After the end of its inaugural editions for men and for women, Japan’s Daido Life SV.League announced its annual awards, with Ran Takahashi and Mizuki Tanaka claiming the most important individual awards for Championship Most Valuable Player.
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SV.League announces annual awards; Takahashi and Tanaka MVPs
Published 03:38, 11 May 2025
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Ran Takahashi, the charismatic 23-year-old outside hitter of reigning champions Suntory Sunbirds Osaka and Japanese international, was honored with the prestigious Championship MVP nomination in the men’s competition. On the women’s side, the captain of newly crowned champions Osaka Marvelous, 29-year-old outside Mizuki Tanaka, claimed the same recognition.
A number of other team and individual awards were announced:
MEN
Championship Winner: Suntory Sunbirds Osaka
Best Youth Development Club: Osaka Bluteon
Best Social Engagement Club: Wolfdogs Nagoya
Top Scorer: Nimir Abdel-Aziz (Wolfdogs Nagoya)
Top Spiker: Nimir Abdel-Aziz (Wolfdogs Nagoya)
Top Server: Nimir Abdel-Aziz (Wolfdogs Nagoya)
Top Blocker: Keigo Nishimoto (Toray Arrows Shizuoka)
Top Receiver: Aiki Mori (Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers)
Regular Season MVP: Nimir Abdel-Aziz (Wolfdogs Nagoya)
Regular Season Dream Team Setter: Hideomi Fukatsu (Wolfdogs Nagoya)
Regular Season Dream Team Opposite: Nimir Abdel-Aziz (Wolfdogs Nagoya)
Regular Season Dream Team Outside Hitter: Miguel Lopez (Osaka Bluteon)
Regular Season Dream Team Outside Hitter: Ran Takahashi (Suntory Sunbirds Osaka)
Regular Season Dream Team Middle Blocker: Larry Evbade-Dan (Osaka Bluteon)
Regular Season Dream Team Middle Blocker: Keigo Nishimoto (Toray Arrows Shizuoka)
Regular Season Dream Team Libero: Tomohiro Yamamoto (Osaka Bluteon)
Regular Season Best Receiver: Ran Takahashi (Suntory Sunbirds Osaka)
Regular Season Best Coach: Laurent Tillie (Osaka Bluteon)
Best Rookie: Taito Mizumachi (Wolfdogs Nagoya)
Most Impressive Player (MIP): Nimir Abdel-Aziz (Wolfdogs Nagoya)
Fair Play: Alain De Armas (Suntory Sunbirds Osaka)
Championship MVP: Ran Takahashi (Suntory Sunbirds Osaka)
WOMEN
Championship Winner: Osaka Marvelous
Best Youth Development Club: Saga Hisamitsu Springs
Best Social Engagement Club: Okayama Seagulls
Top Scorer: Sylvia Nwakalor (Toray Arrows Shiga)
Top Spiker: Brionne Butler (Astemo Rivale Ibaraki)
Top Server: Juliet Lohuis (Toray Arrows Shiga)
Top Blocker: Brionne Butler (Astemo Rivale Ibaraki)
Top Receiver: Haruna Kawabata (Denso Airybees Koriyama)
Regular Season MVP: Kotona Hayashi (Osaka Marvelous)
Regular Season Dream Team Setter: Koyomi Iwasaki (Saitama Ageo Medics)
Regular Season Dream Team Opposite: Sylvia Nwakalor (Toray Arrows Shiga)
Regular Season Dream Team Outside Hitter: Yoshino Sato (NEC Red Rockets Kawasaki)
Regular Season Dream Team Outside Hitter: Rosamaria Montibeller (Denso Airybees Koriyama)
Regular Season Dream Team Middle Blocker: Brionne Butler (Astemo Rivale Ibaraki)
Regular Season Dream Team Middle Blocker: Haruyo Shimamura (NEC Red Rockets Kawasaki)
Regular Season Dream Team Libero: Haruna Kawabata (Denso Airybees Koriyama)
Regular Season Best Receiver: Kotona Hayashi (Osaka Marvelous)
Regular Season Best Coach: Daisuke Sakai (Osaka Marvelous)
Best Rookie: Yoshino Sato (NEC Red Rockets Kawasaki)
Most Impressive Player (MIP): Rosamaria Montibeller (Denso Airybees Koriyama)
Fair Play: Haruyo Shimamura (NEC Red Rockets Kawasaki)
Championship MVP: Mizuki Tanaka (Osaka Marvelous)
Among other awards handed out, Osaka Bluteon was nominated for Best Home Venue in recognition of their effort to create a packed-arena environment and an attractive atmosphere for their home games and selling out their home matches throughout the season. Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers were named Breakthrough of the Year for undergoing the most innovative change as a club. The Attack The Top Award went to Yuji Nishida of Suntory Sunbirds Osaka and to Ran Takahashi in recognition of their positive contributions to improving the appeal of the league as a whole and attracting more fans through their leadership and proactive public relations and promotional activities.
