Men’s All-Star Game coming up with Team Taito and Team Kento

The volleyball weekend in Japan is set to climax with the men’s Daido Life SV.League All-Star Game. To build on the excitement created by the women’s All-Star Game on Saturday, the men will take their turn at the Glion Arena in Kobe on Sunday, February 1, at 14:05 local time (05:05 UTC). The spectacular show will be available live on VBTV for worldwide viewing, except for Japan.

• Watch Japan's SV.League All-Star Game on VBTV

Half of the stars to take part in the All-Star Game were selected based in the fans’ vote back in October and November 2025. The other half were nominated by the SV.League. The athletes were split into two teams – Team Taito and Team Kento – bearing the names of their captains, the players who received the most votes in the poll. The number of votes for the men’s All-Star Game cast by the fans totaled 253,800.

Team Taito

Team Taito, playing in the gold uniforms, will be captained by Wolfdogs Nagoya’s 24-year-old outside hitter Taito Mizumachi and coached by Wolfdogs Nagoya’s Italian coach Valerio Baldovin.

The team is composed of the following players:

Setters:
Antoine Brizard (France, Osaka Bluteon)
Motoki Eiro (Hiroshima Thunders)

Opposites:
Bartosz Kurek (Poland, Tokyo Great Bears)
Chang Yu-Sheng (Chinese Taipei, Voreas Hokkaido)

Outside hitters:
Kenya Fujinaka (JTEKT Stings Aichi)
Matthew Anderson (USA, Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers)
Ran Takahashi (Suntory Sunbirds Osaka)
Taito Mizumachi (Wolfdogs Nagoya)

Middle blockers:
Akihiro Yamauchi (Osaka Bluteon)
Daigo Iwamoto (JTEKT Stings Aichi)
Keisuke Miyoshi (Voreas Hokkaido)
Ryota Denda (Wolfdogs Nagoya)

Liberos:
Taishu Takeda (Toray Arrows Shizuoka)
Tomohiro Ogawa (Suntory Sunbirds Osaka)

Team Kento

Wolfdogs Nagoya’s 26-year-old opposite Kento Miyaura will captain Team Kento, playing in the black uniforms. They will be guided by Suntory Sunbirds Osaka’s French head coach Olivier Lecat.

The team is composed of the following players:

Setters:
Hideomi Fukatsu (Wolfdogs Nagoya)
Masahiro Sekita (Suntory Sunbirds Osaka)

Opposites:
Kento Miyaura (Wolfdogs Nagoya)
Yuji Nishida (Osaka Bluteon)

Outside hitters:
Masahiro Yanagida (Tokyo Great Bears)
Masato Kai (Osaka Bluteon)
Torey DeFalco (USA, JTEKT Stings Aichi)
Yuji Kudo (Nagano Tridents)

Middle blockers:
Keigo Nishimoto (Hiroshima Thunders)
Taishi Onodera (Suntory Sunbirds Osaka)
Taylor Averill (USA, Toray Arrows Shizuoka)
Yoshihiko Matsumoto (Nagano Tridents)

Liberos:
Aiki Mori (Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers)
Kenta Ichikawa (Wolfdogs Nagoya)

Men’s SV.League 2025-2026 All-Star Game and 14^th leg:
Feb 01, 14:05 local (05:05 UTC): All-Star Game – Team Taito v Team Kento
Feb 07, 13:05 local (04:05 UTC): Voreas Hokkaido v Wolfdogs Nagoya
Feb 07, 14:05 local (05:05 UTC): Nagano Tridents v Toray Arrows Shizuoka
Feb 07, 14:05 local (05:05 UTC): JTEKT Stings Aichi v Suntory Sunbirds Osaka
Feb 07, 16:05 local (07:05 UTC): Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers v Osaka Bluteon
Feb 08, 13:05 local (04:05 UTC): Voreas Hokkaido v Wolfdogs Nagoya
Feb 08, 13:05 local (04:05 UTC): Nagano Tridents v Toray Arrows Shizuoka
Feb 08, 13:05 local (04:05 UTC): Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers v Osaka Bluteon
Feb 08, 14:05 local (05:05 UTC): JTEKT Stings Aichi v Suntory Sunbirds Osaka

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