Emperor's Cup and Empress' Cup All Japan Volleyball Championship

is a Japanese volleyball competition that was established in 2007. It is organized by the Japan Volleyball Association.

The word Tennō (天皇) means the Emperor of Japan, and the term Kōgō (皇后) is the Empress of Japan. The Tennō Kōgō Commemorative Cup is given to the champion of the tournament. The Commemorative Cup was given to the winner of the Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship until 2006.

Champions YearMenWomen2007JT ThundersToray Arrows2008Toray ArrowsToyota Auto Body Queenseis2009Panasonic PanthersHisamitsu Springs2010Suntory SunbirdsDenso Airybees2011Panasonic Panthers Toray Arrows2012Panasonic Panthers Hisamitsu Springs2013Toray Arrows Hisamitsu Springs2014 JT Thunders Hisamitsu Springs2015 Toyoda GoseiHisamitsu Springs2016Toray ArrowsHisamitsu Springs2017Panasonic PanthersToyota Auto Body Queenseis2018JT ThundersHisamitsu Springs2019Tournament cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic2020JTEKT StingsJT Marvelous2021Wolfdogs NagoyaHisamitsu Springs2022JTEKT StingsNEC Red Rockets2023Panasonic PanthersNEC Red Rockets2024Suntory SunbirdsVictorina Himeji2025Wolfdogs NagoyaOsaka Marvelous

MVP by edition From the 2021 edition, the MVP Award has been created. The prize money for the MVP award is JP¥100,000.

YearMenWomen2021 Bartosz Kurek Arisa Inoue2022 Masahiro Yanagida Sarina Koga2023 Yuji Nishida Sarina Koga2024 Ran Takahashi Arisa Inoue2025 Kento Miyaura Mizuki Tanaka

Prize money The winner: JP¥10,000,000 Runner-up: JP¥4,000,000.

Capcom Award

As Capcom signed 3 year partnership contract with JVA, Capcom Award was established for the winner. Another ten million Japan Yen (JP¥10,000,000) per gender will be given for three consecutive years starting in 2022. It makes the Emperor's Cup and Empress' Cup All Japan Volleyball Championship become the highest endowed tournament in Japan.

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