Voreas Hokkaido
Full nameヴォレアス北海道
NicknameVoreas
Founded2016
GroundAsahikawa, Hokkaido
ChairmanKenshiro Ikeda
CaptainSasaki Hiroaki
LeagueV.League Division 2
2022–231
WebsiteClub home page

Voreas Hokkaido is a men's volleyball club in Japan. It currently plays in V.League Division 2. This clus is located in Asahikawa city, Hokkaido.

History

Voreas Hokkaido was established in October, 2016. It's Japan's first profesional volleyball club. [1]

The club joined V.League on July 1 2017. Later, the club won the first title of 2017–18 Season of V·Challenge League II.[2]

After the new born V.League, it participated in V.League Division 3 for 2018–19 Season.[3] Voreas Hokkaido managed to win the title and promoted to Division 2 for next season.[4][5]

Voreas Hokkaido took 2nd place of 2019–20 Season and supposed to take part in V.Challenge match that could be promoted to Division 1 if it won the match. However, the V.Challenge match was suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic.[6][7]

Voreas Hokkaido won the title of 2021–22 Season V.League Division 2 Men's for the first time.[8][9] But it failed to promote to Division 1 as they lost the V.Challenge matach against VC Nagano Tridents.[10]

Voreas Hokkaido won the 1st place of the 2022-23 season in the V.League Division 2 Men's for the second year in a row with 22 wins and only 2 losses.[11] After winning the V.Challenge match against Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, Voreas Hokkaido promoted to Division 1 for the first time for 2023-24 season.[12]

President Kenshiro Ikeda held a press conference on May 29, 2003. In the conference, he expressed the willingness of Voreas Hokkaido that to join the new S-V League which is expected to start its inaugural season in 2024. They have prepared a series of action plan in order to achieve the goal.[13][14]

Achievements

V.League Division 2
V.League Division 3/V.Challenge League II

Team

Current roster

The following is team roster of Season 2023-24

No. Player Name Date of birth Position
3 Japan Takayuki Tashiro (1992-03-24) March 24, 1992 (age 32) Middle blocker
6 Japan Jun Yamagishi (1999-08-03) August 3, 1999 (age 24) Setter
7 Japan Jin Inoue (1992-04-02) April 2, 1992 (age 32) Middle blocker
9 Japan Hiroaki Sasaki (c) (1994-11-19) November 19, 1994 (age 29) Outside hitter
10 Japan Takuya Toda (1996-10-25) October 25, 1996 (age 27) Outside hitter
11 Japan Kohei Tonozaki (1997-06-28) June 28, 1997 (age 26) Libero
12 Japan Kenta Koga (1997-09-17) September 17, 1997 (age 26) Opposite spiker
14 Taiwan Chang Yu-sheng (2000-03-30) March 30, 2000 (age 24) Opposite spiker
15 Japan Hirohito Kashimura (1999-01-15) January 15, 1999 (age 25) Middle blocker
16 Japan Kassho Tanijiri (1999-10-01) October 1, 1999 (age 24) Libero
17 Japan Shun Sakai (1997-03-04) March 4, 1997 (age 27) Outside hitter
18 Japan Masumi Goto (1996-04-11) April 11, 1996 (age 27) Middle blocker
21 Japan Ryoto Honzawa (1998-04-03) April 3, 1998 (age 26) Setter
Head coach: Croatia Edo Klein

Former roster

References

  1. ^ "チームの歴史". 一般社団法人日本バレーボールリーグ機構. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  2. ^ "逆転優勝に向け「良いバレー」の模索 －2017/18V・チャレンジリーグ2旭川コメント（1）". バレーボールマガジン (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  3. ^ "Vリーグ機構 新リーグ「2018-19 V.LEAGUE」の編成を発表". バレーボールマガジン (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  4. ^ "V2リーグ男子 富士通の優勝決定 V3の優勝決定は最終週へ". バレーボールマガジン (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  5. ^ "Vリーグ機構 2019-20 V.LEAGUEの編成を発表". バレーボールマガジン (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  6. ^ "V・チャレンジマッチ男子大会（入替戦）が中止に。新型コロナウイルス等感染拡大の影響で". バレーボールマガジン (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  7. ^ "2019-20V.LEAGUE V・チャレンジマッチの開催中止を受けてのヴォレアス北海道 緊急記者会見全文(2020年3月10日)". voreas.co.jp (in Japanese). 2020-03-13. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  8. ^ "ヴォレアス北海道が初制覇（V2男子最終結果・個人賞） | 月バレ.com【月刊バレーボール】". 月バレ.com【月刊バレーボール】 | 月刊バレーボールが運営するバレー情報サイト (in Japanese). 2022-03-28. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  9. ^ "【バレー/速報】優勝決定戦を制しV2初優勝。昇格をかけ入替戦へ進出(監督コメント)". スポーツナビ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  10. ^ "ヴォレアス北海道、V1への挑戦再び敗れる フルセットの激戦も敗退：朝日新聞デジタル". 朝日新聞デジタル (in Japanese). 2022-04-10. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  11. ^ "ヴォレアス北海道がV2男子 V･レギュラーラウンド2年連続1位". 一般社団法人日本バレーボールリーグ機構. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  12. ^ "ヴォレアス、初のＶ１昇格 大分三好に３―１（９日）：北海道新聞デジタル". 北海道新聞デジタル (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-04-09.
  13. ^ "バレーボール男子Ｖ１に昇格したヴォレアス北海道が、新リーグ参入ライセンス取得へアクション計画発表". スポーツ報知 (in Japanese). 2023-05-29. Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  14. ^ "新リーグ参入に意欲 ヴォレアス北海道 S-V.LEAGUEは2024-25シーズンに新設 本拠地・旭川市内で会見（北海道ニュースUHB）". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-06-16.

External links

Team profile on V.League (In Japanese)

2023–24 V.League Division 1 Men's
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