Toray Arrows (men's volleyball team)
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| Club Name | 東レ・アローズ (男子バレーボール) |
| Arena | Mishima city, Shizuoka Japan. |
| Manager |  Haruhiko Yoshida |
| Head Coach | Atsushi Kobayashi |
| League | V.Premier League |
| Position 2013-14 | 4th place |
| Team Colors | Blue and White |
| Website | arrows/men |
Toray Arrows is a men's volleyball team based in Mishima city, Shizuoka, Japan. They play in V.Premier League. The owner of the team is Toray Industries.
History
The club was founded in 1947 in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture as Toyo Rayon Kurin Kai. They initially played nine-player volleyball. They moved to Mishima in 1964 and started to play six-player volleyball. They were described as the strongest team in the second-tier league but when they were promoted to the top-flight, they found themselves languishing in the wrong end of the table. However, since they returned to the Japan Volleyball League in the 1988-1989 season, they established themselves as a top-flight team. They won All Japan Championship in 2002 and the V.League in the 2004-05, 2008-09 season.[1]
Honours
- Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League
- Champions (2): 2004-05, 2008-09
- Runners-up (6): 1998-99, 1999-00, 2001-02, 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2011-12
- Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship
- Champions (6): 1961, 1963, 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2011
- Runners-up (4): 1953, 1959, 2004 and 2009
- Emperor's Cup
- Champions (2): 2008, 2013
- Runner-up (1): 2012
League Results
| League | Position | Teams | Matches | Win | Lose | |
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| V.League | 1st (1994–95) | 4th | 8 | 21 | 15 | 6 |
| 2nd (1995–96) | 5th | 8 | 21 | 11 | 10 | |
| 3rd (1996–97) | 6th | 8 | 21 | 10 | 11 | |
| 4th (1997–98) | 7th | 8 | 21 | 5 | 16 | |
| 5th (1998–99) | Runner-up | 10 | 18 | 13 | 5 | |
| 6th (1999-00) | Runner-up | 10 | 18 | 12 | 6 | |
| 7th (2000–01) | 3rd | 10 | 18 | 13 | 5 | |
| 8th (2001–02) | Runner-up | 10 | 18 | 14 | 4 | |
| 9th (2002–03) | 5th | 8 | 21 | 12 | 9 | |
| 10th (2003–04) | 7th | 8 | 21 | 10 | 11 | |
| 11th (2004–05) | Champion | 8 | 28 | 25 | 3 | |
| 12th (2005–06) | 6th | 8 | 28 | 15 | 13 | |
| V・Premier | 2006-07 | Ruuner-up | 8 | 28 | 22 | 6 |
| 2007-08 | Runner-up | 8 | 28 | 17 | 11 | |
| 2008-09 | Champion | 8 | 28 | 20 | 7 | |
| 2009-10 | 3rd | 8 | 28 | 19 | 9 | |
| 2010-11 | 3rd | 8 | 24 | 15 | 9 | |
| 2011-12 | Runner-up | 8 | 21 | 19 | 2 | |
| 2012-13 | 3rd | 8 | 28 | 17 | 11 | |
| 2013-14 | 4th | 8 | 28 | 15 | 13 | |
References
- ↑ (Japanese) バレーボールVリーグ オフィシャルサイト