Short name | Nippon Steel Sakai BZ | ||
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Founded | 1939 | ||
Ground | Sakai City, Osaka, Japan. | ||
Manager Head Coach | Mikiyasu Tanaka Shinya Chiba | ||
Captain | Takashi Dekita | ||
League | V.League Division 1 | ||
2021–22 | 5th place | ||
Website | Club home page | ||
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Osaka Blazers Sakai is a men's professional volleyball team based in Sakai city, Osaka, Japan. It plays in the V.Premier League.
The club was founded in 1939 as part of the Kitakyushu, Fukuoka-based Yawata Steel athletic club which also included football club Yawata Steel F.C.[1] In 1969 the volleyball section split and moved to Sakai.
On October 2, 2023, the club changed its name into Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers.[2]