Brand Story

 Blue symbolizes infinite possibilities, much like the boundless sky. With the ultimate goal of becoming the world’s number one club, we, OSAKA BLUTEON —embodying the spirit of “Blue to Eon” (Eternal Blue)—are leaping onto a new stage.

 We will face every challenge with one heart and never give up. Hand in hand with our fans and the local community, we will make our grand dream a reality. OSAKA BLUTEON will pioneer the untapped potential of volleyball and fill people across Japan and around the world with boundless inspiration and excitement.

 Emblem

OSAKA BLUTEON Logo
  •  BLUE SKY & OCEAN (CONNECTION) The sky and the ocean become one, moving toward limitless possibilities
  •  LIMITLESS POSSIBILITY (TIMELESS) A form untethered by time, infinite possibilities
  •  BEACON OF HOPE (PASSION) The blue beacon of hope deepens the bond between fans and players, guiding us toward a new chapter in history

 Mission

 ALWAYS TO THE TOP, ALL WAYS TOGETHER: Always striving for the top, together every step of the way.

 Vision

 Win the SV. League, the Asian Club Volleyball Championship, and the Club World Championship, and share the joy of victory with our fans. Sharing the joy of victory with the most diverse fan base in the SV. League, the Asian Club Volleyball Championship, and the Club World Championship.

 Values

 Brave
 To boldly take on every challenge by harnessing creativity and innovation
 Leading
 To lead the world of volleyball while respecting everyone involved
 United
 To foster close connections with fans and community members and become a familiar presence
 Energetic
 To inspire our supporters with the strength to look forward

 2026-27 Season Uniform

1st Uniform (Home Uniform)

 Front of the Home Uniform  Back of the home uniform

Second Uniform (Away Uniform)

 Front of the away uniform  Back of the away uniform

Tournament History and Results

SV.LEAGUE / V-League /
V-Premier League / Japan League

 Photo: Group photo celebrating the 2025–26 season championship

2025–26 Season Champion

45 Appearances

8 Championships
1971, 2007, 2009, 2011,
2013, 2017, 2018, 2025

Runner-up 10 times
1967, 1968, 1969, 1970,
1972, 2012, 2015, 2019,
2020, 2023

Emperor’s Cup All-Japan Volleyball Championship

 Photo: Group photo celebrating the 2023 championship

2023: Champions

17 Appearances

5 championships
2009, 2011, 2012, 2017,
2023

4 runner-up finishes:
2008, 2014, 2020, 2024

Kuro-Washi Flag All-Japan Championship

 Photo: Scenes from the Kurotaka Flag Tournament

2018 Champion

70 appearances

13 championships
1964, 1966, 1968, 1969,
1973, 1981, 1998, 2008,
2009,2010, 2012, 2014,
2018

14 runner-up finishes
1957, 1958, 1962, 1965,
1967, 1970, 1971, 1995,
1997,2000, 2013, 2017,
2019, 2024

Asian Club Championship / AVC Men’s Champions League

 Photo: Team photo after finishing as runners-up in the 2025 Asian Club Championship

2025 Runner-up

4 appearances
2010 (3rd place), 2015, 2019 (runner-up), 2025 (runner-up)

World Club Championships / FIVB Volleyball Men’s Club World Championships

 Photo: Team photo after finishing as runners-up in the 2025 Asian Club Championship

2025 Runner-up

2 appearances:
2013, 2025 (runner-up)

Other Tournaments

JAPAN VOLLEYBALL ASIA TOUR
  • 2 appearances 2023, 2024
KOVO Cup
  • 1 appearance 2023

Overview

Team Name OSAKA BLUTEON (English: OSAKA BLUTEON)
Affiliated Organization Japan Volleyball Association (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation)
SV League (Public Interest Incorporated Association)
Year Founded 1951
Home Stadium 2-10 Kikugaoka Minami-cho, Hirakata City, Osaka Prefecture; Panasonic Arena
Head Coach Tuomas Sammelvuo
Titles
  • Japan League / V-Premier League / V-League / SV.LEAGUE (8 championships, 10 runner-up finishes)
  • Emperor’s Cup (5 championships, 4 runner-up finishes)
  • Kuro-Washi Flag Tournament (13 championships, 14 runner-up finishes)
  • World Club Championship (1 runner-up finish)
  • Asian Club Championship (2 runner-up finishes)

