On the 26th, JTEKT, a men’s volleyball team in the SV League, held a press conference to announce their new system and held a public practice in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture, where they have been based since this season. With the addition of world-famous attackers Ricardo Carreri Sousa (Lucarelli) and Tory DeFalco from the Brazilian national team, and Kentaro Takahashi from the Paris Olympics, they aim to become the first SV League champion.

After the open practice, Japan national team libero Kazuyuki Takahashi (24), who became captain this season, gave an interview and talked about the competition for position with player Tomohiro Ogawa, who transferred to the team. Kazuyuki Takahashi’s main speech is as follows.[Yuta Kobayashi]

From “Yinkya” to “Yangkya”

(Takahashi) Kentaro also came, and the court is tall and feels narrow. His powerful spikes and serves have been improved since last year.

＜By receiving strong serves and spikes in practice, you can improve yourself＞

I do this every day because I feel that by continuing to do this, I will be connected to my future self. It’s really fun.

He was in the position of vice captain. He did a great job of bringing the team together and changing the mood when they entered the match.

I felt that there was still a long way to go.

When I watched the live broadcast of the Paris Olympics on TV, I felt that if I didn’t raise my level and improve my accuracy, I wouldn’t be able to make it to the Olympic team.

As expected, it’s reassuring to have a libero who picks up the ball here and there. (Tomohiro Yamamoto, libero of the Japanese national team)…