is a men's

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

team based in Hirakata city, Osaka, Japan. It plays in V.League Division 1. The club was founded in 1951. The owner of the club is

Panasonic Corporation formerly between 1935 and 2008 and the first incarnation of between 2008 and 2022, is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka. It was founded by Kōnosuke Matsushita in 1918 as a lightbulb s ...

Team

Current roster

Notable players

* Takahiro Yamamoto (2001-2013) *

Tatsuya Fukuzawa Tatsuya Fukuzawa (福澤達哉 ''Fukuzawa Tatsuya'', born July 1, 1986) is a retired Japanese volleyball player who played for Japan men's national volleyball team. He announced his retirement on July 14, 2021 and competed in the retirement m ...

(2008-2014 and 2016-2019) *

Kunihiro Shimizu Kunihiro Shimizu (清水邦広 ''Shimizu Kunihiro'', born August 11, 1986) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Panasonic Panthers. He announced retirement from the national team after finishing seventh place in 2020 Summer Olympics. ...

(2008-Present) *

Nalbert Bitencourt Nalbert Tavares Bitencourt (born March 9, 1974), known as Nalbert, is a former Brazilian professional volleyball player. He was born in Rio de Janeiro. Nalbert is and played as passer-attacker. With Brazil national team he won two World Lea ...

(2002-2004) *

Luiz Felipe Fonteles Luiz Felipe Marques Fonteles (born 19 June 1984) is a Brazilian volleyball player, member of the Brazil men's national volleyball team in 2005–2016 and currently plays for Japanese team, JTEKT Stings, on club level. He is the 2016 Olympic ...

(2007-2008) *

Dante Amaral Dante Guimarães Santos do Amaral (born 30 September 1980) is a former Brazilian professional volleyball player, who is best known as Dante. Measuring and , he played in the position of outside hitter. He was born in Itumbiara. Biography Ea ...

(2013-2014 and 2015-2016) * Thiago Alves (2011-2012 and 2014-2015) * Michał Kubiak (2016-Present)

Honours

; Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League * Champions Gold medal with cup

(×6): 1971–72, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2018-19 * Runners-up Silver medal with cup

(×6): 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 2012–13, 2019–20, 2020–21 ;

Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament , is a volleyball tournament in Japan. Kurowashiki () means the flag of black eagle. It opens in May every year at Osaka. It is organized by the Japan Volleyball Association and the Mainichi Newspapers. History *1952 - It started as All Japan V ...

* Champions Gold medal with cup

(×9): 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1981, 1998, 2009, 2014 ; Emperor's Cup * Champions Gold Cup icon

(×2): 2011, 2012 * Runner-up Simple silver cup

(×1): 2008 ; Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship * Runner-up Gold medal with cup

(×1):

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* Third place Silver medal with cup

(×1) : 2010

League results

Champion Runner-up

References

External links

Official Website
{{Panasonic Japanese volleyball teams Volleyball clubs established in 1952 Sports teams in Osaka Prefecture Panasonic 1952 establishments in Japan