Osaka Blazers Sakai
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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]
Honours
- Champions (17): 1967-1968 1973-1974 1974-1975 1975-1976 1976-1977 1978-1979 1979-1980 1980-1981 1982-1983 1988-1989 1989-1990 1990-1991 1996-1997 1997-1998 2005-2006, 2010–11, 2012–13
- Runners-up (4): 1994-95,1995–96, 2008–09 and 2009–10
- Champions (14): 1952 1953 1957 1960 1967 1974 1975 1976 1977 1980 1984 1988 1989 1990
- Runner-up (2): 2007, 2021
Current roster
The following is team roster of Season 2023–2024.[3]
| <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />No.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Player Name | Date of birth | Position |
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| 1 | Template:Flagicon Yoshihiko Matsumoto | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Middle blocker |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Yuki Higuchi | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Outside hitter |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Kosuke Yasui | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Outside hitter |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Naoya Takano | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Outside hitter |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Tomohiro Horie | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Libero |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Aiki Mori | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Libero |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Takashi Dekita | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Middle blocker |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Naoto Akima | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Middle blocker |
| 9 | Template:Flagicon Hiroshi Sakoda | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Outside hitter |
| 10 | Template:Flagicon Cole Hogland | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Middle blocker |
| 11 | Template:Flagicon Shigetome Hyuga | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Outside hitter |
| 13 | Template:Flagicon Sharone Vernon-Evans | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Opposite hitter |
| 14 | Template:Flagicon Shohei Yamaguchi (c) | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Setter |
| 18 | Template:Flagicon Rintaro Umemoto | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Middle blocker |
| 21 | Template:Flagicon Yutaro Takemoto | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Middle blocker |
| 22 | Template:Flagicon Akahoshi Shinjo | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Setter |
| 23 | Template:Flagicon Yukiya Uno | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Outside hitter |
| Head coach: Template:Flagicon Shinya Chiba | |||
Former roster
| Team roster – season 2022/2023 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1 | Template:Flagicon Yoshihiko Matsumoto | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Middle blocker | |||
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Yuki Higuchi | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Outside hitter | |||
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Kosuke Yasui <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />InScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Outside hitter | |||
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Naoya Takano | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Outside hitter | |||
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Tomohiro Horie | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Libero | |||
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Takashi Dekita (c) | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Middle blocker | |||
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Naoto Akima <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />InScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Middle blocker | |||
| 9 | Template:Flagicon Hiroshi Sakoda | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Outside hitter | |||
| 11 | Template:Flagicon Shigetome Hyuga | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Outside hitter | |||
| 13 | Template:Flagicon Sharone Vernon-Evans | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Opposite hitter | |||
| 14 | Template:Flagicon Shohei Yamaguchi | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Setter | |||
| 17 | Template:Flagicon Akihiro Fukatsu | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Setter | |||
| 18 | Template:Flagicon Rintaro Umemoto | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Middle blocker | |||
| 20 | Template:Flagicon Tomohiro Yamamoto | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Libero | |||
| 21 | Template:Flagicon Yutaro Takemoto | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Middle blocker | |||
| 22 | Template:Flagicon Akahoshi Shinjo | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Setter | |||
| 23 | Template:Flagicon Yukiya Uno | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Outside hitter | |||
| Head coach: Template:Flagicon Shinya Chiba | ||||||
League results
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| League | Position | Teams | Matches | Win | 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 | |
References
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