2019–20 V.League Division 1 Men's squads

This article is the rosters of each Japanese 2019–20 V.League Division 1 Men's clubs.

Suntory Sunbirds

The following is the roster of Suntory Sunbirds in 2019–20 season.[1]

Head coach: Masaji Ogino

No.	Player name	Date of birth	Position	Notes
1	Taiki Tsuruda [ja]	(1991-07-13)July 13, 1991	Libero
3	Haruki Ono [ja]	(1995-10-27)October 27, 1995	Middle blocker
4	Atomu Torikai	(1996-04-06)April 6, 1996	Outside Hitter	Rookie
5	Kentaro Matsubayashi	(1994-10-08)October 8, 1994	Outside Hitter
6	Ji Daoshuai	(1992-02-07)February 7, 1992	Outside Hitter
7	Yu Yamato [ja]	(1992-09-09)September 9, 1992	Setter
9	Masaki Oya	(1995-12-11)December 11, 1995	Setter
10	Kenya Fujinaka	(1993-07-25)July 25, 1993	Outside Hitter
11	Kosuke Hata	(1995-07-15)July 15, 1995	Outside Hitter
12	Tatsuya Shiota [ja]	(1989-11-17)November 17, 1989	Middle blocker
13	Dmitry Muserskiy	(1988-10-29)October 29, 1988	Middle blocker
14	Hisanori Kato	(1994-04-07)April 7, 1994	Middle Blocker
15	Yoshimitsu Kiire	(1995-05-13)May 13, 1995	Libero
17	Kentaro Hoshiya	(1991-11-08)November 8, 1991	Middle Blocker	Captain
18	Takeshi Ogawa	(1994-07-07)July 7, 1994	Opposite Spiker
19	Masashi Kuriyama	(1988-07-14)July 14, 1988	Outside Hitter
20	Hiroki Nishida	(1997-08-15)August 15, 1997	Setter	Informal player[2]
21	Kenji Satoshi (ja)	(1997-01-16)January 16, 1997	Middle blocker	Rookie
22	Yuito Takahashi	(1997-05-23)May 23, 1997	Libero	Informal player[2]
23	Tatsuki Kashiwada	(1997-11-09)November 9, 1997	Middle Blocker	Informal player[2]

Panasonic Panthers

The following is the roster of Panasonic Panthers in 2019–20 season.

Head coach: Mauricio Paes

No.	Player name	Date of birth	Position	Notes
1	Kunihiro Shimizu	(1986-08-11)August 11, 1986	Opposite Spiker
2	Hideomi Fukatsu	(1990-06-01)June 1, 1990	Setter	Captain
4	Issei Otake	(1995-12-03)December 3, 1995	Opposite Spiker
5	Sogo Watanabe	(1990-07-21)July 21, 1990	Outside Hitter
6	Kenji Shirasawa [ja]	(1984-05-21)May 21, 1984	Middle Blocker
7	Tsubasa Hisahara	(1995-03-18)March 18, 1995	Outside Hitter
9	Takahiko Imamura [ja]	(1993-05-20)May 20, 1993	Outside Hitter
10	Akihiro Yamauchi	(1993-11-30)November 30, 1993	Middle Blocker
12	Kazuya Senda	(1993-01-15)January 15, 1993	Outside Hitter
13	Michał Kubiak	(1988-02-23)February 23, 1988	Outside Hitter
14	Hung-Min Liu	(1993-11-10)November 10, 1993	Outside Hitter
16	Ryohei Iga [ja]	(1994-06-29)June 29, 1994	Libero
17	Takeshi Nagano	(1985-07-11)July 11, 1985	Libero
20	Takahiro Shin [ja]	(1991-08-10)August 10, 1991	Setter
21	Yasunari Kodama	(1994-07-24)July 24, 1994	Middle Blocker
22	Yuichiro Komiya	(1992-11-16)November 16, 1992	Middle Blocker

Wolf Dogs Nagoya

The following is the roster of Wolf Dogs Nagoya in 2019–20 season.

