Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler

{{Short description|Men's volleyball team based in Oita City, Oita, Japan}}

{{Volleyball club infobox

|clubname = Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler

|nickname =

|image = 175px

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|fullname = Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler

|founded = 1994

|ground = TOTO Oita Factory Gymnasium

|capacity =

|chairman = {{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroshi Miyoshi

|mgrtitle=Head coach

|manager = {{flagicon|ZIM}} Murray Pole

|captain =

|league = V.League Division 2

|season = 2022–2023

|position = 10{{efn|In V.League Division 1}}

|website = http://www.weisseadler.com/

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{{nihongo|Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler|大分三好ヴァイセアドラー}} is a men's volleyball team based in Oita City, Oita, Japan. Prior to its suspension of activities and withdrawal in May 2024, the team played in V.League Division 2, the second-level Japanese volleyball league. It represented Japan at the 2014 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship.

History

Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler was founded in 1994 by the Miyoshi Clinic of Internal Medicine and Cardiology. Originally called Miyoshi Cardiology EKG, then Miyoshi Cardiology EKG Oita, the team was named "Weisse Adler", meaning "white eagles" in German, for the characters {{nihongo|"white eagle"|白鷲|shirawashi}} in the name of the {{nihongo|Seiun Shirawashi Association|青雲白鷲会}} of the clinic.{{Cite web |title= |script-title=ja:沿革 |trans-title=History |url=https://weisseadler.com/outline/ |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Weisse Adler}} The founder, Hiroshi Miyoshi, was the director of the hospital and was also involved in the management of the team.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-15 |title= |script-title=ja: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 |trans-title=V.League Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler: Suspended after founder passes away; thoughts of players, alumni, and fans |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/31ad9b9689cb8adea43455208af9856a0b23747a?page=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516025606/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/31ad9b9689cb8adea43455208af9856a0b23747a?page=2 |archive-date=2024-05-16 |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=Yahoo! News |language=ja}} Most of the team also worked at the hospital.{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-04-30 |title= |script-title=ja:バレーボールＶリーグ男子２部の大分三好が活動休止譲渡先なく５月下旬で |trans-title=Oita Miyoshi, a volleyball team in the men's second division of the V.League, suspends activities in late May without a transfer partner |url=https://www.sankei.com/article/20240430-4LDBIMSLUVONVJMEFPVB4IA6N4/ |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=Sankei Shimbun |language=ja}} It originally had nine members.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-28 |title= |script-title=ja:【バレー】廃部危機の大分三好ヴァイセアドラーに元代表の備一真や山田滉太らがあの人気ユーチューバーヒカルに涙の訴え「チームを存続させて」 |trans-title=[Volleyball] Former national team members Bin Kazuma, Kota Yamada, and others appealed to popular YouTube personality Hikaru in tears to Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, which is in danger of being discontinued: "Please keep the team alive" |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/c1e4004d40bc9b6f953e40df818383cf974ef14c |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Yahoo! News |language=ja}}

After placing first in the V1 League in the 2005–2006 season, the franchise was promoted to the V.Premier League in 2006. The team was demoted to the V.Challenge League in 2009.{{Cite web |date=2009-04-13 |title= |script-title=ja:2008/09 V・チャレンジマッチ(2009/04/04-05) |trans-title=2008/09 V.Challenge Match (2009/04/04-05) |url=https://vbm.link/234/ |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=Volleyball Magazine |language=ja}} In 2014, it represented Japan at the 2014 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship in the Philippines.{{Cite web |date=2014-04-07 |title= |script-title=ja:2014アジアクラブ男子選手権大会大分三好ヴァイセアドラーの出場選手12名決定 |trans-title=2014 Asian Men's Club Championships Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler's 12 Players Chosen |url=https://www.jva.or.jp/topics/13602/ |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Japan Volleyball Association |language=ja}} Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler was demoted to V.League Division 2 after losing the V.Challenge match of the 2022–23 season to Voreas Hokkaido.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-09 |title= |script-title=ja:V2ヴォレアスがV1大分三好を下し昇格権 V・チャレンジマッチ男子試合結果 |trans-title=V2 Voreas beat V1 Oita Miyoshi for promotion V.Challenge Match Men's Match Result |url=https://www.getsuvolley.com/230409_challenge_men |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=Getsu Volley |language=ja}}{{Cite web |date=2023-04-09 |title= |script-title=ja:ヴォレアス、初のＶ１昇格　大分三好に３―１（９日） |trans-title=Voreas promoted to V1 for the first time, 3-1 to Oita Miyoshi (9th) |url=https://www.hokkaido-np.co.jp/article/829387 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520084056/https://www.hokkaido-np.co.jp/article/829387 |archive-date=2023-05-20 |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=Hokkaido Shimbun}}

