Nanoray GlanZ
Model NR-GLANZ · Nitya Krishinda Maheswari
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Nanoray GlanZ: built for seniors’ backhands, carried to a Superseries title
A racquet shaped around 65 degrees
Yonex Japan built the Nanoray GlanZ around a complaint it heard from active seniors and women: they could not send the shuttle as far as they wanted. The weak point was the backhand, where a slow turn of the wrist keeps the swing from accelerating. Yonex measured the angle of the racquet face at contact on that stroke, found 65° the most common, and shaped the upper frame to meet the least air resistance at that angle. Announcing it on February 27, 2015, Yonex called it its highest-grade badminton racquet, one devoted entirely to distance. Yonex USA, the same day, called it Yonex’s finest racquet, built to give mid-range players the power of the pros. Within five months Yonex’s tournament reports listed it for an Indonesian doubles player who went on to win the Korea Open Superseries.
Torque Power and Rexil Fiber
The GlanZ went on sale in early April 2015 at ¥30,000 before tax, made in Japan. Its core was Yonex’s Torque Power Theory: the lower frame has a thin cross-section so it twists in the swing, and the upper frame a thick one, so the twist releases with a strong rebound, a layout Yonex said differed from its racquets for competitive players. The frame used Rexil Fiber, a new carbon that twists hard and recovers quickly; Yonex’s own tests rated it above its conventional carbon for toughness, rebound and vibration absorption. Yonex widened the frame into the largest in its badminton range at the time and used a new grommet structure that lets the strings travel further, enlarging the sweet area sideways and downward. Yonex Japan’s list adds Nanometric, X-Fullerene through the whole shaft, Isometric, the Aero+Box frame, Vertical-A Concept, Solid Feel Core, a new built-in T-joint, an Extra Slim Shaft and the Control Support Cap. It is 10 mm longer than standard.
Nitya Krishinda Maheswari’s 2015
Yonex documents one tour player on the GlanZ. Indonesia’s Nitya Krishinda Maheswari, the 2014 Asian Games champion in women’s doubles with Greysia Polii, appears on it in Yonex’s global tournament reports from July to December 2015, while Polii used the Nanoray 900. The pair won the Yonex Open Chinese Taipei on July 19, 2015, their second straight title there, and on September 20 won the Korea Open, which Yonex reported as their first Superseries title. At the Dubai World Superseries Finals in December, Yonex listed her on the GlanZ for a group-stage win over China’s Tian Qing and Zhao Yunlei, 21–17, 14–21, 21–16. Earlier in 2015 Yonex’s reports had her on the Nanoray 800, and by the 2016 All England she had moved to the Duora 10. No other Yonex report naming a professional on the GlanZ is documented.
Brilliant Black, then Navy/Turquoise
For more than two years the GlanZ came in one finish, Brilliant Black; some sellers describe it as black and yellow. Yonex Japan’s product page first shows a second finish, Navy/Turquoise, marked as a new design, in July 2017 (a June capture still lists black only). Both were listed through December 2017, and from January 2018 only Navy/Turquoise remained. The item code, NR-GZ, the materials, the 4U class and the Japanese list price stayed the same, so the navy racquet is the same model in a later finish. Yonex’s English pages rated the black racquet Flexible and the navy one Hi-Flex. Yonex documented no player or limited edition. It reused the name in July 2016 for the Voltric GlanZ, which kept the Torque Power frame and Rexil Fiber but added tungsten at 2 and 10 o’clock to make it more head-heavy; that racquet has its own page.
Nine years of regular production
The GlanZ was a regular-production racquet for more than nine years, so it is a common find rather than a rarity. Yonex sold it in Japan and abroad: Yonex USA announced it, and Yonex’s 2015 UK catalog listed it. Yonex Japan still printed it in its 2024 catalog and included it in a price revision announced on August 1, 2024, effective that September; its 2025 catalog no longer carries it, and the product page has been taken down. No production-end notice has been found, so 2024 is the last year it is documented on sale new. The verified sales recorded so far come from Asia resale and are nearly all pre-owned, with two new examples; the price panel above shows them. Searches for the name also turn up listings for other models whose titles mention GlanZ alongside their own, so check the model name on the frame in the photos.
Fakes and the other GlanZ
No counterfeit specific to the Nanoray GlanZ has been documented, so Yonex’s general checks apply. Confusion with its sibling is the more likely problem. The Voltric GlanZ shares the name, the 4U class, the 17–22 lb recommendation and the Made in Japan marking, but it is a head-heavy Voltric in Sapphire Navy with item code VT-GZ; the Nanoray is head-light, coded NR-GZ, and either black or navy and turquoise. Both later frames read as dark navy in photos, so the series name printed on the frame decides it. Accessories can mislead too: Yonex Japan listed the dedicated GlanZ case as made in Taiwan, while the racquet itself is made in Japan.
The last Nanoray in Yonex Japan’s catalog
The GlanZ outlived the rest of its series in Japan. In December 2019 Yonex Japan’s Nanoray list still carried the Z-Speed, GlanZ, 900, 800 and 750, while the head-light Nanoflare line had begun to replace them. By 2024 the GlanZ was the only Nanoray in Yonex Japan’s catalog, and it outlasted its Voltric sibling there too: the Voltric GlanZ appears in Yonex Japan’s December 2023 price notice but not in the 2024 catalog. When the 2025 catalog dropped the Nanoray GlanZ, it carried no Nanoray at all. What it leaves is an unusual brief: Yonex’s highest-grade racquet of 2015, made in Japan and engineered around a recreational player’s weakest stroke, with a Superseries-winning doubles player among its users.
Check for the NANORAY GlanZ name and Yonex’s item code NR-GZ; Japanese shop listings may add a color number (NR-GZ-390 for the navy finish), which is not a separate model. Yonex made it only in 4U (average 83 g), in Brilliant Black (2015–2017) or Navy/Turquoise (from mid-2017), and the frame should be marked Made in Japan. Grip sizes varied by market: grips 5 and 6 in Japan, G4 to G6 on Yonex USA’s page. Yonex recommends 17–22 lb. Make sure the racquet says Nanoray, not Voltric: the Voltric GlanZ (VT-GZ) shares the name, the weight class and the Japanese origin. Yonex’s own checks: a hologram sticker that resists peeling and a laser-engraved production code on the cap above the handle.
A long-running, Japan-made premium Nanoray, the last of its series in Yonex Japan’s catalog, with one documented tour user. The Brilliant Black launch finish was on sale for a shorter time than the navy one. Confirm the Nanoray name and the NR-GZ code before buying, check the wide head and the throat for cracks, and treat any claim that a frame was Nitya Krishinda Maheswari’s match racquet as unproven without documentation.
Verified prices last updated Sep 2026. All data based on tracked secondary market transactions.