Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler

Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler is a men's volleyball team based in Oita City, Oita, Japan. It plays in V.League 1, the top tier of the Japanese volleyball league. It represented Japan at the 2014 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship.

Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler
大分三好ヴァイセアドラー
Full nameOita Miyoshi Weisse Adler
Founded1994
GroundTOTO Oita Factory Gymnasium
ChairmanJapan Atsushi Miyoshi
Head coachZimbabwe Murray Pole
LeagueV.League Division 1
2022–2310th place
WebsiteClub home page

Weisse Adler means "white eagles" in German.[1]

History edit

Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler was founded in 1994 by Miyoshi internal medicine - cardiology hospital. Many players of the team work for its own medical practice.[2] Franchise was promoted to V.Premier League in 2006. Franchise to be demoted for losing V.Challenge match in April 2009. Demotion takes place the following season. Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler demoted to V.League Division 2 after losing V.Challenge match of 2022–23.[3]

The club has announced that the suspension of all activities as the death of the founder.They won't participate in the new season of V.League.[4][5]

Honours edit

V.Premier League
  • Champion (0):
  • Runners-up (0):
All Japan Volleyball Championship
  • Champions (0):
  • Runners-up (0):
Emperor's Cup
  • Champion (0):

League results edit

  Champions    Runners-up

League Position Teams Matches Win Lose
V・Premier 2006-07 8th 8 28 2 26
2007–08 8th 8 28 2 26
2008–09 8th 8 28 3 25
2009–10 7th 8 28 4 24
2010–11 8th 8 24 3 21
2011–12 8th 8 21 3 18
2012–13 8th 8 28 5 23
V・Challenge
2013–14 Runner-up 11 20 17 3
2014–15 Champion 12 22 19 3
V・Challenge 1
2015–16 Runners-up 8 21 18 3
2016–17 Champion 8 21 18 3
2017–18 Runners-up 8 21 15 6
V.League Division 1 2018–19 9th 10 27 4 23
2019–20 9th 10 27 3 24
2020–21 10th 10 36 3 33
2021–22 9th 10 36 6 30
2022–23 10th 10 36 5 31

Current squad edit

The following is team roster of Season 2022-2023

Team roster – Season 2022-2023
No. Name Position Date of birth Height (m) Weight (kg) Spike (cm)
2   Enock Some Opposite hitter (1997-10-30) 30 October 1997 (age 26) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 360
3   Abe Ryota Outside hitter (1989-04-03) 3 April 1989 (age 35) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 345
4   Kantapat Koonmee Outside hitter (1998-04-17) 17 April 1998 (age 26) 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 355
5   Motoyuki Onishi Middle blocker (1996-03-29) 29 March 1996 (age 28) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 335
6   Ryusuke Nakamura Middle blocker (1997-12-26) 26 December 1997 (age 26) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 338
7   Takemune Ogawa Libero (1998-09-22) 22 September 1998 (age 25) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 315
8   Kyogo Kawaguchi Middle blocker (1997-03-22) 22 March 1997 (age 27) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 83 kg (183 lb) 335
10   Kota Yamada Outside hitter (1997-11-25) 25 November 1997 (age 26) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 335
11   Hiroki Ito Setter (1999-06-26) 26 June 1999 (age 24) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 332
12   Shohei Ono Outside hitter (1999-04-25) 25 April 1999 (age 25) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 330
13   Masato Kubota Libero (1992-08-07) 7 August 1992 (age 31) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 320
14   Shota Fujiwara Outside hitter (1998-07-14) 14 July 1998 (age 25) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 330
15   Shodai Abe Middle blocker (1999-11-03) 3 November 1999 (age 24) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 86 kg (190 lb) 335
16   Yutaka Hamamoto Outside hitter (1993-07-05) 5 July 1993 (age 30) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 335
18   Kenta Koga Opposite hitter (1997-09-17) 17 September 1997 (age 26) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 335
20   Toshiaki Nagao Outside hitter (2001-05-03) 3 May 2001 (age 23) 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 330
21   Naoki Inokuchi Setter (1997-04-27) 27 April 1997 (age 27) 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 65 kg (143 lb) 315
22   Kurama Fujioka Setter (1993-10-04) 4 October 1993 (age 30) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 315
Head coach:   Murray Pole

Notable players edit

References edit

  1. ^ (in Japanese) バレーボールVリーグ オフィシャルサイト
  2. ^ "沿革|大分三好ヴァイセアドラー|男子バレーボール". weisseadler.com. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  3. ^ "Vリーグ大分三好は2部降格 - 大分のニュースなら 大分合同新聞プレミアムオンライン Gate". www.oita-press.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  4. ^ "Vリーグ参戦辞退ならびにチームの休部について|大分三好ヴァイセアドラー|男子バレーボール". weisseadler.com. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  5. ^ "Vリーグ 大分三好ヴァイセアドラー 創設者逝去で休部に 選手、OB、ファンの思い (TOSテレビ大分)". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  6. ^ "Bryan Bagunas » clubs :". Volleybox. Retrieved August 25, 2022.