While Asian countries such as Thailand, South Korea or North Korea bring Asiad the strongest squad to compete for the ASIAD 2023 volleyball medal, Japan is different.
The Japan Football Federation and the Olympic Committee of this country only bring its B squad in both men and women's content. The most famous stars of Japanese volleyball will not attend.
The reason is that the Japanese volleyball federation wants two men and women to focus on the Paris 2024 Olympic volleyball qualifying round that takes place close to the time of ASIAD 19.
The goal of Japanese volleyball is to win a ticket to the summer Olympics next year. Right now, Asiad is no longer the goal of Japanese volleyball. Even the continental tournaments such as the Asian championship, the Asian League Cup, Japan only sends its youth team or the two two squad.
List of Japanese women's volleyball teams attending ASIAD 2023:
Two: Iwasaki Koyomi, Nakagawa Tsukasa
Father: Shimamura Haruyo, Ogawa Erina, Hirayama Shion
Owner: Sato Yuka, Nakamoto Minami, Tanaka Mizuki, Osanai Miwako, Nishikawa Yuki
Mission: Nakagawa Miyu
Libero: Meguro Yuka
List of Japanese men's volleyball teams attending ASIAD 2023:
Line two: Akihiro Fukatsu & Yamamoto Ryu
Father: Namba Takahiro, Asano Kento & Kashimura Hirohito
Owner: Kenta Takanashi, Masahiro Yanagida (C), Yamazaki Akit & Yudai Arai
Mission: Nishiyama Hiroto, Takahashi Keihan
Libero: Takahashi Kazuyuki