Head coach: Tommi Tiilikainen

No.	Player name	Date of birth	Position	Notes
1	Shuzo Yamada [ja]	(1992-11-27)November 27, 1992	Outside hitter
2	Tetsu Yamachika [ja]	(1990-10-01)October 1, 1990	Middle Blocker
4	Shohei Uchiyama	(1987-11-01)November 1, 1987	Setter
5	Issei Maeda [ja]	(1991-09-22)September 22, 1991	Setter
6	Hirotaka Kon [ja]	(1988-03-09)March 9, 1988	Middle Blocker
7	Naoya Shiraiwa [ja]	(1990-02-15)February 15, 1990	Outside Hitter
8	Yuhi Kamiya	(1995-11-20)November 20, 1995	Middle Blocker
9	Takuya Takahashi	(1993-10-19)October 19, 1993	Middle Blocker
10	Koichiro Koga	(1984-08-30)August 30, 1984	Libero	Captain
11	Ryota Denda [ja]	(1991-07-03)July 3, 1991	Middle Blocker
12	Takuya Takamatsu [ja]	(1988-01-08)January 8, 1988	Outside Hitter
14	Ryosuke Tsubakiyama [ja]	(1988-07-18)July 18, 1988	Opposite Spiker
16	Mitja Gasparini	(1984-06-26)June 26, 1984	Opposite Spiker
21	Motoki Eiro	(1996-06-08)June 8, 1996	Setter
22	Kenta Takanashi	(1997-03-25)March 25, 1997	Outside Hitter	Rookie
23	Masato Katsuoka	(1996-07-03)July 3, 1996	Outside Hitter
24	Tomohiro Ogawa	(1996-07-04)July 4, 1996	Libero
25	Hong-Jie Liu	(1993-11-10)November 10, 1993	Middle Blocker

JTEKT Stings

The following is the roster of JTEKT Stings in 2019–20 season.

Head coach: Shinji Takahashi[3]

No.	Player name	Date of birth	Position	Notes
1	Yuto Fujinaka [ja]	(1996-04-20)April 20, 1996	Outside hitter
2	Akitomo Kanamaru [ja]	(1984-03-04)March 4, 1984	Middle blocker
3	Yamato Fushimi	(1991-12-24)December 24, 1991	Middle blocker
4	Taichi Fukuyama	(1993-12-20)December 20, 1993	Middle blocker
5	Rao Shuhan	(1996-12-23)December 23, 1996	Middle blocker New player
6	Matey Kaziyski	(1984-09-23)September 23, 1984	Outside hitter
7	Kouhei Yanagisawa	(1993-05-24)May 24, 1993	Outside hitter
8	Hiroya Kori [ja]	(1996-02-06)February 6, 1996	Outside hitter
9	Masatoshi Tatsumi	(1989-01-09)January 9, 1989	Middle blocker
10	Mitsuki Kobayashi	(1997-05-10)May 10, 1997	Setter
11	Ryosuke Hakamaya	(1988-11-01)November 1, 1988	Opposite Spiker
12	Ryo Kohrogi [ja]	(1983-08-14)August 14, 1983	Libero
14	Yuji Nishida	(2000-01-30)January 30, 2000	Opposite Spiker
15	Souta Nakane	(1996-03-02)March 2, 1996	Setter
16	Sho Kuboyama [ja]	(1992-02-04)February 4, 1992	Setter
17	Ryuta Homma	(1991-10-17)October 17, 1991	Libero	Captain
18	Junpei Michii	(1997-11-19)November 19, 1997	Setter	Informal player
19	Hiroaki Asano	(1990-06-10)June 10, 1990	Outside hitter

Toray Arrows

The following is the roster of Toray Arrows in 2019–20 season.

