# Voreas Hokkaido

Voreas Hokkaido is a men's volleyball club in Japan. It currently plays in V.League Division 2. This club is located in Asahikawa city, Hokkaido.

## History

Voreas Hokkaido was established in October, 2016. It's Japan's first professional volleyball club.
The club joined V.League on July 1 2017. Later, the club won the first title of 2017–18 Season of V·Challenge League II.
After the new born V.League, it participated in V.League Division 3 for 2018–19 Season. Voreas Hokkaido managed to win the title and promoted to Division 2 for next season.
Voreas Hokkaido took 2nd place of 2019–20 Season and supposed to take part in V.Challenge match that could be promoted to Division 1 if it won the match. However, the V.Challenge match was suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Voreas Hokkaido won the title of 2021–22 Season V.League Division 2 Men's for the first time. But it failed to promote to Division 1 as they lost the V.Challenge matach against VC Nagano Tridents.
Voreas Hokkaido won the 1st place of the 2022-23 season in the V.League Division 2 Men's for the second year in a row with 22 wins and only 2 losses. After winning the V.Challenge match against Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler, Voreas Hokkaido promoted to Division 1 for the first time for 2023-24 season.
President Kenshiro Ikeda held a press conference on May 29, 2003. In the conference, he expressed the willingness of Voreas Hokkaido that to join the new S-V League which is expected to start its inaugural season in 2024. They have prepared a series of action plan in order to achieve the goal.

## Achievements
### V.League Division 2

* Champions(1): 2021–22, 2022-23
* Runners-up(1): 2019–20, 2020–21

### V.League Division 3/V.Challenge League II

* Champions(1): 2018–19

## Team
### Current roster

The following is team roster of Season 2023-24
| No. | Player Name | Date of birth | Position |
| 3 | Takayuki Tashiro | (1992-03-24) March 24, 1992 (age 32) | Middle blocker |
| 6 | Jun Yamagishi | (1999-08-03) August 3, 1999 (age 25) | Setter |
| 7 | Jin Inoue | (1992-04-02) April 2, 1992 (age 32) | Middle blocker |
| 9 | Hiroaki Sasaki (c) | (1994-11-19) November 19, 1994 (age 29) | Outside hitter |
| 10 | Takuya Toda | (1996-10-25) October 25, 1996 (age 28) | Outside hitter |
| 11 | Kohei Tonozaki | (1997-06-28) June 28, 1997 (age 27) | Libero |
| 12 | Kenta Koga | (1997-09-17) September 17, 1997 (age 27) | Opposite spiker |
| 14 | Chang Yu-sheng | (2000-03-30) March 30, 2000 (age 24) | Opposite spiker |
| 15 | Hirohito Kashimura | (1999-01-15) January 15, 1999 (age 25) | Middle blocker |
| 16 | Kassho Tanijiri | (1999-10-01) October 1, 1999 (age 25) | Libero |
| 17 | Shun Sakai | (1997-03-04) March 4, 1997 (age 27) | Outside hitter |
| 18 | Masumi Goto | (1996-04-11) April 11, 1996 (age 28) | Middle blocker |
| 21 | Ryoto Honzawa | (1998-04-03) April 3, 1998 (age 26) | Setter |
| Head coach: Edo Klein ||||

### Former roster

Team roster – season 2022/2023 :
| No. | Player Name | Date of birth | Position |
| 3 | Takayuki Tashiro | (1992-03-24) March 24, 1992 (age 32) | Middle blocker |
| 5 | Hikaru Sekine | (1999-10-31) October 31, 1999 (age 25) | Opposite spiker |
| 6 | Jun Yamagishi | (1999-08-03) August 3, 1999 (age 25) | Setter |
| 7 | Jin Inoue | (1992-04-02) April 2, 1992 (age 32) | Middle blocker |
| 8 | Peetu Makinen | (1995-08-19) August 19, 1995 (age 29) | Outside hitter |
| 9 | Hiroaki Sasaki (c) | (1994-11-19) November 19, 1994 (age 29) | Outside hitter |
| 10 | Takuya Toda | (1996-10-25) October 25, 1996 (age 28) | Outside hitter |
| 11 | Kohei Tonozaki | (1997-06-28) June 28, 1997 (age 27) | Libero |
| 14 | Chang Yu-sheng | (2000-03-30) March 30, 2000 (age 24) | Opposite spiker |
| 15 | Hirohito Kashimura | (1999-01-15) January 15, 1999 (age 25) | Middle blocker |
| 16 | Kassho Tanijiri | (1999-10-01) October 1, 1999 (age 25) | Libero |
| 17 | Shun Sakai | (1997-03-04) March 4, 1997 (age 27) | Outside hitter |
| 18 | Masumi Goto | (1996-04-11) April 11, 1996 (age 28) | Middle blocker |
| 21 | Ryoto Honzawa | (1998-04-03) April 3, 1998 (age 26) | Setter |
| Head coach: Edo Klein ||||