Before the season begins: Explore the opening conference players' data
The 2026-27 Daido Life SV.LEAGUE opening conference will be held on Monday, October 5, ahead of the new season.
Representatives from the women's and men's clubs will share their goals for the season. Players from two clubs competing in SV.LEAGUE GROWTH will also take part.
What did these players record last season? Explore the JVDB profiles of all 28 players scheduled to appear or provide a video message.
Women: scheduled participants
Aranmare Akita Shonai | Wimonrat Thanapan
Denso Airybees | Haruna Kawabata
Astemo Rivale Ibaraki | Ruriko Uesaka
Gunma Green Wings | Olivia Rozanski
Saitama Ageo Medics | Koyomi Iwasaki
NEC Red Rockets Kawasaki | Nichika Yamada
KUROBE Aqua Fairies Toyama | Maki Yamaguchi
PFU BlueCats Ishikawa Kahoku | Tamaki Matsui
Ariza Aichi | Ayano Sato
Toray Arrows Shiga | Chisato Hanaoka
Osaka Marvelous | Hitomi Shiode
Victorina Himeji | Satomi Fukudome
Okayama Seagulls | Sora Nagase
SAGA Hisamitsu Springs | Ayaka Araki
Men: scheduled participants and video message
Voreas Hokkaido | Kohei Tonozaki
Hokkaido Yellow Stars | Kota Yamada
Tokyo Great Bears | Taichiro Koga
Shinshu Matsumoto Tridents | Yuji Kudo
Toray Arrows Shizuoka | Taishu Takeda
JTEKT Stings Aichi | Kenya Fujinaka
Wolfdogs Nagoya | Kenta Ichikawa
Osaka Bluteon | Yuji Nishida
Suntory Sunbirds Osaka | Taishi Onodera (video message)
Nippon Steel Sakai Blazers | Tommaso Rinaldi
Hiroshima Thunders | Masaki Kaneko
Fragolad Kagoshima | Yudai Minemura
SV.LEAGUE GROWTH: scheduled participants
Shinshu Brilliant Aries | Miu Nishimura
Kubota Spears Osaka | Amu Kato
Free live stream on October 5
The conference is scheduled for 2:00–3:00 p.m. Japan time on Monday, October 5, 2026. J SPORTS On Demand will stream it live for free; a free J SPORTS ID registration is required.
Replays are planned for J SPORTS On Demand and the SV League's official YouTube channel. A talk event featuring four players will also take place that day at Marucube on the first floor of Tokyo's Marunouchi Building.
The players and programme are subject to change.