In March 2024, the founder died and the club had difficulty continuing operations. The next month, the franchise announced the suspension of all activities and their withdrawal from the new V.League in late May as they were unable to find a company to transfer the team to.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-30 |title= |script-title=ja:Vリーグ参戦辞退ならびにチームの休部について |trans-title=Withdrawal from the V.League and Team Suspension |url=https://weisseadler.com/news/ｖリーグ参戦辞退ならびにチームの休部について/ |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=Weisse Adler}}{{Cite web |date=2024-05-15 |title= |script-title=ja: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 |trans-title=V.League Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler: Suspended after founder passes away; thoughts of players, alumni, and fans |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/31ad9b9689cb8adea43455208af9856a0b23747a |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516025601/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/31ad9b9689cb8adea43455208af9856a0b23747a |archive-date=2024-05-16 |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=Yahoo! News |language=ja}}

Honours

;V.Premier League

Champion (0):
Runners-up (0):

;All Japan Volleyball Championship

Champions (0):
Runners-up (0):

;Emperor's Cup

Champion (0):

League results

{{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} Champions {{Color box|silver|border=darkgray}} Runners-up

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" border="1" !width=200 colspan=2\|League !width=100\|Position !width=60\|Teams !width=60\|Matches !width=60\|Win !width=60\|Lose
rowspan=7\|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
rowspan=3\|V・Challenge
bgcolor=silver	2013–14	Runner-up	11	20	17	3
bgcolor=gold	2014–15	Champion	12	22	19	3
rowspan=4\|V・Challenge 1
bgcolor=silver	2015–16	Runners-up	8	21	18	3
bgcolor=gold	2016–17	Champion	8	21	18	3
bgcolor=silver	2017–18	Runners-up	8	21	15	6
rowspan=5\|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

The following is the team roster of the 2022–2023 season.

