Tokyo Great Bears () is the Japanese male volleyball club in the SV.League, the highest-tier volleyball league in Japan. Established in May 2022 by Nature Lab Co., Ltd. and would start competing in 2022–23 season.
Concept The team name means the players and supporters that are connected, comparable to the seven stars of the Big Dipper, which is part of Ursa Major. The club intend to connect people, regions, and the world through volleyball. They will envision a future that will make the volleyball world more exciting and attractive.
History In 2021, it was announced that FC Tokyo volleyball team would suspend the operations after the 2021–22 V. League season. But in May 2022, It was reported that the team was transferred to Nature Lab Co., Ltd. and established as the new team Tokyo Great Bears.
In the same month, Great Bears Co., Ltd. was founded as the management company for the club under Nature Lab and some players from FC Tokyo was also transferred to the club.
All players are offered professional contracts.
Tokyo Great Bears broke the V.League Division 1 attendance record with 8,142 fans in attendance for the game against JTEKT Stings at Ariake Coliseum.
Team
Current roster
Team roster – season 2025/2026 Player Name Date of birth Position 1 Bartosz KurekOpposite hitter 3 Fukatsu Akihiro Setter 4 Jan Kozamernik Middle blocker 5 Libero 6 Alex Ferreira Outside hitter 8 Masahiro YanagidaOutside hitter 9 Takahiro TozakiOutside hitter 10 Taichirō Koga (c)Libero 12 Go Murayama Middle blocker 13 Issei Otake Middle blocker 15 Yuki ImahashiSetter 17 Luciano VicentinOutside hitter 25 Outside hitter 26 Middle blocker 29 Ryuki OhmaeLibero 31 Ryusei KurokawaSetter 39 Yusaku TakashimaOpposite hitter Head coach: Kasper Vuorinen
Former roster Team roster – season 2023/2024 Player Name Date of birth Position 1 Hidetomo HoshinoOutside hitter 2 Kentaro Tamaya Setter 3 Fukatsu Akihiro Setter 6 Middle Blocker 7 Kouhei YanagisawaOutside hitter 8 Masahiro YanagidaOutside hitter 9 Takahiro TozakiOutside hitter 10 Taichirō Koga (c)Libero 11 Daigo YamadaMiddle blocker 12 Hirotaka Odashima Middle Blocker 13 Hayata Yanagimachi Opposite Spiker 14 Shin TeharaSetter 15 Yuki ImahashiSetter 16 Takumi KameyamaOutside Hitter 17 Shingo Kasari Outside hitter 18 Tetsuya MutoMiddle Blocker 20 Rafael AraújoOpposite hitter 28 Kandai GotoLibero Head coach: Kasper Vuorinen
Team roster – season 2022/2023 Player Name Date of birth Position 1 Hidetomo HoshinoOutside hitter 2 Kentaro Tamaya Setter 3 Shohei NoseLibero 4 Opposite Spiker 5 Wataru Taniguchi Outside Hitter 6 Zhang BinglongOutside hitter 7 Kouhei YanagisawaOutside hitter 8 Middle Blocker 9 Takahiro TozakiOutside hitter 10 Taichirō Koga (c)Libero 11 Daigo YamadaMiddle blocker 12 Hirotaka Odashima Middle Blocker 13 Hayata Yanagimachi Opposite Spiker 14 Shin TeharaSetter 15 Yuki Imahashi Setter 16 Takumi Kameyama Outside Hitter 17 Shingo Kasari Outside hitter 18 Tetsuya Muto Middle Blocker 20 Rafael AraújoOpposite hitter 21 Ryosuke Hirata Middle Blocker 26 Ayato Kuroda Outside Hitter Head coach : Koichiro Shimbo
Head coach history NameYears Koichiro Shimbo2022-2023 Kasper Vuorinen2023-Present
Notable players Rafael Araújo (2022)
Bartosz Kurek (2025)
Results
League result Champion Runner-up
LeaguePosition TeamsMatchesWinLoseV.League Division 1 2022–23 season8th10361026SV.League2024-25 5th104423212025-26 6th10442123
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