Voltric 80 E-Tune
Model VT-80ETN · Jan O. Jorgensen, Chirag Shetty, B. Sai Praneeth
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Voltric 80 E-tune: from Jørgensen’s 407 km/h smash to India’s first Thomas Cup
India’s first Thomas Cup
On May 15, 2022, India beat the defending champions, Indonesia, 3–0 in Bangkok to win the Thomas Cup for the first time. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won the doubles rubber against Mohammad Ahsan and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo, and Yonex Japan’s equipment list put Shetty on the Voltric 80 E-tune, a racquet Yonex had launched seven years earlier and dropped from its Japanese list by 2018. Yonex’s English report gave the pair’s racquets the other way round, but Yonex’s other lists agree with the Japanese one. Shetty had used it since at least August 2019, when he and Rankireddy, on a Duora Z-Strike, won the Thailand Open, the first Superseries or World Tour men’s doubles title for an Indian pair, and Yonex listed it for him again when they won the French Open in October 2022. By June 2023 he had moved to the ArcSaber 11 Pro.
Faster drives, tunable weight
Yonex announced the Voltric 80 E-tune on January 20, 2015, for worldwide release in mid-March, at ¥24,000 before tax in Japan; the US launch price was $280. Yonex pitched it at the flat, net-height drives that had become more common in matches: one frame that would hold the shuttle longer on smashes and send it off faster in drives. It extended the Tri-Voltage System with more weight at 10 o’clock, 2 o’clock and around the joint, and set new continuous grommets at those three points, made with T-Anchor, a material that strengthens nylon’s bond, for a stiffer, quicker rebound. Yonex claimed 4% more drive speed and 5% more smash power than its earlier models. The E-tune parts, patent pending, fit the frame top, bottom or both for 6%, 4% or 10% more power in Yonex’s tests, and optional E-tune Parts 2, at ¥750 before tax, promised a sharper feel and more speed. Yonex lists Nanometric and tungsten in the frame and Nanopreme in the shaft, and rated it stiff.
Jørgensen, Sai Praneeth and the doubles players
Yonex built the launch around Jan Ø. Jørgensen. Yonex said the design drew on Japanese samurai armor, and its February 2015 film set the world No. 2 against a red suit of it. That year he won the German Open, reached the All England final and took World Championships bronze with the racquet. At the 2016 Malaysia Open Hawk-Eye timed his smash at 407 km/h, and in November 2016 he beat Chen Long 22–20, 21–13 for the China Open. B. Sai Praneeth, then ranked 30th, used it to win his first Superseries title, the 2017 Singapore Open, 17–21, 21–17, 21–12 over Srikanth Kidambi; by the 2019 Japan Open and World Championships, Yonex’s reports listed him with the Taiwan-made Voltric 8 E-tune, which has its own page. In doubles Yonex listed Ayaka Takahashi for the 2015 India Open title with Misaki Matsutomo, Naoko Fukuman for 2015 World Championships bronze with Kurumi Yonao, Yuki Fukushima for the 2017 German Open with Sayaka Hirota, and Russia’s Vladimir Ivanov and Ivan Sozonov.
Deep Red, red parts and a shop color
Yonex sold the 80 E-tune in Deep Red, made in Japan, in 4U and 3U; UK coach Paul Stewart described a matte burgundy with black and blood-orange decals. In retailer photos the shaft reads “VOLTRIC 80” with an E-tune logo and the words ENERGY TUNE. The supplied parts are red; the optional Parts 2, which a UK retailer describes as heavier tungsten shoulder strips and throat grommets, are gold. A Japanese shop’s fitting guide says the lower parts replace the sixth and seventh grommets counted from the shaft and the upper parts press into paired holes in the frame, and that only the stringing holds them, so changing a set-up means a restring. Yonex Japan also sold a dedicated black-and-red grommet set. Yonex recommends 19–26 lb for the 4U and 20–27 lb for the 3U. From September 2016 Japanese specialist shops sold a White x Red version, coded VT80ETNBP, as a shop-association limited color; no Yonex page for it is known.
Three years on Yonex’s list
The 80 E-tune replaced the plain Voltric 80 on Yonex Japan’s list by March 2015 and was still listed in June 2017; by October 2018 neither it nor the 70 E-tune remained. It was a regular-production frame with a long life on tour, so the verified sales recorded so far are nearly all pre-owned, from Asia resale, with a single new example; the price panel above shows them. In listings, the Deep Red finish and the E-tune name separate it from the white-and-gold Voltric 80 of 2011, which shares the name, the stiff flex and the Nanopreme shaft. Whether the red parts come with a used frame is worth asking, since they sit loose until the racquet is strung.
Fakes and look-alikes
No counterfeit specific to the Voltric 80 E-tune has been documented. The Voltric fake described in most detail is the Z-Force, copied within a year of its 2012 launch, so Yonex’s general checks apply. Confusion is the larger risk. The 2011 Voltric 80 shares the name and the Nanopreme shaft, and the Peter Gade edition of 2013 is all white; Deep Red with the E-tune logo marks the standard 80 E-tune. Nor is the E-tune the racquet of Lee Chong Wei’s 2011 season or of Gade’s last years on tour: they played the original Voltric 80 in 2011 and 2012, years before the E-tune existed. Gold tungsten parts are an accessory, not a separate model.
The second E-tune
Paul Stewart, who had called the 2011 Voltric 80 the most outstanding racquet he had used, gave the E-tune four stars but was disappointed: it looked bulkier at 10 and 2 o’clock, moved less easily through the air and lacked the original’s feel on the smash, though he stressed it was not a repainted Voltric 80 with new grommet strips. Jørgensen saw it differently. He called it more solid than any racquet he had used, and said the parts, which he fitted at both the top and the bottom, made it more solid still. Yonex Japan rated it for advanced players first. It was the second racquet with E-tune and the last of the two made in Japan; in early 2016 Yonex’s international site added the Taiwan-made Voltric 50 E-tune and Voltric 8 E-tune, and each has its own page. Its record runs from Jørgensen’s year as world No. 2 and two World Championships bronzes in 2015 to India’s first Thomas Cup.
Yonex’s item code is VT80ETN; Asian-market labels may add SP, a distribution code. Yonex sold it in Deep Red only, made in Japan, rated stiff, in 4U (average 83 g) and 3U (average 88 g); Yonex Japan offered the 4U in grip 5 and the 3U in grips 4 and 5. In retailer photos the shaft reads “VOLTRIC 80” with an E-tune logo and ENERGY TUNE. The supplied parts are red; gold parts are the optional E-tune Parts 2. A white-and-gold or all-white Voltric 80 is a different racquet. Yonex’s checks: a hologram sticker that resists peeling and a laser-engraved production code on the cap above the handle.
The racquet of Jørgensen’s 2015 and 2016 seasons and the second of Yonex’s E-tunes, the last made in Japan, still on tour when India won its first Thomas Cup in 2022. Confirm the Deep Red finish and the E-tune logo, ask whether the red parts are included, and check the head at 10 and 2 o’clock and the throat for cracks. Treat any claim that a frame was a named player’s match racquet as unproven without documentation.
Verified prices last updated Sep 2026. All data based on tracked secondary market transactions.