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Panasonic Panthers

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Ground	Hirakata City, Osaka, Japan
Manager Head Coach	Masayuki Haruta Shinji Kawamura
Captain	Akihiro Yamauchi
League	V.League Division 1
2020–21	3rd place
Website	Club 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 1952.

The owner of the club is Panasonic Corporation.

Team

Current roster

Team roster – season 2022/2023
No.	Player Name	Date of birth	Position	Note
1	Kunihiro Shimizu	(1986-08-11) August 11, 1986	Opposite Spiker
2	Hideomi Fukatsu	(1990-06-01) June 1, 1990	Setter
3	Shunsuke Nakamura	(1999-03-07) March 7, 1999	Setter
4	Issei Otake	(1995-12-03) December 3, 1995	Opposite Spiker
5	Sogo Watanabe	(1990-07-21) July 21, 1990	Outside Hitter
8	Kenyu Nakamoto	(1997-11-21) November 21, 1997	Outside Hitter
9	Takahiko Imamura	(1993-05-20) May 20, 1993	Outside Hitter
10	Akihiro Yamauchi(c)	(1993-11-30) November 30, 1993	Middle Blocker
11	Yuki Suzuki	(1997-05-29) May 29, 1997	Outside Hitter Middle Blocker
12	Tomotake Ito	(1999-11-11) November 11, 1999	Libero
13	Michał Kubiak	(1988-02-23) February 23, 1988	Outside Hitter
16	Ryohei Iga	(1994-06-29) June 29, 1994	Libero
17	Takeshi Nagano	(1985-07-11) July 11, 1985	Libero
18	Hiroto Nishiyama	(2003-03-04) March 4, 2003	Outside Hitter
20	Takahiro Shin	(1991-08-10) August 10, 1991	Setter
21	Yasunari Kodama	(1994-07-24) July 24, 1994	Middle Blocker
22	Yuichiro Komiya	(1992-11-16) November 16, 1992	Middle Blocker
Head coach: Laurent Tillie

Notable players

Japan

• Tatsuya Fukuzawa (2008-2014 and 2016-2019)
• Kunihiro Shimizu (2008-Present)

Brazil

• Nalbert Bitencourt (2002-2004)
• Luiz Felipe Fonteles (2007-2008)
• Dante Amaral(2013-2014 and 2015-2016)
• Thiago Alves (2011-2012 and 2014-2015)

Poland

• Michał Kubiak (2016-Present)

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

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	TBC	10	-	-	-

External links

• Official Website