VC Nagano Tridents
{{Short description|Japanese men's volleyball club}}
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| founded = 2008
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| chairman = Seiya Sasagawa
| manager = Shinji Kawamura
| captain = Kota Ikeda
| league = V.League Division 1
| season = 2022–23
| position = 9th
| website = https://vcnagano.jp/
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{{nihongo|VC Nagano Tridents|VC長野トライデンツ}} is a Japanese men's volleyball team based in Nagano prefecture.{{Cite web|date=2013-11-28 |title=VC長野トライデンツ、準加盟チームに |url=https://vbm.link/5035/ |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=バレーボールマガジン |language=ja}} Currently it competes in the V.League Division 1, the highest volleyball league in Japan.
History
VC Nagano Tridents was founded in April, 2008, the original name is VC Nagano Growth.{{Cite web |date=2019-04-08 |title=チームプロフィール {{!}} 【公式】VC長野トライデンツ |url=https://vcnagano.jp/about/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |language=ja}} They changed team's name into VC Nagano Trident in April 2010. In 2015, they participated in V Challenge League II. A year later, they won the title of V Challenge League II and promoted to V Challenge League I.
In 2018, they were eligible to compete in V. League Division 1 due to V.League expansion.
In 2022, VC Nagano Trident as the first team in V.League to launch "Token" programme in order to support their team's activities.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-11 |title=Vリーグ初！トークンの新規発行・販売開始について {{!}} 【公式】VC長野トライデンツ |url=https://vcnagano.jp/info/8885-2/ |access-date=2022-10-16 |language=ja}}
In July 2023, it's announced that Melco Group will acquire the whole club as the club is facing bankruptcy in August.There will be no changes in the employment and business continuity of the employees belonging to VC Nagano Tridents and the continuation of the competitions belonging to VC Nagano Tridents.The new company will rebuild the management to enter the S-V League under the new system.{{Cite web |title=VC長野 株式会社メルコグループへ株式と経営権を譲渡することを発表 V1男子 |url=https://vbm.link/660039/ |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=バレーボールマガジン |language=ja}}{{Cite web |date=2023-07-19 |title=株式会社VC長野クリエイトスポーツの株式及び経営権の譲渡について {{!}} 【公式】VC長野トライデンツ |url=https://vcnagano.jp/info/%e6%a0%aa%e5%bc%8f%e4%bc%9a%e7%a4%bevc%e9%95%b7%e9%87%8e%e3%82%af%e3%83%aa%e3%82%a8%e3%82%a4%e3%83%88%e3%82%b9%e3%83%9d%e3%83%bc%e3%83%84%e3%81%ae%e6%a0%aa%e5%bc%8f%e5%8f%8a%e3%81%b3%e7%b5%8c%e5%96%b6/ |access-date=2023-07-20 |language=ja}}
Team
= Current roster =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders collapsible " style="text-align:center"
! colspan="7"| Team roster – season 2023/2024 | |||
| style="width:5em; color:white; background-color:#990036"| {{tooltip|No.|Jersey Number}}
!style="width:12em; color:white; background-color:#990036"| Player Name !style="width:15em; color:white; background-color:#990036"| Date of birth !style="width:13em; color:white; background-color:#990036"| Position | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Koki Yamada | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1999|10|7}} | Middle Blocker |
| 2 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Shohei Ono | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1999|4|25}} | Outside Hitter |
| 3 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Sota Ikeda | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1998|10|8}} | Outside/Opposite Hitter |
| 4 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Nakano Ryu | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1998|8|28}} | Outside Hitter |
| 5 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Ryo Shimokawa | align=right|{{Birth date and age|2000|1|12}} | Setter |
| 6 | align=left|{{flagicon|CHN}} Xiu Chengcheng | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1999|8|23}} | Outside Hitter |
| 7 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroki Koto | align=right|{{Birth date and age|2000|4|14}} | Libero |
| 9 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Shota Fujiwara | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1998|7|14}} | Outside Hitter |
| 12 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuma Sonae | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1998|1|6}} | Libero |
| 13 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Meguru Tsubaki | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1995|2|2}} | Setter |
| 14 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Ryoma Yanuki | align=right|{{Birth date|1995|12|24}} | Middle Blocker |
| 15 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Taihei Hazama | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1997|4|8}} | Middle Blocker |
| 16 | align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Trent O'Dea | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1994|5|11}} | Middle Blocker |
| 17 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Keito Nakamura | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1999|7|15}} | Outside Hitter |
| 22 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Taiga Itoyama | align=right|{{Birth date and age|2001|1|12}} | Setter |
| colspan=4| Head coach: {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinji Kawamura |
=Former roster=
| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="font-size:{{{fs|100}}}%; text-align:center;"
! colspan=6 | Team roster – Season 2022/23 | |||
| style="width:5em; color:white; background-color:#990036"| {{tooltip|No.|Jersey Number}}
!style="width:15em; color:white; background-color:#990036"| Player Name !style="width:15em; color:white; background-color:#990036"| Date of birth !style="width:10em; color:white; background-color:#990036"| Position | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Koki Yamada | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1999|10|7}} | Middle Blocker |
| 2 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Yusuke Sugai | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1997|9|10}} | Opposite Hitter |
| 3 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Sota Ikeda | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1998|10|8}} | Outside/Oppostie Hitter |
| 4 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Nakano Ryu | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1998|8|28}} | Outside Hitter |
| 5 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Ryo Shimokawa | align=right|{{Birth date and age|2000|1|12}} | Setter |
| 6 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Tatsuki Ito | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1998|1|2}} | Outside Hitter |
| 8 | align=left|{{flagicon|CUB}} Carlos Alberto Araujo | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1992|4|29}} | Oppostie Hitter |
| 9 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Kota Ikeda (c) | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1997|2|8}} | Outside Hitter |
| 12 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuma Sonae | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1998|1|6}} | Libero |
| 13 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Meguru Tsubaki | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1995|2|2}} | Setter |
| 14 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Ryoma Yanuki | align=right|{{Birth date|1995|12|24}} | Middle Blocker |
| 15 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Taihei Hazama | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1997|4|8}} | Middle Blocker |
| 16 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Kenshi Morisaki | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1992|7|25}} | Middle Blocker |
| 17 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Keito Nakamura | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1999|7|15}} | Outside Hitter |
| 19 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Hiromasa Miwa | align=right|{{Birth date|1999|12|17}} | Middle Blocker |
| 20 | align=left|{{flagicon|IDN}} Doni Haryono | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1999|2|21}} | Outside Hitter |
| 24 | align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Tsubasa Osada | align=right|{{Birth date and age|1993|4|30}} | Setter |
| colspan=4| Head coach: {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinji Kawamura |
League results
{{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} Champions {{Color box|silver|border=darkgray}} Runners-up
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!width=200 colspan=2|League !width=100|Position !width=60|Teams !width=60|Matches !width=60|Win !width=60|Lose | ||||||
| rowspan=5|V.League Division 1 | 2018–19 | 10th | 10 | 27 | 1 | 26 |
| |2019–20 | 10th | 10 | 27 | 3 | 24 | |
| |2020–21 | 9th | 10 | 36 | 4 | 32 | |
| |2021–22 | 10th | 10 | 36 | 5 | 31 | |
| |2022–23 | 9th | 10 | 36 | 5 | 31 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.vleague.jp/men/team_detail/461 Team profile on V.League] (in Japanese)
{{V.League (Japan) Premier Men's}}