On the 26th, JTEKT, a men’s volleyball league team, held a press conference to announce their new system and pray for victory at Ryūjo Shrine in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture, where they are based.

With the launch of the SV League, JTEKT moved its hometown from Kariya City in the same prefecture to Okazaki City from this season. The team, which finished in 8th place last season, has added new players from the Japanese national team and world-class attackers, and is aiming to become the first SV League champion.

After a press conference on the 26th, a practice session was held at Okazaki Central General Park Gymnasium in the same city. After practice, Kentaro Takahashi (29), a member of the Japanese men’s national team at the Paris Olympics who joined the team from Toray this season, gave an interview and talked about the factors behind his decision to transfer. Takahashi’s main speech is as follows.[Kotai Tamai]

“Life is decided by the flow”

He was a member of Toray Rose for 7 years. I was moving away from winning, and although I was growing, there were times when I was sluggish. The biggest reason was that I wanted to work with Seita Sekida, who is not present at the moment (he was absent due to various reasons). In addition, I had heard rumors that various players were joining the team, so I decided to join JTEKT because I felt that it was the most interesting team this year.

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