Japan NT 2013

  • Japan team isn't among highest level teams (19th in World Ranking), however they'll play in WL so I created this topic. New coach Gary Sato announced wide roster (almost 50 players) for upcoming season, coach didn't make look NT younger - we have experinced players over 30.


    S: Yuta Abe, Shigeru Kondoh, Naoya Suga, Takahisa Otake, Shogo Okamoto, Shun Imamura, Akihiro Fukatsu, Hideomi Fukatsu
    WS: Yusuke Ishijima (Gottsu), Yu Koshikawa, Yuta Yoneyama, Tatsuya Fukuzawa, Kunihiro Shimizu, Daisuke Yako, Dai Tezuka, Yuji Suzuki, Yuhei Tsukazaki, Issei Maeda, Tatsuya Yoneyama, Yasuyuki Shibakoya, Takuya Takamatsu, Masashi Kuriyama, Shunsuke Chijiki, Yuta Matsuoka, Yuki Hosokawa, Sogo Watanabe, Hidetomo Hoshino, Takashi Dekita, Shuzo Yamada, Masahiro Yanagida
    MB: Kota Yamamura, Yoshihiko Matsumoto, Yusuke Matsuta, Yoshifumi Suzuki, Takaaki Tomimatsu, Kazuyoshi Yokota, Kenji Shirasawa, Shogo Toimoto, Hirotaka Kon, Tatsuya Shiota, Takuya Yasunaga, Haku Lee, Yamato Fushimi
    L: Takeshi Nagano, Koichiro Koga, Ken Takahashi, Taichiro Koga


    For WL I prefer (bold for main group):
    S: Abe, Kondoh, Suga
    WS: Gottsu, Koshikawa, Yoneyama, Fukuzawa, Shimizu, Yako, Tezuka, Suzuki
    MB: Yamamura, Matsumoto, Suzuki, Tomimatsu, Matsuta, Yokota
    L: Nagano, K. Koga, Takahashi


    After last year in team we don't have: Daisuke Usami (retired), Takehiro Yamamoto (retired), Yuya Ageba (beach volley?), Osamu Tanabe, Akira Koshiya (retired), Ayumu Shinoda

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  • Can you post the source of this news?. Fortunately Gary Sato is not the new head coach of USA. You said there are players over 30-year old on this team. That's exactly what fans across the USA are reluctant about.

  • Source is official federation website: http://www.jva.or.jp/japan/mens/


    Over 30 are:
    S: Abe, Kondoh
    WS: -
    MB: Yamamura, Matsumoto, Matsuta, Suzuki
    L: -


    The oldest are setters and middles.

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  • Japan's World League Roster
    OH: Yuji Suzuki (Toray), Yuhei Tsukazaki (JT), Masashi Kuriyama (Suntory), Dai Tezuka (FC Tokyo), Tatsuya Fukuzawa (Panasonic), Daisuke Yako (JT), Yusuke Ishijima (Sakai), Yu Koshikawa (Suntory), Yuta Yoneyama (Toray), Shunsuke Chijiki (Sakai), Yuta Matsuoka (Sakai), Takashi Dekita (Tsukuba University)
    L: Takeshi Nagano (Panasonic), Ken Takahashi (Suntory)
    S: Shigeru Kondoh (Toray), Shun Imamura (Sakai), Issei Maeda (Tsukuba University)
    MB: Yoshifumi Suzuki (Suntory), Kazuyoshi Yokota (Sakai), Takaaki Tomimatsu (Toray), Yoshihiko Matsumoto (Sakai), Kota Yamamura (Suntory)


    JVA does not break out opposite position, so that is why there is so many OH players.
    No Kunihiro Shimizu due to injury.

  • is shimizu retired?

    I don't think so ^^ He was injured, read post above :D

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