or stylized as TORAY ARROWS SHIZUOKA is a men's

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team based in Mishima city, Shizuoka,

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. They play in SV.League, the highest Japanese men's volleyball league. The owner of the team is

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History

The team was founded in 1947 as "Toray Kuryukai" at the Shiga Plant of Toray Industries, Inc. The name "Kuryukai" comes from the nine players in the team and the "Crane Wing Formation" in Sun Tzu's "The Art of War". In 1961, the team won the title in the 9-player division of the All-Japan Championship and the 6-player and 9-player divisions of the National Sports Festival. In 1963, the team won its second title in the 9-player division of the All-Japan Championship and moved its home base to Mishima the following year. In the Japan Industrial League (then V.Challenge League), the team was promoted in the 6th league in 1974 but was relegated five years later and returned in 1988. In the first V LEAGUE, the team advanced to the final in first place but finished fourth in the final league. After a slump, the team finished second in the 5th, 6th, and 8th V LEAGUE. In the 10th V LEAGUE, the team narrowly missed the relegation playoffs. However, in the 11th V LEAGUE, under the slogan "Total Power", the team achieved its first championship by continuing its winning streak of 20 games from the opening of the league. In the 2008/09 season, the team won its second championship in four seasons by defeating Sakai in the championship game. The team won its third championship in eight seasons in the 2016/17 season. The team aims to be loved by everyone and grateful for the environment in which they can play volleyball. This season, under the slogan "BREAK THE TARGET", the team aims to break through the target of winning the championship. Toray Arrows joined

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to represent Japan for the first time in 2018 and ranked the 5th place.

Honours

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

(×3): 2004–05, 2008–09, 2016–17 *: Runners-up Silver medal with cup

(×6): 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12 * Kurowashiki Tournament *: Champions Gold Cup icon

(×6): 1961, 1963, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2011 *: Runners-up Simple silver cup

(×4): 1953, 1959, 2004, 2009 *

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*: Champions Gold Cup icon

(×2): 2008, 2013 *: Runner-up Simple silver cup

(×3): 2012, 2019,

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Team roster

Current roster

The following is team roster of 2025–26 SV.League
''Updated : June 14, 2025''

Former roster

Notable players

Local players

Yuta Yoneyama (2007–present)

Naonobu Fujii was a Japanese volleyball player, who was also a member of the Japan men's national volleyball team and of Toray Arrows. Personal life Naonobu Fujii grew up in Miyagi, Japan where he attended Furukawa Industrial High School, a school known fo ...

(2014–2023)

Foreign players

Lloy Ball (1996–1999)

Pavel Abramov Pavel Sergeyevich Abramov (born 23 April 1979) is a former Russian volleyball player, a former member of Russia men's national volleyball team, a bronze medalist of the 2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of ...

(2003–2005)
Vladimir Nikolov (2006–2007)

League results

Champion Runner-up

References

{{V.League (Japan) Premier Men's Volleyball clubs in Japan Volleyball clubs established in 1947 Sports clubs and teams in Shizuoka Prefecture Mitsui 1947 establishments in Japan Toray Industries