Voreas Hokkaido |
| Nickname: | Voreas |
| Fullname: | ヴォレアス北海道 |
| Founded: | 2016 |
| Ground: | Asahikawa, Hokkaido |
| Chairman: | Kenshiro Ikeda |
| Captain: | Sasaki Hiroaki |
| League: | V.League Division 2 |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Position: | 1 |
| Website: | https://voreas.co.jp/ |
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Voreas Hokkaido is a men's volleyball club in Japan. It currently plays in V.League Division 2. This club is located in Asahikawa city, Hokkaido.
Voreas Hokkaido was established in October, 2016. It's Japan's first professional volleyball club. [1]
The club joined V.League on July 1 2017. Later, the club won the first title of 2017–18 Season of V·Challenge League II.[2]
After the new born V.League, it participated in V.League Division 3 for 2018–19 Season.[3] Voreas Hokkaido managed to win the title and promoted to Division 2 for next season.[4] [5]
Voreas Hokkaido took 2nd place of 2019–20 Season and supposed to take part in V.Challenge match that could be promoted to Division 1 if it won the match. However, the V.Challenge match was suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic.[6] [7]
Voreas Hokkaido won the title of 2021–22 Season V.League Division 2 Men's for the first time.[8] [9] But it failed to promote to Division 1 as they lost the V.Challenge matach against VC Nagano Tridents.[10]
Voreas Hokkaido won the 1st place of the 2022-23 season in the V.League Division 2 Men's for the second year in a row with 22 wins and only 2 losses.[11] After winning the V.Challenge match against Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, Voreas Hokkaido promoted to Division 1 for the first time for 2023-24 season.[12]
President Kenshiro Ikeda held a press conference on May 29, 2003. In the conference, he expressed the willingness of Voreas Hokkaido that to join the new S-V League which is expected to start its inaugural season in 2024. They have prepared a series of action plan in order to achieve the goal.[13] [14]
The following is team roster of Season 2023-24
| Player Name | Date of birth | Position | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 |  Takayuki Tashiro | 24 March 1992 | Middle blocker | - | 5 | Hikaru Sekine | 31 October 1999 | Opposite spiker--> |
| 6 | Jun Yamagishi | 3 August 1999 | Setter | |||||
| 7 | Jin Inoue | 2 April 1992 | Middle blocker | |||||
| 9 | Hiroaki Sasaki (c) | 19 November 1994 | Outside hitter | |||||
| 10 | Takuya Toda | 25 October 1996 | Outside hitter | |||||
| 11 | Kohei Tonozaki | 28 June 1997 | Libero | |||||
| 12 | Kenta Koga | 17 September 1997 | Opposite spiker | |||||
| 14 |  Chang Yu-sheng | 30 March 2000 | Opposite spiker | |||||
| 15 | Hirohito Kashimura | 15 January 1999 | Middle blocker | |||||
| 16 | Kassho Tanijiri | 1 October 1999 | Libero | |||||
| 17 | Shun Sakai | 4 March 1997 | Outside hitter | |||||
| 18 | Masumi Goto | 11 April 1996 | Middle blocker | |||||
| 21 | Ryoto Honzawa | 3 April 1998 | Setter | |||||
| Head coach: Edo Klein |
| Team roster – season 2022/2023 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player Name | Date of birth | Position | ||||
| 3 | Takayuki Tashiro | 24 March 1992 | Middle blocker | |||
| 5 | Hikaru Sekine | 31 October 1999 | Opposite spiker | |||
| 6 | Jun Yamagishi | 3 August 1999 | Setter | |||
| 7 | Jin Inoue | 2 April 1992 | Middle blocker | |||
| 8 |  Peetu Makinen | 19 August 1995 | Outside hitter | |||
| 9 | Hiroaki Sasaki (c) | 19 November 1994 | Outside hitter | |||
| 10 | Takuya Toda | 25 October 1996 | Outside hitter | |||
| 11 | Kohei Tonozaki | 28 June 1997 | Libero | |||
| 14 | Chang Yu-sheng | 30 March 2000 | Opposite spiker | |||
| 15 | Hirohito Kashimura | 15 January 1999 | Middle blocker | |||
| 16 | Kassho Tanijiri | 1 October 1999 | Libero | |||
| 17 | Shun Sakai | 4 March 1997 | Outside hitter | |||
| 18 | Masumi Goto | 11 April 1996 | Middle blocker | |||
| 21 | Ryoto Honzawa | 3 April 1998 | Setter | |||
| Head coach: Edo Klein | ||||||
Team profile on V.League (In Japanese)