V.League (Japan)

The V.League 1 (Japanese: Vリーグ) is the top-level professional volleyball league for both men and women in Japan. The league started in 1994.

V.League 1

Current season, competition or edition: 2022–23 V.League Division 1 Men's 2022–23 V.League Division 1 Women's
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	1994; 29 years ago (1994)
No. of teams	Men: 10 Women: 12
Country	Japan
Most recent champion(s)	Women: Hisamitsu Springs Men: Suntory Sunbirds (2021–22)
Most titles	Men: Shin Nihon Steel (16) (later; Osaka Blazers Sakai) Women: Hitachi (17)
TV partner(s)	DAZN^[1]^[2]
Related competitions	V.Challenge League
Official website	vleague.jp

The competitions are organized by the Japan Volleyball League Organization. In 2006 the name V.League was changed to V.Premier League. In 2018 the name V.Premier League was changed to V.League Division 1 (V1).

Clubs (2022–23 season)

The League currently consists of the following member clubs:

Men (10 teams)^[3] JTEKT Stings Panasonic Panthers JT Thunders Hiroshima Toray Arrows Wolf Dogs Nagoya Tokyo Great Bears Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler VC Nagano Tridents Suntory Sunbirds Sakai Blazers

Women (12 teams)^[4] JT Marvelous Okayama Seagulls Saitama Ageo Medics Denso Airybees Toyota Auto Body Queenseis Toray Arrows Hisamitsu Springs NEC Red Rockets Hitachi Rivale Kurobe AquaFairies PFU BlueCats Victorina Himeji

Previous winners

• 1967–68 to 1993–94: Japan Volleyball League
• 1994–95 to 2005–06: V.League
• 2006–07 to 2017–18: V.Premier League
• 2018–19 to present: V.League Division 1

Men

Season Winner 1967–68 Yahata Steel 1968–69 Nihon Koukan 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 Matsushita Denki 1972–73 Nihon Koukan 1973–74 Shin Nihon Steel 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 Nihon Koukan 1978–79 Shin Nihon Steel 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 Fuji Photo Film 1982–83 Shin Nihon Steel 1983–84 Fuji Photo Film 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 Shin Nihon Steel 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 NEC Blue Rockets 1992–93 Fuji Photo Film 1993–94 NEC Blue Rockets

Season Winner 1994–95 Suntory Sunbirds 1995–96 NEC Blue Rockets 1996–97 Osaka Blazers Sakai 1997–98 1998–99 NEC Blue Rockets 1999-00 Suntory Sunbirds 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 Toray Arrows 2005–06 Osaka Blazers Sakai 2006–07 Suntory Sunbirds 2007–08 Panasonic Panthers 2008–09 Toray Arrows 2009–10 Panasonic Panthers 2010–11 Osaka Blazers Sakai 2011–12 Panasonic Panthers 2012–13 Osaka Blazers Sakai 2013–14 Panasonic Panthers 2014–15 JT Thunders 2015–16 Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza 2016–17 Toray Arrows 2017–18 Panasonic Panthers 2018–19 2019–20 JTEKT Stings 2020–21 Suntory Sunbirds 2021–22 2022–23

Women

Season Winner 1967–68 Hitachi Musashi 1968–69 Unitika Kaizuka 1969–70 Unitika Kaizuka 1970–71 Unitika Kaizuka 1971–72 Unitika Kaizuka 1972–73 Yashika 1973–74 Hitachi Musashi 1974–75 Hitachi Musashi 1975–76 Hitachi 1976–77 Hitachi 1977–78 Hitachi 1978–79 Kanebo 1979–80 Unitika 1980–81 Unitika 1981–82 Hitachi 1982–83 Hitachi 1983–84 Hitachi 1984–85 Hitachi 1985–86 Hitachi 1986–87 Hitachi 1987–88 NEC 1988–89 Hitachi 1989–90 Ito Yokado 1990–91 Hitachi 1991–92 Hitachi 1992–93 Hitachi 1993–94 Hitachi

Season Winner 1994–95 Daiei 1995–96 Unitika 1996–97 NEC Red Rockets 1997–98 Daiei 1998–99 Toyobo 1999-00 NEC Red Rockets 2000–01 Toyobo 2001–02 Hisamitsu Springs 2002–03 NEC Red Rockets 2003–04 Pioneer Red Wings 2004–05 NEC Red Rockets 2005–06 Pioneer Red Wings 2006–07 Hisamitsu Springs 2007–08 Toray Arrows 2008–09 Toray Arrows 2009–10 Toray Arrows 2010–11 JT Marvelous 2011–12 Toray Arrows 2012–13 Hisamitsu Springs 2013–14 Hisamitsu Springs 2014–15 NEC Red Rockets 2015–16 Hisamitsu Springs 2016–17 NEC Red Rockets 2017–18 Hisamitsu Springs 2018–19 Hisamitsu Springs 2019–20 JT Marvelous 2020–21 JT Marvelous 2021–22 Hisamitsu Springs

Spectators

Records show from the new born V.League Division 1 from Season 2018/19.

Season	Men (Division 1)	Women (Division 1)	Total
2021/2022^[5]	138,256 (avg 859 per matchday)	109,664 (avg 783 per matchday)	247,920
2020/2021^[6]	144,091 (avg 901 per matchday)	61,683 (avg 717 per matchday)	205,774
2019/2020^[7]	216,564 (avg 2,741 per matchday)	184,081 (avg 2,301 per matchday)	400,645
2018/2019^[8]	174,516 (avg 2,053 per matchday)	185,953 (avg 2,296 per matchday)	360,469

Sponsor

Season	Name
2016/2017	Toray Industries Panasonic Nisshin Seifun Group Toyoda Gosei JTEKT NEC

See also

•  Volleyball portal

• V.Challenge League
• Emperor's Cup and Empress' Cup All Japan Volleyball Championship
• Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament
• Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship
• Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship
• FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship

References

1. "DAZN JP". DAZN If you watch V-League. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
2. "Official Broadcasting Partner". V-League Official Site. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
3. "一般社団法人日本バレーボールリーグ機構".
4. "一般社団法人日本バレーボールリーグ機構".
5. "第 17 期事業報告" (PDF).
6. "第 16 期事業報告" (PDF).
7. "第 15 期事業報告" (PDF).
8. "第 14 期事業報告" (PDF).

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Japan V.League Division 1. women.volleybox.net (in English)