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V.League is the top-level professional volleyball league for women and men in Japan. It consists of three Divisions each for women and men structured hierarchically—Division 1, 2 & 3 (V1, V2 and V3). V1 is the Premier Division.

The V.League began in 1994 as successor to twenty-seven seasons of the Japan League. Competitions are organized by the Japan Volleyball League (ja) (JVL, or V-League Organization). The JVL is a National Federation member of the Japan Volleyball Association (JVA).

History

 * 1967–1993 - Japan's first volleyball league, the Japan League, began with six men's teams and six women's teams with the goal of building an audience such as the baseball and football leagues had pioneered before it
 * 1994–2005 - The vision of the new V-League was to make the organizations, players, and management more professional and self-sufficient as sports entities and participants. It also introduced the participation of foreign players
 * 2006–2018 - V.Premier League (V.Challenge Leagues I and II) expanded the league and would focus on developing players to represent Japan on the international stage
 * 2018–  V.League (Divisions 1, 2, and 3)

Current Clubs
The 2019–20 V.League consists of the following member clubs:


 * V1 Women (12 teams)
 * NEC Red Rockets
 * Hisamitsu Springs
 * Saitama Ageo Medics
 * Hitachi Rivale
 * Toray Arrows
 * Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
 * JT Marvelous
 * Denso Airybees
 * Kurobe AquaFairies
 * PFU BlueCats
 * Okayama Seagulls
 * Victorina Himeji


 * V2 Women (8 teams)
 * Route Inn Hotels Brilliant Aries (ja)
 * Breath Hamamatsu (ja)
 * GSS Tokyo SunBeams (ja)
 * Ohno Group Hiroshima Oilers
 * JA Gifu Rioreina (ja)
 * Gunma Bank Green Wings (ja)
 * Prestige International Aranmare (ja)
 * Chiba Angel Cross


 * V3 Women (0 teams)


 * V1 Men (10 teams)
 * JT Thunders Hiroshima
 * Suntory Sunbirds
 * Wolf Dogs Nagoya
 * Osaka Blazers Sakai
 * JTEKT Stings
 * Panasonic Panthers
 * Toray Arrows
 * FC Tokyo
 * VC Nagano Tridents
 * Oita Miyoshi Weisse Adler


 * V2 Men (12 teams)
 * Nagano GaRons (ja)
 * Fujitsu Kawasaki Red Spirits (ja)
 * Metropolitan Police Department Fort Fighters (ja)
 * Daido Steel Red Star (ja)
 * Tsukuba United Sun Gaia (ja)
 * Toyota Motor Sunhawks (ja)
 * Tokyo Verdy Volleyball Team (ja)
 * Saitama Azalea (ja)
 * Kinden Trinity Blitz (ja)
 * Voreasu Hokkaido (ja)
 * Hyogo Delfino (ja)
 * Via Tin Triple (ja)


 * V3 Men (4 teams)
 * Nara Dreamers (ja)
 * Kinki Club Sfida (ja)
 * Toyota Mobility Tokyo Sparkle (ja)
 * Safilva Hokkaido (ja)

Previous winners

 * 1967–68 to 1993–94: Japan Volleyball League
 * 1994–95 to 2005–06: V.League
 * 2006–07 to 2017-18: V.Premier League
 * 2018-19 to present: V.League 1

women

 * 1967–68: Hitachi Musashi
 * 1968–69: Unitika Kaiduka
 * 1969–70: Unitika Kaiduka
 * 1970–71: Unitika Kaiduka
 * 1971–72: Unitika Kaiduka
 * 1972–73: Yashika
 * 1973–74: Hitachi Musashi
 * 1974–75: Hitachi Musashi
 * 1975–76: Hitachi
 * 1976–77: Hitachi
 * 1977–78: Hitachi
 * 1978–79: Kanebo
 * 1979–80: Unitika
 * 1980–81: Unitika
 * 1981–82: Hitachi
 * 1982–83: Hitachi
 * 1983–84: Hitachi
 * 1984–85: Hitachi
 * 1985–86: Hitachi
 * 1986–87: Hitachi
 * 1987–88: NEC
 * 1988–89: Hitachi
 * 1989–90: Ito Yokado
 * 1990–91: Hitachi
 * 1991–92: Hitachi
 * 1992–93: Hitachi
 * 1993–94: Hitachi


 * 1994–95: Daiei
 * 1995–96: Unitika
 * 1996–97: NEC Red Rockets
 * 1997–98: Daiei
 * 1998–99: Toyobo
 * 1999-00: NEC Red Rockets
 * 2000–01: Toyobo
 * 2001–02: Hisamitsu Springs
 * 2002–03: NEC Red Rockets
 * 2003–04: Pioneer Red Wings
 * 2004–05: NEC Red Rockets
 * 2005–06: Pioneer Red Wings
 * 2006–07: Hisamitsu Springs
 * 2007–08: Toray Arrows
 * 2008–09: Toray Arrows
 * 2009–10: Toray Arrows
 * 2010–11: JT Marvelous
 * 2011–12: Toray Arrows
 * 2012–13: Hisamitsu Springs
 * 2013–14: Hisamitsu Springs
 * 2014–15: NEC Red Rockets
 * 2015–16: Hisamitsu Springs
 * 2016–17: NEC Red Rockets
 * 2017–18: Hisamitsu Springs
 * 2018–19: Hisamitsu Springs
 * 2019–20: JT Marvelous