Panasonic Panthers

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Panasonic Panthers
Founded1951
GroundPanasonic Arena
(Capacity: 2,500)
Head CoachFrance Laurent Tillie
CaptainJapan Akihiro Yamauchi
LeagueV.League Division 1
2021–223rd place
WebsiteClub home page

Panasonic Panthers (パナソニックパンサーズ, Panasonikku Pansāzu) is a men's volleyball team based in Hirakata city, Osaka, Japan. It plays in V.League Division 1. The club was founded in 1951.

The owner of the club is Panasonic Corporation.

Honours

Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League
  • Champions (×6): 1971–72, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2018–19
  • Runners-up (×6): 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 2012–13, 2019–20, 2020–21
Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament
  • Champions (×9): 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1981, 1998, 2009, 2014
Emperor's Cup
  • Champions (×2): 2011, 2012
  • Runner-up (×1): 2008
Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship
  • Runner-up (×1): 2019
  • Third place (×1) : 2010

Team

Current roster

Team roster – season 2023/2024
No. Player name Date of birth Position
1 Japan Kunihiro Shimizu (1986-08-11) August 11, 1986 (age 37) Opposite Spiker
2 Japan Hideomi Fukatsu (1990-06-01) June 1, 1990 (age 33) Setter
3 Japan Shunsuke Nakamura (1999-03-07) March 7, 1999 (age 25) Setter
6 United States Thomas Jaeschke (1993-09-04) September 4, 1993 (age 30) Outside Hitter
7 Japan Yuga Tarumi (2000-11-02) November 2, 2000 (age 23) Outside Hitter
8 Japan Kenyu Nakamoto (1997-11-21) November 21, 1997 (age 26) Outside Hitter
10 Japan Akihiro Yamauchi(c) (1993-11-30) November 30, 1993 (age 30) Middle Blocker
11 Japan Yuji Nishida (2000-01-30) January 30, 2000 (age 24) Opposite Spiker
12 Japan Tomotake Ito (1999-11-11) November 11, 1999 (age 24) Libero
13 Japan Tomohiro Yamamoto (1994-11-05) November 5, 1994 (age 29) Libero
15 JapanTatsunori Otsuka (2000-11-05) November 5, 2000 (age 23) Outside Hitter
17 Japan Takeshi Nagano (1985-07-11) July 11, 1985 (age 38) Libero
18 Japan Hiroto Nishiyama (2003-03-04) March 4, 2003 (age 21) Outside Hitter
19 Japan Keitaro Nishikawa (2000-04-14) April 14, 2000 (age 24) Middle Blocker
20 Japan Takahiro Shin (1991-08-10) August 10, 1991 (age 32) Setter
21 Japan Yasunari Kodama (1994-07-24) July 24, 1994 (age 29) Middle Blocker
22 Japan Yuichiro Komiya (1992-11-16) November 16, 1992 (age 31) Middle Blocker
23 Japan Larry Evbade-Dan (2000-08-18) August 18, 2000 (age 23) Middle Blocker
Head coach: France Laurent Tillie

Notable players

 Japan

 Brazil

 Poland

League results

  Champion    Runner-up

League Position Teams Matches Win Lose
V.League 1st (1994–95) 7th 8 21 10 11
2nd (1995–96) 6th 8 21 10 11
3rd (1996–97) 5th 8 21 10 11
4th (1997–98) 3rd 8 21 14 7
5th (1998–99) 4th 10 18 17 1
6th (1999-00) 6th 10 18 9 9
7th (2000–01) 6th 10 18 9 9
8th (2001–02) 6th 10 18 9 9
9th (2002–03) 3rd 8 21 13 8
10th (2003–04) 3rd 8 21 12 9
11th (2004–05) 4th 8 28 15 13
12th (2005–06) 5th 8 28 16 12
V・Premier 2006–07 3rd 8 28 17 11
2007–08 Champion 8 28 19 9
2008–09 3rd 8 28 15 13
2009–10 Champion 8 28 20 4
2010–11 4th 8 24 14 10
2011–12 Champion 8 21 17 4
2012–13 Runner-Up 8 28 20 8
2013–14 Champion 8 28 21 7
2014–15 6th 8 21 13 8
2015–16 Runner-up 8 30 16 14
2016–17 5th 8 26 15 11
2017–18 Champion 8 28 23 5
V.League Division 1
2018–19 Champion 10 34 28 6
2019–20 Runner-up 10 28 24 4
2020–21 Runner-up 10 41 33 8
2021–22 3rd 10 36 25 11
2022–23 3rd 10 39 25 14

References

  1. ^ "パナソニック パンサーズについて". パナソニックのバレーボールチーム、パナソニック パンサーズ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-10-24.

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