Founding and History

Year  
1951 Volleyball Club Established
1956 Won the All-Japan Men’s Volleyball Championship (first time)
1960 Won Japan’s first 6-player volleyball tournament
1964
  • Teruhisa Moriyama competed in the Tokyo Olympics and won a bronze medal
  • First in Japanese volleyball history to sweep all four major titles (Inter-City Tournament, All-Japan Comprehensive Championship, National Sports Festival, All-Japan Corporate Championship)
1968
  • Mexico Olympics: Kenji Kimura competed and won a silver medal
  • Matsushita Electric’s 50th Anniversary: Won the Inter-City Volleyball Tournament (3rd time)
1971 Won the 5th Japan League (first time)
1972 Munich Olympics: Kenji Kimura, Yasuhiro Noguchi, and Tadayoshi Yokota competed and won the gold medal
1992 Team renamed “Matsushita Electric Panasonic Panthers”
1998 Won the 47th Kurotaka Flag All-Japan Championship (first time in 17 years; 7th title)
2006 Team renamed “Panasonic Panthers”
2007 2007–08 V-Premier League Championship (First Time) (Second Time, 36 Years After the League’s Inception)
2008
  • Won the 57th Kurotaka Flag All-Japan Men’s and Women’s Select Volleyball Tournament (first time in 10 years; 8th title)
  • Heisei 20 Emperor and Empress’s Cup All-Japan Volleyball Championship: Runner-up (9th time)
  • 29th Olympic Games (2008, Beijing): Players Yamamoto, Usami, Shimizu, and Fukuzawa competed
2009
  • Won the 58th Kurotaka Flag All-Japan Men’s and Women’s Select Volleyball Tournament (2nd consecutive year; 9th time)
  • World Grand Champions Cup 2009 (Grand Champions Volleyball 2009)
    - Daisuke Usami, Yusuke Masuda, Kunihiro Shimizu, and Tatsuya Fukuzawa competed; won the bronze medal
    - Won a medal at a major international tournament (first in 32 years)
  • Heisei 21 Emperor and Empress’s Cup All-Japan Volleyball Championship: Champions (first time in 11 years; 4th title)
  • 2009–10 V. Premier League: Champions (first time in 2 years; 3rd title)
  •  Team Photo 1 from the Championship
  •  Team Photo 2 from the Championship Victory
2010
  • 59th Kurotaka Flag All-Japan Men’s and Women’s Select Volleyball Tournament: Champions (3rd consecutive year, 10th time overall)
  • Achieved the first-ever “Triple Crown” in Japanese volleyball history (2009–10 season: Emperor’s Cup, V-Premier League, Black Eagle Flag)
  • 2010 Asian Men’s Club Championship: Represented Japan; 3rd Place
2011
  • Heisei 23 Emperor and Empress’s Cup All-Japan Volleyball Championship: Champions (5th title, first in two years)
  • 2011–12 V-Premier League Champions (4th title, first in two years)
  •  Team Photo 1 from the Championship
  •  Team Photo 2 from the Championship Victory
2012
  • Won the 61st Kurotaka Flag All-Japan Men’s and Women’s Select Volleyball Tournament (first time in two years; 11th title)
  • Achieved the second “Triple Crown” in Japanese volleyball history (2011–12 season: Emperor’s Cup, V-Premier League, Kurotaka Flag)
  • Heisei 24 Emperor and Empress’s Cup All-Japan Volleyball Championship: Champions (2nd consecutive year, 6th time overall)
  • 2012–13 V-Premier League Runner-up (6th time)
  •  Team Photo 1 from the Championship
  •  Team Photo 2 from the Championship Victory
2013
  • Runner-up at the 62nd Kurotaka Flag All-Japan Men’s and Women’s Select Volleyball Tournament (11th time)
  • Participated in the 2013 World Club Championship as an invited team
  • Heisei 25 Emperor and Empress’s Cup All-Japan Volleyball Championship: Top 4
  • 2013–14 V-Premier League Champions (5th time)
  •  Team Photo 1 from the Championship