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:{{{fs\|100}}}%; text-align:center;" ! colspan="7"\| 2022–2023 season team roster
No. !style="width:12em"\|Name !style="width:7em"\|Position !style="width:14em"\|Date of birth !style="width:8em"\|Height (m) !style="width:7em"\|Weight (kg) !style="width:7em"\|Spike (cm)
align=center\|2 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Kenya}} Enock Some \|align=center\|Opposite hitter \|align=right\|{{Birth date and age\|1997\|10\|30\|df=y}} \|align=left\|{{convert\|2.01\|m\|ftin\|0\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|{{convert\|90\|kg\|lb\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|360
align=center\|3 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Japan}} Abe Ryota \|align=center\|Outside hitter \|align=right\|{{Birth date and age\|1989\|4\|3\|df=y}} \|align=left\|{{convert\|1.88\|m\|ftin\|0\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|{{convert\|78\|kg\|lb\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|345
align=center\|4 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Thailand}} Kantapat Koonmee \|align=center\|Outside hitter \|align=right\|{{Birth date and age\|1998\|4\|17\|df=y}} \|align=left\|{{convert\|2.04\|m\|ftin\|0\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|{{convert\|87\|kg\|lb\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|355
align=center\|5 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Japan}} Motoyuki Onishi \|align=center\|Middle blocker \|align=right\|{{Birth date and age\|1996\|3\|29\|df=y}} \|align=left\|{{convert\|1.98\|m\|ftin\|0\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|{{convert\|91\|kg\|lb\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|335
align=center\|6 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Japan}} Ryusuke Nakamura \|align=center\|Middle blocker \|align=right\|{{Birth date and age\|1997\|12\|26\|df=y}} \|align=left\|{{convert\|1.94\|m\|ftin\|0\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|{{convert\|84\|kg\|lb\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|338
align=center\|7 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Japan}} Takemune Ogawa \|align=center\|Libero \|align=right\|{{Birth date and age\|1998\|9\|22\|df=y}} \|align=left\|{{convert\|1.75\|m\|ftin\|0\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|{{convert\|72\|kg\|lb\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|315
align=center\|8 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Japan}} Kyogo Kawaguchi \|align=center\|Middle blocker \|align=right\|{{Birth date and age\|1997\|3\|22\|df=y}} \|align=left\|{{convert\|1.98\|m\|ftin\|0\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|{{convert\|83\|kg\|lb\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|335
align=center\|10 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Japan}} Kota Yamada \|align=center\|Outside hitter \|align=right\|{{Birth date and age\|1997\|11\|25\|df=y}} \|align=left\|{{convert\|1.75\|m\|ftin\|0\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|{{convert\|75\|kg\|lb\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|335
align=center\|11 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Japan}} Hiroki Ito \|align=center\|Setter \|align=right\|{{Birth date and age\|1999\|6\|26\|df=y}} \|align=left\|{{convert\|1.90\|m\|ftin\|0\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|{{convert\|85\|kg\|lb\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|332
align=center\|12 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Japan}} Shohei Ono \|align=center\|Outside hitter \|align=right\|{{Birth date and age\|1999\|4\|25\|df=y}} \|align=left\|{{convert\|1.87\|m\|ftin\|0\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|{{convert\|77\|kg\|lb\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|330
align=center\|13 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Japan}} Masato Kubota \|align=center\|Libero \|align=right\|{{Birth date and age\|1992\|8\|7\|df=y}} \|align=left\|{{convert\|1.77\|m\|ftin\|0\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|{{convert\|79\|kg\|lb\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|320
align=center\|14 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Japan}} Shota Fujiwara \|align=center\|Outside hitter \|align=right\|{{Birth date and age\|1998\|7\|14\|df=y}} \|align=left\|{{convert\|1.90\|m\|ftin\|0\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|{{convert\|84\|kg\|lb\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|330
align=center\|15 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Japan}} Shodai Abe \|align=center\|Middle blocker \|align=right\|{{Birth date and age\|1999\|11\|3\|df=y}} \|align=left\|{{convert\|1.90\|m\|ftin\|0\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|{{convert\|86\|kg\|lb\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|335
align=center\|16 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Japan}} Yutaka Hamamoto \|align=center\|Outside hitter \|align=right\|{{Birth date and age\|1993\|7\|5\|df=y}} \|align=left\|{{convert\|1.90\|m\|ftin\|0\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|{{convert\|82\|kg\|lb\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|335
align=center\|18 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Japan}} Kenta Koga \|align=center\|Opposite hitter \|align=right\|{{Birth date and age\|1997\|9\|17\|df=y}} \|align=left\|{{convert\|1.88\|m\|ftin\|0\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|{{convert\|75\|kg\|lb\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|335
align=center\|20 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Japan}} Toshiaki Nagao \|align=center\|Outside hitter \|align=right\|{{Birth date and age\|2001\|5\|3\|df=y}} \|align=left\|{{convert\|1.79\|m\|ftin\|0\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|{{convert\|78\|kg\|lb\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|330
align=center\|21 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Japan}} Naoki Inokuchi \|align=center\|Setter \|align=right\|{{Birth date and age\|1997\|4\|27\|df=y}} \|align=left\|{{convert\|1.73\|m\|ftin\|0\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|{{convert\|65\|kg\|lb\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|315
align=center\|22 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Japan}} Kurama Fujioka \|align=center\|Setter \|align=right\|{{Birth date and age\|1993\|10\|4\|df=y}} \|align=left\|{{convert\|1.77\|m\|ftin\|0\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|{{convert\|72\|kg\|lb\|abbr=on}} \|align=center\|315
colspan=7\| Head coach: {{flagicon\|Zimbabwe}} Murray Pole

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:{{{fs|100}}}%; text-align:center;"

! colspan="7"| 2022–2023 season team roster

No.

!style="width:12em"|Name

!style="width:7em"|Position

!style="width:14em"|Date of birth

!style="width:8em"|Height (m)

!style="width:7em"|Weight (kg)

