The Wolfdogs Nagoya () are a men's volleyball team based in Inazawa, Aichi, Japan. The club plays in SV.League, the highest volleyball league in Japan.
History The Toyota Gosei Trefuerza volleyball team was founded in 1961 by enthusiasts as a 9-player team. In 1981, they transitioned to a 6-player team and began to strengthen themselves as an in-house club. They won all their games in the 29th Industrial League in 1999 and achieved their long-awaited promotion to the V League (then V.Premier League), renaming the team "Toyota Gosei Trefuerza." In 2013, their first foreign coach, Anders Kristiansson, from Sweden, was appointed, and he instilled a precise organizational volleyball style in the team. They placed third in the 2014/15 V.Premier League and won their first championship in the following 2015/16 season. Since then, they have grown into a powerhouse team, finishing as runners-up in the 2016/17 and 2017/18 seasons and reaching the finals for three consecutive years.
From the 2019–20 season, the team changed its name to Wolfdogs Nagoya.
Honours Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League Winners (2): 2015–16, 2022—23 Runners-up (3): 2016–17, 2017–18, 2021–22 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship Winners (1): 2023 Runners-up (1): 2007 Domestic Sports Festival Winners (1): 2012
Current roster The following is the team roster of season 2025–26
No.NameDate of birthHeightPosition Shuzo Yamada (c) Outside hitter Akira Sawada Middle blocker Hideomi Fukatsu Setter Masahiro Yamazaki Middle blocker Shunsuke Watanabe Libero6 Timothée CarleOutside hitter7 Shinnosuke HayasakaSetter9 Aymen BouguerraOutside hitter10 Shunichiro SatoMiddle blocker11 Ryota DendaMiddle blocker12 Taito MizumachiOutside hitter15 Kento MiyauraOpposite17 Kenta IchikawaLibero18 Naozumi KambayashiSetter22 Jo ToyodaOpposite26 Akito YamazakiOutside hitter99 Norbert HuberMiddle blockerHead coach: Valerio Baldovin
Former roster Team roster – Season 2024/25No.NameDate of birthHeightPosition Shuzo Yamada Outside hitter Hideomi Fukatsu Setter Shunsuke Watanabe Libero Hirotaka Kon Middle blocker Tine Urnaut Outside hitter Dongchen Wang Middle blocker Kenta Takanashi Outside hitter10Rivan NurmulkiOpposite spiker 11Ryota DendaMiddle blocker11Taito MizumachiOutside hitter13Takaki KoyamaMiddle blocker 14Nimir Abdel-AzizOpposite spiker 17Kenta IchikawaLibero17Naozumi KanbayashiSetter19Ryo TakahashiOutside hitter26Akito YamazakiOutside hitterHead coach: Valerio Baldovin
Team roster – Season 2023/24No.NameDate of birthHeightPosition Shuzo Yamada Outside hitter Bartosz Kurek (c) Opposite hitter Hirotaka Kon Middle blocker Dongchen Wang Middle blocker Kenta Takanashi Outside hitter11Ryota DendaMiddle blocker13Takaki KoyamaOutside hitter 14Ryosuke TsubakiyamaOpposite spiker 16Nakano YamatoSetter17Kenta IchikawaLibero19Ryo TakahashiOutside hitter21Motoki EiroSetter 23Masato Katsuoka Outside Hitter24Tomohiro OgawaLibero26Akito YamazakiOutside hitterHead coach: Valerio Baldovin
League results Champion Runner-up
LeaguePosition TeamsMatchesWonLostV League1998–99 9th 10 18216 1999–2000 9th 10 18216 2000–01 Winners 8 141402001–02 Winners 8 141402002–037th 8 21417 2003–046th 8 211011 2004–057th 8 28919 2005–067th 8 28622 V・Premier League2006–074th 8 281612 2007–085th 8 281414 2008–096th 8 281216 2009–104th 8 281612 2010–116th 8 24915 2011–126th 8 217142012–135th 8 2812162013–145th 8 2815132014–153rd 8 211382015–16Winners 8 211562016–17Runners-up 8 211562017–18Runners-up 8 21156V.League Division 12018–195th 10 271982019–207th 10 2710172020–213rd 10 342772021–22Runners-up 10 3928112022–23Winners104029112023–245th place10382513SV.League2024-25 4th place104938112025-26 4th place10482721
Notable players (2005–2006) (2014–2019) (2021–2024) (2024–2025) (2024-25) (2018–2025)
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References
External links Official website