Head coach: Shinoda Ayumu

No.	Player name	Date of birth	Position	Notes
1	Takaaki Tomimatsu	(1954-07-20)July 20, 1954	Middle Blocker
2	Kentaro Takahashi	(1995-02-08)February 8, 1995	Middle Blocker
3	Takumi Yamaguchi	(1997-08-30)August 30, 1997	Libero	Informal player
4	Antonin Rouzier	(1986-08-18)August 18, 1986	Opposite Spiker
5	Yuta Yoneyama	(1984-08-29)August 29, 1984	Outside Hitter
6	Kazuki Ochiai	(1993-11-16)November 16, 1993	Opposite Spiker
7	Yudai Minemura	(1994-05-19)May 19, 1994	Outside Hitter
8	Tatsuya Setoguchi	(1988-05-25)May 25, 1988	Outside Hitter
9	Shoma Tomita	(1997-06-20)June 20, 1997	Outside Hitter	Informal player
10	Hidetomo Hoshino	(1990-09-29)September 29, 1990	Outside Hitter	Captain
11	Takahiro Tozaki [ja]	(1995-06-14)June 14, 1995	Outside Hitter
14	Keisuke Sakai	(1996-08-25)August 25, 1996	Setter
15	Haku Ri	(1990-12-27)December 27, 1990	Middle Blocker
17	Hiroki Ozawa	(1997-09-21)September 21, 1997	Outside Hitter	Informal player
18	Yuji Suzuki [ja]	(1986-06-07)June 7, 1986	Middle Blocker
19	Satoshi Umeno	(1989-11-07)November 7, 1989	Setter
20	Aung Thu	(1993-07-10)July 10, 1993	Outside Hitter
21	Naonobu Fujii	(1992-01-05)January 5, 1992	Setter
22	Satoshi Ide	(1992-01-16)January 16, 1992	Libero

JT Thunders

The following is the roster of JT Thunders in 2019–20 season.

Head coach: Tine Sattler

No.	Player name	Date of birth	Position	Notes
1	Takuya Yasunaga [ja]	(1990-03-27)March 27, 1990	Middle Blocker
2	Taishi Onodera	(1996-02-27)February 27, 1996	Middle Blocker
3	Akihiro Fukatsu	(1987-07-23)July 23, 1987	Setter
4	Kenta Nakajima	(1991-08-25)August 25, 1991	Middle Blocker
5	Shunichiro Inoue	(1994-12-21)December 21, 1994	Outside Hitter
6	Thomas Edgar	(1989-06-21)June 21, 1989	Middle Blocker
7	Daisuke Yako	(1988-10-07)October 7, 1988	Outside Hitter
8	Koshi Takechi	(1996-01-01)January 1, 1996	Outside Hitter
9	Kodai Yoshioka	(1992-03-14)March 14, 1992	Outside Hitter
10	Wataru Inoue	(1994-07-05)July 5, 1994	Libero
11	Daiki Hisahara	(1991-12-26)December 26, 1991	Outside Hitter
12	Shinpei Goda [ja]	(1992-09-23)September 23, 1992	Setter
14	Ataru Kumakura	(1995-12-17)December 17, 1995	Outside Hitter
15	Taishi Karakawa	(1992-08-12)August 12, 1992	Libero
17	Masaki Kaneko	(1997-10-23)October 23, 1997	Setter
18	Shohei Yamamoto	(1991-03-21)March 21, 1991	Outside Hitter	Captain
19	Chien-Chen Chen	(1989-11-20)November 20, 1989	Outside Hitter
20	Syogo Toimoto [ja]	(1987-06-25)June 25, 1987	Middle Blocker
21	Kai Rogers	(1994-07-02)July 2, 1994	Middle Blocker

Osaka Blazers Sakai

The following is the roster of Osaka Blazers Sakai in 2019–20 season.