!style="width:7em"|Spike (cm)

align=center|2

|align=left|{{flagicon|Kenya}} Enock Some

|align=center|Opposite hitter

|align=right|{{Birth date and age|1997|10|30|df=y}}

|align=left|{{convert|2.01|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

|align=center|{{convert|90|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

|align=center|360

align=center|3

|align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Abe Ryota

|align=center|Outside hitter

|align=right|{{Birth date and age|1989|4|3|df=y}}

|align=left|{{convert|1.88|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

|align=center|{{convert|78|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

|align=center|345

align=center|4

|align=left|{{flagicon|Thailand}} Kantapat Koonmee

|align=center|Outside hitter

|align=right|{{Birth date and age|1998|4|17|df=y}}

|align=left|{{convert|2.04|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

|align=center|{{convert|87|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

|align=center|355

align=center|5

|align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Motoyuki Onishi

|align=center|Middle blocker

|align=right|{{Birth date and age|1996|3|29|df=y}}

|align=left|{{convert|1.98|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

|align=center|{{convert|91|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

|align=center|335

align=center|6

|align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Ryusuke Nakamura

|align=center|Middle blocker

|align=right|{{Birth date and age|1997|12|26|df=y}}

|align=left|{{convert|1.94|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

|align=center|{{convert|84|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

|align=center|338

align=center|7

|align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Takemune Ogawa

|align=center|Libero

|align=right|{{Birth date and age|1998|9|22|df=y}}

|align=left|{{convert|1.75|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

|align=center|{{convert|72|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

|align=center|315

align=center|8

|align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Kyogo Kawaguchi

|align=center|Middle blocker

|align=right|{{Birth date and age|1997|3|22|df=y}}

|align=left|{{convert|1.98|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

|align=center|{{convert|83|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

|align=center|335

align=center|10

|align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Kota Yamada

|align=center|Outside hitter

|align=right|{{Birth date and age|1997|11|25|df=y}}

|align=left|{{convert|1.75|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

|align=center|{{convert|75|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

|align=center|335

align=center|11

|align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Hiroki Ito

|align=center|Setter

|align=right|{{Birth date and age|1999|6|26|df=y}}

|align=left|{{convert|1.90|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

|align=center|{{convert|85|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

|align=center|332

align=center|12

|align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Shohei Ono

|align=center|Outside hitter

|align=right|{{Birth date and age|1999|4|25|df=y}}

|align=left|{{convert|1.87|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

|align=center|{{convert|77|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

|align=center|330

align=center|13

|align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Masato Kubota

|align=center|Libero

|align=right|{{Birth date and age|1992|8|7|df=y}}

|align=left|{{convert|1.77|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

|align=center|{{convert|79|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

|align=center|320

align=center|14

|align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Shota Fujiwara

|align=center|Outside hitter

|align=right|{{Birth date and age|1998|7|14|df=y}}

|align=left|{{convert|1.90|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

|align=center|{{convert|84|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

|align=center|330

align=center|15

|align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Shodai Abe

|align=center|Middle blocker

|align=right|{{Birth date and age|1999|11|3|df=y}}

|align=left|{{convert|1.90|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

|align=center|{{convert|86|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

|align=center|335

align=center|16

|align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Yutaka Hamamoto

|align=center|Outside hitter

|align=right|{{Birth date and age|1993|7|5|df=y}}

|align=left|{{convert|1.90|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

|align=center|{{convert|82|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

|align=center|335

align=center|18

|align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Kenta Koga

|align=center|Opposite hitter

|align=right|{{Birth date and age|1997|9|17|df=y}}

|align=left|{{convert|1.88|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

|align=center|{{convert|75|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

|align=center|335

align=center|20

|align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Toshiaki Nagao

|align=center|Outside hitter

|align=right|{{Birth date and age|2001|5|3|df=y}}

|align=left|{{convert|1.79|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

|align=center|{{convert|78|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

|align=center|330

align=center|21

|align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Naoki Inokuchi

|align=center|Setter

|align=right|{{Birth date and age|1997|4|27|df=y}}

|align=left|{{convert|1.73|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

|align=center|{{convert|65|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

|align=center|315

align=center|22

|align=left|{{flagicon|Japan}} Kurama Fujioka

|align=center|Setter

|align=right|{{Birth date and age|1993|10|4|df=y}}

|align=left|{{convert|1.77|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

|align=center|{{convert|72|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

|align=center|315

colspan=7| Head coach: {{flagicon|Zimbabwe}} Murray Pole

Notable players

Foreign players

;{{PHI}}

Marck Jesus Espejo (2018–2019)
Bryan Bagunas (2019–2022){{Cite web |title=Bryan Bagunas » clubs : |url=https://volleybox.net/bryan-bagunas-p33752/clubs |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=Volleybox |language=en}}

;{{THA}}

Kantapat Koonmee (2022–)

;{{VEN}}

Emerson Rodriguez (2021–2022)

Notes and references

Category:Volleyball clubs in Japan

Category:Volleyball clubs established in 1994

Category:Sports clubs and teams in Ōita Prefecture