Toray Arrows Men's Volleyball Club
Toray Arrows (東レ・アローズ) 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.
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| Ground | Mishima City, Shizuoka Japan. |
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| Manager Head Coach |  Haruhiko Yoshida Atsushi Kobayashi |
| Captain | Naonobu Fujii |
| League | V.League Division 1 |
| 2020–21 | 6th place |
| Website | Club home page |
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): 2012,2019
League results
Champion Runner-up
| League | Position | Teams | Matches | Win | Lose | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2014-15 | 7th | 8 | 21 | 8 | 13 | |
| 2015–16 | 3rd | 8 | 27 | 18 | 9 | |
| 2016–17 | Champion | 8 | 28 | 21 | 7 | |
| 2017–18 | 5th | 8 | 26 | 18 | 8 | |
| V・League Division 1 | 2018–19 | 3rd | 10 | 34 | 20 | 14 |
| 2019–20 | 6th | 10 | 27 | 12 | 15 | |
| 2020–21 | 5th | 10 | 33 | 17 | 16 | |
References
- (in Japanese) バレーボールVリーグ オフィシャルサイト Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine