Volleyball Team Japan is the Most DISCIPLINED Team in Volleyball History !!!
The Japan men's national volleyball team (Japanese: 男子バレーボール日本代表) represents Japan in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches, governed by Japan Volleyball Association.
Their nickname is "RYUJIN NIPPON (龍神 NIPPON)", meaning "Japanese Dragon God" or "Dragon God of Japan" in Japanese.[1]
Japan won a bronze medal at the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games, followed by silver at Mexico 1968 and a gold at Munich 1972. The years after this have been less successful. Japan missed three successive Olympic Games before returning at Beijing 2008, where they failed to win a match. Japan then failed to qualify for the London 2012 Olympic Games and also missed Rio 2016 after finishing seventh at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tokyo.
They also failed to qualify for the 2014 FIVB World Championship the first edition they had missed in 54 years. They had previously won FIVB World Championship bronze medals in 1970 and 1974. Japan silver medalists at the 1969 and 1977 World Cup. Japan has been less successful in the World League era. The team has won the Asian Championships nine times and the Asian Games eight times.
In August 2021, at 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan advanced to the Quarterfinals round and eventually finished in seventh place, its best result in 29 years.
Team Members:
Yuji Nishida
Taishi Onodera
Tatsunori Otsuka
Akihiro Yamauchi
Kenta Takanashi
Masahiro Sekita
Masaki Oya
Ran Takahashi
Tomohiro Ogawa
Yūki Ishikawa
Kento Miyaura
Tomohiro Yamamoto
Shunichiro Sato
Go Murayama
Nickname(s) Ryujin Nippon
Association Japan Volleyball Association
Confederation AVC
Head coach France Philippe Blain
FIVB ranking 9 (as of 27 July 2022)
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