Head coach: Gordon Mayforth

No.	Player name	Date of birth	Position	Notes
1	Yoshihiko Matsumoto	(1981-01-07)January 7, 1981	Middle Blocker
2	Yuki Higuchi [ja]	(1996-04-27)April 27, 1996	Outside Hitter
3	Takato Miyahara	(1995-07-15)July 15, 1995	Opposite Spiker
4	Naoya Takano [ja]	(1993-04-30)April 30, 1993	Outside Hitter	Captain
5	Tomohiro Horie	(1997-06-23)June 23, 1997	Libero	Informal player
6	Takaya Yamazaki	(1995-04-11)April 11, 1995	Middle Blocker
7	Takashi Dekita	(1991-08-13)August 13, 1991	Middle Blocker
8	Sho Sagawa	(1991-02-11)February 11, 1991	Setter
9	Maurice Torres	(1991-07-06)July 6, 1991	Opposite Spiker
10	Shunsuke Chijiki	(1989-09-06)September 6, 1989	Outside Hitter
11	Masahiro Sekita	(1993-11-20)November 20, 1993	Setter
12	Yuki Koike	(1995-04-04)April 4, 1995	Outside Hitter
14	Shohei Yamaguchi	(1994-07-21)July 21, 1994	Setter
16	Ryosuke Imadomi	(1993-10-22)October 22, 1993	Libero
20	Tomohiro Yamamoto	(1994-11-05)November 5, 1994	Libero
21	Yutaro Takemoto	(1995-02-21)February 21, 1995	Middle Blocker
23	Yukika Uno	(996-06-28)June 28, 996	Outside Hitter

FC Tokyo

The following is the roster of FC Tokyo in 2019–20 season.

Head coach: Koichiro Shimbo

No.	Player name	Date of birth	Position	Notes
1	Hiroshi Sakoda [ja]	(1996-05-01)May 1, 1996	Outside Hitter	Rookie[4]
2	Kentaro Tamaya	(1992-01-30)January 30, 1992	Setter
3	Yuya Tachibana	(1989-03-01)March 1, 1989	Libero
4	Yohei Yamada [ja]	(1988-10-09)October 9, 1988	Setter
5	Jin Inoue	(1992-04-02)April 2, 1992	Middle Blocker
6	Yoshiki Ohmi	(1997-04-16)April 16, 1997	Outside Hitter
8	Hideyuki Kuriyama [ja]	(1993-07-15)July 15, 1993	Middle Blocker
9	Dai Tezuka [ja]	(1988-11-18)November 18, 1988	Outside Hitter
10	Kenta Suzuki (ja)	(1982-09-13)September 13, 1982	Outside Hitter
12	Hirotaka Odashima	(1991-07-22)July 22, 1991	Middle Blocker
13	Hayata Yanagimachi	(1996-06-17)June 17, 1996	Opposite Spiker
14	Yuma Nagamoto [ja]	(1991-12-22)December 22, 1991	Opposite Spiker	Captain[a]
15	Wataru Taniguchi	(1996-11-05)November 5, 1996	Outside Hitter
16	Shin Tehara	(1993-04-14)April 14, 1993	Setter	Deputy captain
17	Naoto Tomita	(1994-05-10)May 10, 1994	Outside Hitter	Withdrew, due to the injury
18	Tetsuya Muto	(1997-11-05)November 5, 1997	Middle Blocker	Informal player[7]
19	Nazomi Sato	(1994-09-14)September 14, 1994	Opposite Spiker
20	Petar Premović	(1994-09-12)September 12, 1994	Opposite Spiker
21	Ryosuke Hirata	(1995-05-18)May 18, 1995	Middle Blocker
22	Kazuki Miyahara	(1995-06-28)June 28, 1995	Outside Hitter
23	Ikumi Komori	(1995-10-03)October 3, 1995	Outside Hitter
24	Shohei Nose	(1993-07-20)July 20, 1993	Libero	Withdrew, due to the injury
26	Ayato Kuroda	(1996-01-30)January 30, 1996	Outside Hitter
—	Koga Matsuda	(1997-12-31)December 31, 1997	Middle Blocker	Informal player[7]

VC Nagano Tridents

The following is the roster of VC Nagano Tridents in 2019–20 season.