2014
  • 63rd Kurotaka Flag All-Japan Men’s and Women’s Select Volleyball Tournament: Champions (first time in two years; 12th time)
  • Heisei 26 Emperor and Empress’s Cup All-Japan Volleyball Championship: Runner-up (10th time)
  •  Team Photo 1 from the Championship
2015
  • 2015 Asian Men’s Club Championship: Competed as a member of the Japanese national team
  • Heisei 27 Emperor and Empress’s Cup All-Japan Volleyball Championship: Quarterfinals
  • 2015–16 V-Premier League: Runner-up (7th time)
2016 Heisei 28 Emperor and Empress’s Cup All-Japan Volleyball Championship: Reached the Quarterfinals
2017
  • 66th Kurotaka Flag All-Japan Men’s and Women’s Select Volleyball Tournament: Runner-up (12th time)
  • Heisei 29 Emperor and Empress’s Cup All-Japan Volleyball Championship: Champions (first time in 5 years; 7th time overall)
  • 2017–18 V-Premier League Champions (6th title, first in 4 years)
  •  Team Photo 1 from the Championship
2018
  • 67th Kurotaka Flag All-Japan Men’s and Women’s Select Volleyball Tournament: Champions (13th time)
  • A first in Japanese volleyball history: Achieved the triple crown for the third time (2017–18 season: Emperor’s Cup, V.Premier League, and Kurotaka Flag)
  • 2018–19 V.LEAGUE Division 1 Champions (7th title, 2nd consecutive year)
  •  Team Photo 1 from the Championship
2019
  • Runner-up at the 2019 Asian Men’s Club Championship
  • Runner-up at the 68th Kurotaka Flag All-Japan Men’s and Women’s Select Volleyball Tournament (13th time)
  • 2019–2020 V.LEAGUE Division 1 Runner-Up (8th time)
  • 2019 World Cup: 4th Place (Players: Shimizu, Fukatsu, Otake, Fukuzawa, Yamauchi, and Kuhara)
2020
  • 2020–2021 V.LEAGUE Division 1: Runner-up (9th time)
  • Reiwa 2 Emperor and Empress’s Cup All-Japan Volleyball Championship: Runner-up (11th time)
2021
  • 32nd Olympic Games (2020/Tokyo): 7th Place—Kunihiro Shimizu and Akihiro Yamauchi competed
  • 2021–2022 V.LEAGUE Division 1: 3rd Place
  • Reiwa 3 Emperor and Empress’s Cup All-Japan Volleyball Championship: Quarterfinals
2022
  • 2022–2023 V.LEAGUE Division 1: 3rd Place
  • Reiwa 4 Emperor and Empress Cup All-Japan Volleyball Championship: Quarterfinals
  • 70th Kurotaka Flag All-Japan Men’s and Women’s Select Volleyball Tournament: Top 4
2023
  • Reiwa 5 Emperor and Empress Cup All-Japan Volleyball Championship: Champions (5th time)
  • JAPAN VOLLEYBALL ASIA TOUR IN THAILAND: 3rd Place
  • 2023–2024 V.LEAGUE Division 1: Runner-up (10th time)
  • 71st Kurotaka Flag All-Japan Men’s and Women’s Select Volleyball Tournament: Top 4
  •  Group Photo from the Emperor’s Cup Championship
2024
  • 72nd Kurotaka Flag All-Japan Men’s and Women’s Select Volleyball Tournament: Runner-up
  • Club name changed to “ OSAKA BLUTEON ”
  • Reiwa 6 Emperor’s Cup and Empress’s Cup All-Japan Championships: Runner-up (12th time)
  • 33rd Olympic Games (2024/Paris): 7th Place
  • Players Akihiro Yamauchi, Tomohiro Yamamoto, Yuji Nishida, Tatsunori Otsuka, and Shoma Tomita (reserve) participated
  • JAPAN VOLLEYBALL ASIA TOUR IN THAILAND: Champions
  • 2024–25 Daido Life SV.LEAGUE: Final Season Ranking—3rd (Regular Season Champions)
2025
  • AVC Men’s Champions League Japan 2025: Runner-up (2nd time)
  • FIVB Volleyball Men’s Club World Championships 2025: Runners-up
  • 2025-26 Daido Life SV.LEAGUE Champions (8th time)
  •  Group Photo from the 2025 AVC Men’s Champions League Japan Runner-Up Finish
  •  Group Photo from the World Club Championship Runner-Up Finish
  •  Group Photo from the 2025-26 Daido Life SV.LEAGUE Championship