JTEKT Stings

JTEKT Stings (ジェイテクトSTINGS) is a men's volleyball team based in the city of Kariya, Japan. It competes in the V.League, the highest volleyball league in Japan. The club was founded in 1958 and the current owner of the club is JTEKT.

History
JTEKT Stings was founded as Toyoda Kōki volleyball club in 1958.

The club was promoted to V1 League (later renamed the Challenge League) in 2002. The club was renamed the JTEKT Stings in 2006. In 2010, the club won the Challenge League for the first time. In 2013, the club was promoted to V.Premier League (later was changed to V.League division 1), the highest league in Japan, after beating Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler. In 2020, the club won V.League division 1 title in Season 2019/20 for the first time in club's history.

JTEKET Stings won their second title of Emperor's Cup in 2022. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of their entry into the V.League Division 1, they wore a limited edition 10th anniversary uniform featuring red and Mizuno's original blue.

Honours

 * V.League 1 (Highest league)
 * Champion(1): 2019–20
 * V1 League/V.Challenge League
 * Champions(3): 2009–10, 2010–11 and 2012–13
 * Runners-up(1): 2011–12
 * Japanese Emperor's Cup
 * Champions(1): 2020,  2022
 * Runners-up(1): 2013

Current roster
The following is team roster of Season 2023-24

Notable players

 * 🇻🇪 Ernardo Gómez (2006–2007)
 * 🇨🇺 Fernando Hernández (2013–2015)
 * 🇧🇬 Valentin Bratoev (2018–2019)
 * 🇯🇵 Hiroaki Asano (2012–2021)
 * 🇧🇬 Matey Kaziyski (2015–2018, 2019–2020)
 * 🇯🇵 Yuji Nishida (2017–2021, 2022–2023)
 * 🇯🇵 Yamato Fushimi (2019–2021)
 * 🇨🇳 Rao Shuhan (2019–2021)
 * 🇧🇷 Luiz Felipe Fonteles (2020–2022)
 * 🇯🇵 Masahiro Yanagida (2022–2023)
 * 🇯🇵 Masahiro Sekita (2022–Present)

League results
Champions  Runners-up