Head coach: Ahmad Masajedi

No.	Player name	Date of birth	Position	Notes
1	Patryk Strzeżek	(1989-11-19)November 19, 1989	Opposite Spiker
2	Yusuke Sugai	(1997-09-10)September 10, 1997	Opposite Spiker	Rookie
3	Yusaku Tagami	(1994-05-04)May 4, 1994	Middle Blocker
4	Ryusuke Nakamura	(1997-12-26)December 26, 1997	Outside Hitter	Informal player[8]
5	Shingo Kasari	(1997-01-29)January 29, 1997	Outside Hitter	Rookie
6	Tatsuki Ito	(1998-01-02)January 2, 1998	Outside Hitter	Informal player[8]
7	Yu Kuriki	(1992-07-29)July 29, 1992	Outside Hitter
8	Yudai Kawahigashi	(1998-02-07)February 7, 1998	Setter	Informal player[8]
9	Kota Ikeda	(1997-02-08)February 8, 1997	Outside Hitter	Rookie
10	Takaki Sugiyama	(1990-08-05)August 5, 1990	Libero
12	Kengo Yamamoto	(1992-06-22)June 22, 1992	Libero
13	Meguru Tsubaki	(1995-02-02)February 2, 1995	Setter
14	Ryoma Yanuki	(1995-12-24)December 24, 1995	Middle Blocker
15	Taihei Hazama	(1997-04-08)April 8, 1997	Middle Blocker	Informal player[8]
16	Kenshi Morisaki	(1992-07-25)July 25, 1992	Middle Blocker
17	Ayato Matsumura	(1998-04-29)April 29, 1998	Outside Hitter
18	Kentaro Osawa	(1995-08-28)August 28, 1995	Libero
21	Kazuki Takasawa	(1995-07-06)July 6, 1995	Outside Hitter
22	Masaya Kado	(1997-04-02)April 2, 1997	Libero	Informal player[8]
24	Tsubasa Osada	(1993-04-30)April 30, 1993	Setter	Captain

Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler

The following is the roster of Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler in 2019–20 season.

Head coach: Takashi Ogawa

No.	Player name	Date of birth	Position	Notes
1	Bryan Bagunas	(1997-10-10)October 10, 1997	Outside Hitter
2	Shintaro Tajiri	(1992-06-22)June 22, 1992	Setter
3	Ryota Abe	(1989-04-03)April 3, 1989	Outside Hitter
4	Masaya Katsu	(1994-07-12)July 12, 1994	Outside Hitter	Deputy Captain[9]
5	Motoyuki Onishi	(1996-03-29)March 29, 1996	Middle Blocker
6	Yoshinori Kimoto	(1996-10-24)October 24, 1996	Middle Blocker
7	Keisuke Natsuo	(1996-07-28)July 28, 1996	Libero
8	Kyogo Kawaguchi	(1997-03-22)March 22, 1997	Middle Blocker
9	Kazutoshi Hayashi	(1995-02-04)February 4, 1995	Middle Blocker
10	Kota Yamada	(1997-11-25)November 25, 1997	Outside Hitter	Informal player[10]
12	Katsuya Ishibashi	(1992-10-10)October 10, 1992	Outside Hitter
13	Masato Kubota	(1992-08-07)August 7, 1992	Libero
14	Yakan Guma	(1985-12-11)December 11, 1985	Opposite Spiker
15	Yves Mutabazi	(1994-11-26)November 26, 1994	Opposite Spiker	Withdrew due to the injury, replaced by Yakan Guma[b]
16	Yutaka Hamamoto	(1993-07-06)July 6, 1993	Outside Hitter
17	Seishiro Shimasaki	(1990-11-07)November 7, 1990	Outside Hitter
18	Kenta Koga	(1997-09-17)September 17, 1997	Outside Hitter	Informal player[10]
19	Higushi Taichi	(1991-05-16)May 16, 1991	Outside Hitter
21	Naoki Inokuchi	(1997-04-27)April 27, 1997	Setter	Informal player[10]
22	Kurama Fujioka	(1993-10-04)October 4, 1993	Setter
23	Hiroki Fujita	(1994-03-11)March 11, 1994	Middle Blocker	Withdrew, due to the injury
24	Kouki Komeda	(1993-12-14)December 14, 1993	Outside Hitter	Captain[9]

Notes

1. Later, withdrew due to the injury.[5][6]
2. Yves Mutabazi played the last match on November 2, 2019 and Yakan Guma played his first match on November 23, 2019.

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