Osaka Bluteon
Osaka Bluteon is a men's volleyball team based in Hirakata City, Osaka, Japan. It plays in SV.League. The club was founded in 1951. It is owned by the Panasonic Corporation.
History
Osaka Bluteon was established as a volleyball club for Matsushita Electric Industrial in 1951 and from 1992 to 2024 was known as the Panasonic Panthers.The club would become one of the participating teams of the inaugural 2024–25 season of the SV.League. It adopted its current name and branding in June 2024 ahead of their participation in the new league.
Names
- Panasonic Panthers
- Osaka Bluteon
Team
Current roster
''updated : 25 August 2025''Former roster
Honours
;Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.[Premier League]- Champions ': 1971–72, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2018–19 V.League [Division 1 Men's|2018–19]
- Runners-up ': 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 2012–13, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2023–24
- Third place ' :2022-23
- Champions ': 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1981, 1998, 2009, 2014
- Runners-up ': 2024
- Champions ': 2011, 2012, 2023
- Runner-up ': 2008
;FIVB Volleyball Men's [Club World Championship]
- Runner-up ': 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club [World Championship|2025]
Notable players
- Takahiro Yamamoto
- Tatsuya Fukuzawa
- Kunihiro Shimizu
- Akihiro Yamauchi
- Yuji Nishida
- Nalbert Bitencourt
- Luiz Felipe Fonteles
- Dante Amaral
- Thiago Alves
- Antoine Brizard
- Michał Kubiak
- Miguel [Ángel López (volleyball)|Miguel Ángel López]
- Thomas Jaeschke
- Peng Shikun
League results