On April 4, the Japan Volleyball Association announced the training list of 35 members of the Japanese men's volleyball team in the new cycle. Veteran captains Yanagida Shohiro and Shimizu Kunihiro were not selected, the twin stars Nishida Yushi and Ishikawa Yuki in the last cycle were shortlisted without suspense, and rookies such as Takahashi Blue were also on the list. It is worth mentioning that after the Japanese women's volleyball team recruited 3 Japanese non-mixed races, the Japanese men's volleyball team also has a mixed-race deputy attack shortlisted.
Main attacks: Otsuka Tatsunobu, Takanashi Kenta, Tomita Masama, Takahashi, Ishikawa Yuki, Yamazaki Akito, Nakamoto Kenyu, Higuchi Yuki, Tarumi Yume, Maki Daiaki;
Sub-attack: Taishi Onodera, Akihiro Yamauchi, Kentaro Takahashi, Lee Bak, Shunichiro Sato, Go Murayama, Eveddan Rally, Kaortaro Nishikawa, Kento Asano;
Tsuchie: Nishida Yushi, Otake Ichisei, Miyaura Kento, Koga Kentawa Kai Yuto;
Niki: Fukatsu Asahihiro, Sekida Seidai, Oya Maki, Shin Takahiro, Nagaro Motoki, Nakamura Shunsuke, Ito Yuki;
Free people: Ogawa Tomohiro, Yamamoto Tomohiro, Takahashi Kazuyuki, Fujinaka Soshi.
Judging from this list, the Japanese men's volleyball team adopts a model that combines three generations of old, middle and young people. The main players of the previous cycle, Such as Taishi Onodera, Yuki Ishikawa, Yushi Nishida, Makoto Sekida, and Kyota Yamauchi, were all selected; the main new stars such as Takahashi Ryo and Kento Miyata were also listed, including university players such as Yudou Kai and Makō Daiko. It seems that the Japanese men's volleyball team is not only looking at the present, but also looking to the future.
Among the 6 college players, Kafi Yudou can play both the main attack and the secondary attack and is a generalist, while エバデダン ラリー is a mixed-race child, with a Nigerian father and a Japanese mother. According to the information given by the Japan Volleyball Association, the player was born in 2000, with a height of 195cm, a divisional secondary attack, the highest slam height of 350cm, and is currently a junior at the University of Tsukuba, practicing volleyball since elementary school.
Compared to the Tokyo Olympics roster, the biggest adjustment to this roster is the departure of Kunihiro Shimizu and Naobu Fujii. Shimizu Kunihiro was not lucky because of his age, and now Nishida Yushi has successfully succeeded and shown stronger combat effectiveness than him, and the strength of Otake Kunihiro and Miyoura Kenjin is not weaker than that of Shimizu Kunihiro. Naobu Fujii was diagnosed with advanced stomach cancer.
The Japanese men's volleyball team will participate in three major competitions this year: the World League, the Asian Games and the World Championships. Unlike the women's volleyball team, the men's volleyball world championship starts before the Asian Games, if the Japanese men's volleyball team fails to break into the second stage of the World Championships, then they are likely to send a full main team to compete for the Asian Games gold medal. The Chinese men's volleyball team has recently announced the goal of winning the Asian Games, I don't know who will win and who will lose?
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