Panasonic Panthers

Panasonic Panthers (パナソニックパンサーズ, Panasonikku Pansāzu) is a men's volleyball team based in Hirakata city, Osaka, Japan. It plays in V.League Division 1. The club was founded in 1951.^[1]

The owner of the club is Panasonic Corporation.

Team

Team roster – season 2022/2023
No.	Player Name	Date of birth	Position	Note
1	Kunihiro Shimizu	(1986-08-11) August 11, 1986 (age 37)	Opposite Spiker
2	Hideomi Fukatsu	(1990-06-01) June 1, 1990 (age 33)	Setter
3	Shunsuke Nakamura	(1999-03-07) March 7, 1999 (age 25)	Setter
4	Issei Otake	(1995-12-03) December 3, 1995 (age 28)	Opposite Spiker
5	Sogo Watanabe	(1990-07-21) July 21, 1990 (age 33)	Outside Hitter
8	Kenyu Nakamoto	(1997-11-21) November 21, 1997 (age 26)	Outside Hitter
9	Takahiko Imamura [ja]	(1993-05-20) May 20, 1993 (age 31)	Outside Hitter
10	Akihiro Yamauchi(c)	(1993-11-30) November 30, 1993 (age 30)	Middle Blocker
11	Yuki Suzuki	(1997-05-29) May 29, 1997 (age 26)	Outside Hitter/ Middle Blocker
12	Tomotake Ito	(1999-11-11) November 11, 1999 (age 24)	Libero
13	Michał Kubiak	(1988-02-23) February 23, 1988 (age 36)	Outside Hitter
16	Ryohei Iga [ja]	(1994-06-29) June 29, 1994 (age 29)	Libero
17	Takeshi Nagano	(1985-07-11) July 11, 1985 (age 38)	Libero
18	Hiroto Nishiyama	(2003-03-04) March 4, 2003 (age 21)	Outside Hitter
20	Takahiro Shin [ja]	(1991-08-10) August 10, 1991 (age 32)	Setter
21	Yasunari Kodama	(1994-07-24) July 24, 1994 (age 29)	Middle Blocker
22	Yuichiro Komiya	(1992-11-16) November 16, 1992 (age 31)	Middle Blocker
26	Geng Xin	(1989-11-15) November 15, 1989 (age 34)	Middle Blocker
Head coach: Laurent Tillie

Champions (×6): 1971–72, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2018-19
Runners-up (×6): 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 2012–13, 2019–20, 2020–21

Champion Runner-up

League		Position	Teams	Matches	Win	Lose
V.League	1st (1994–95)	7th	8	21	10	11
	2nd (1995–96)	6th	8	21	10	11
	3rd (1996–97)	5th	8	21	10	11
	4th (1997–98)	3rd	8	21	14	7
	5th (1998–99)	4th	10	18	17	1
	6th (1999-00)	6th	10	18	9	9
	7th (2000–01)	6th	10	18	9	9
	8th (2001–02)	6th	10	18	9	9
	9th (2002–03)	3rd	8	21	13	8
	10th (2003–04)	3rd	8	21	12	9
	11th (2004–05)	4th	8	28	15	13
	12th (2005–06)	5th	8	28	16	12
V・Premier	2006–07	3rd	8	28	17	11
	2007–08	Champion	8	28	19	9
	2008–09	3rd	8	28	15	13
	2009–10	Champion	8	28	20	4
	2010–11	4th	8	24	14	10
	2011–12	Champion	8	21	17	4
	2012–13	Runner-Up	8	28	20	8
	2013–14	Champion	8	28	21	7
	2014–15	6th	8	21	13	8
	2015–16	Runner-up	8	30	16	14
	2016–17	5th	8	26	15	11
	2017–18	Champion	8	28	23	5
V.League Division 1
	2018–19	Champion	10	34	28	6
	2019–20	Runner-up	10	28	24	4
	2020–21	Runner-up	10	41	33	8
	2021–22	3rd	10	36	25	11
	2022–23	TBC	10	-	-	-

^ "パナソニックパンサーズについて". パナソニックのバレーボールチーム、パナソニックパンサーズ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-10-24.