Toray Arrows Men's Volleyball Club
Toray Arrows (東レアローズ) is a men's volleyball team based in Mishima city, Shizuoka, Japan. They play in V.League Division 1. The owner of the team is Toray Industries.
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| Short name | Toray (東レ) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1947 |
| Ground | Mishima City, Shizuoka Japan. |
| Manager Head Coach |  Shintaro Watanabe Ayumu Shinoda |
| Captain | Yudai Minemura |
| League | V.League Division 1 |
| 2022–23 | 5th place |
| Website | Club home page |
| Championships | |
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History
The club was founded in 1947 in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture as Toyo Rayon Kurin Kai. They initially played nine-player volleyball. They moved to Mishima in 1964 and started to play six-player volleyball. They were described as the strongest team in the second-tier league but when they were promoted to the top-flight, they found themselves languishing in the wrong end of the table. However, since they returned to the Japan Volleyball League in the 1988-1989 season, they established themselves as a top-flight team.
Toray Arrows won All Japan Championship in 2002 and the V.League in the 2004–05, 2008-09 season.[1]
Toray Arrows joined 2018 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship to represent Japan and ranked the 5th place.[2]
Current Roster
The following is team roster of Season 2022-2023
| Team roster – Season 2022-2023 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Position | |
| 1 | Takahiro Namba | May 1, 1998 | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | Middle blocker | |
| 2 | Kentaro Takahashi | February 8, 1995 | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | Middle blocker | |
| 3 | Takumi Yamaguchi | August 3, 1997 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Libero | |
| 4 | Keisuke Sakai | August 25, 1996 | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | Setter | |
| 5 | Yuta Yoneyama | August 29, 1984 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | Outside hitter | |
| 6 | Dai Tezuka | November 18, 1988 | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | Outside hitter | |
| 7 | Yudai Minemura (c) | May 19, 1994 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | Outside hitter | |
| 8 | Koyu Manago | September 14, 1998 | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | Setter | |
| 9 | Shoma Tomita | June 20, 1997 | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | Outside hitter | |
| 14 |  Krisztián Pádár | November 14, 1996 | 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) | Opposite | |
| 15 | Haku Ri | December 27, 1990 | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | Middle blocker | |
| 16 | Reimondo Kamijo | September 16, 1999 | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | Middle blocker | |
| 17 | Hiroki Ozawa | September 21, 1997 | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | Outside hitter | |
| 18 | Keigo Nishimoto | October 27, 1998 | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | Middle blocker | |
| 21 | Naonobu Fujii | January 5, 1992 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | Setter | |
| Head coach: Ayumu Shinoda | |||||
Notable Players
Local Players
Yuta Yoneyama (2007–present)
Naonobu Fujii (2014–2023)
Foreign Players
Lloy Ball (1996-1999)
Pavel Abramov (2003-2005)
Vladimir Nikolov (2006-2007)
Honours
- Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League
- Champions
(×3): 2004-05, 2008-09, 2016–17 - Runners-up
(×6): 1998-99, 1999-00, 2001-02, 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2011-12 - Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship
- Champions
(×6): 1961, 1963, 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2011 - Runners-up
(×4): 1953, 1959, 2004 and 2009 - Emperor's Cup
- Champions (×2): 2008, 2013
- Runner-up (×3): 2012, 2019, 2022
League results
Champion Runner-up
| League | Position | Teams | Matches | Win | Lose | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V.League | 1st (1994–95) | 4th | 8 | 21 | 15 | 6 |
| 2nd (1995–96) | 5th | 8 | 21 | 11 | 10 | |
| 3rd (1996–97) | 6th | 8 | 21 | 10 | 11 | |
| 4th (1997–98) | 7th | 8 | 21 | 5 | 16 | |
| 5th (1998–99) | Runner-up | 10 | 18 | 13 | 5 | |
| 6th (1999-00) | Runner-up | 10 | 18 | 12 | 6 | |
| 7th (2000–01) | 3rd | 10 | 18 | 13 | 5 | |
| 8th (2001–02) | Runner-up | 10 | 18 | 14 | 4 | |
| 9th (2002–03) | 5th | 8 | 21 | 12 | 9 | |
| 10th (2003–04) | 7th | 8 | 21 | 10 | 11 | |
| 11th (2004–05) | Champion | 8 | 28 | 25 | 3 | |
| 12th (2005–06) | 6th | 8 | 28 | 15 | 13 | |
| V・Premier | ||||||
| 2006-07 | Ruuner-up | 8 | 28 | 22 | 6 | |
| 2007-08 | Runner-up | 8 | 28 | 17 | 11 | |
| 2008-09 | Champion | 8 | 28 | 20 | 7 | |
| 2009-10 | 3rd | 8 | 28 | 19 | 9 | |
| 2010-11 | 3rd | 8 | 24 | 15 | 9 | |
| 2011-12 | Runner-up | 8 | 21 | 19 | 2 | |
| 2012-13 | 3rd | 8 | 28 | 17 | 11 | |
| 2013-14 | 4th | 8 | 28 | 15 | 13 | |
| 2014-15 | 7th | 8 | 21 | 8 | 13 | |
| 2015–16 | 3rd | 8 | 27 | 18 | 9 | |
| 2016–17 | Champion | 8 | 28 | 21 | 7 | |
| 2017–18 | 5th | 8 | 26 | 18 | 8 | |
| V.League Division 1 | 2018–19 | 3rd | 10 | 34 | 20 | 14 |
| 2019–20 | 6th | 10 | 27 | 12 | 15 | |
| 2020–21 | 5th | 10 | 33 | 17 | 16 | |
| 2021–22 | 4th | 10 | 36 | 25 | 11 | |
| 2022–23 | 5th | 10 | 36 | 23 | 13 | |
References
- (in Japanese) バレーボールVリーグ オフィシャルサイト Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
- "2018 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship", Wikipedia, 2022-05-22, retrieved 2022-08-20