Osaka Blazers Sakai

Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers
Short nameNippon Steel Sakai BZ
Founded1939
GroundSakai City, Osaka, Japan.
Manager
Head Coach
Japan Mikiyasu Tanaka
Japan Shinya Chiba
CaptainJapan Takashi Dekita
LeagueV.League Division 1
2021–225th place
WebsiteClub 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]

  1. ^ チーム沿革 (in Japanese). Japan Volleyball League Organization. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
  2. ^ "日本製鉄 釜石シーウェイブスRFC、堺ブレイザーズの名称変更について | 日本製鉄株式会社". Digital PR Platform (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-02.