Osaka Bluteon is a men's volleyball team based in Hirakata City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, and a member of the SV.League. The club was founded in 1951 as the volleyball team of Matsushita Electric Industrial, now Panasonic, which still owns it, and it played as the Panasonic Panthers from 1992 until 2024. It took its present name and branding in June 2024 ahead of the inaugural 2024-25 SV.League season, in which it finished third, and it won the league title in 2025-26. Earlier honours include six Japan Volleyball League, V.League and V.Premier League titles, nine Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament titles and three Emperor's Cup wins, plus runner-up finishes at the Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship in 2019 and 2025 and at the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship. Notable players have included Yuji Nishida, Akihiro Yamauchi and the French setter Antoine Brizard.
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is a men's volleyball team based in Hirakata City, Osaka, Japan
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established as a volleyball club for Matsushita Electric Industrial
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The club was founded in 1951.
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is a men's volleyball team based in Hirakata City, Osaka, Japan
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is a men's volleyball team based in Hirakata City, Osaka, Japan
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It plays in SV.League.
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plays as a setter for SV League club Osaka Bluteon
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