Voltric GlanZ
Model VT-GLANTZ · Son Wan Ho
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Voltric GlanZ: a racquet for active seniors that Son Wan Ho took to a 2019 title
A senior’s racquet in a Super 500 final
Yonex designed the Voltric GlanZ for active senior players, and in its first two and a half years no Yonex report of a tour player using it is documented. Then, in January 2019, Yonex Japan’s equipment list for the Malaysia Masters final put Korea’s Son Wan Ho on it. Ranked fifth in the world, Son beat the world No. 4, Chen Long, 21–17, 21–19, his first title at Super 500 level or above since the Hong Kong Open the previous November. Korea’s national team had signed with Yonex at the start of that month, and Yonex’s English report gave the same racquet. It remains the only documented listing of a tour player on the GlanZ.
Torque Power for long swings
Announcing the GlanZ in May 2016, Yonex said active seniors had become an especially keen part of badminton’s audience, and that it had studied how experienced older players win points: high, deep receives that pull the opponent from side to side, and long swings. It carried the Torque Power Theory over from the Nanoray GlanZ: a thin lower frame that twists in a scooping swing and a thick upper frame that releases the twist with a strong rebound, built with Rexil Fiber. Tungsten and a dense core material at 2 and 10 o’clock add weight where a long swing builds centrifugal force, which Yonex said made it more head-heavy than the Nanoray GlanZ. Yonex widened the head into what it called the largest frame in its badminton range. It went on sale worldwide in early July 2016 at ¥30,000 before tax in Japan, made in Japan, and Yonex’s German catalog rated the flex medium.
Seniors, clubs and one champion
Yonex’s English announcement called the GlanZ specially designed for active, older athletes who want more power for distance and heavier smashes. Owners’ reviews fit that brief: on a Japanese user-review site most describe it as a racquet for senior and veteran players, one that sends the shuttle deep with little effort and keeps doing so late in long matches. Son Wan Ho is the exception on record. No other Yonex tournament report or equipment list naming a professional on it is documented, nor any Yonex report of Son using it after the Malaysia Masters.
Sapphire Navy, and the other GlanZ
Yonex made the Voltric GlanZ in one color, Sapphire Navy, in 4U (average 83 g), with grips 5 and 6 in Japan; Yonex Germany listed grips 4 and 5. In photos the navy reads almost black, with red-orange and purple trim, which is why some sellers describe it as black and orange or black and red. Yonex recommends 17–22 lb, a lower range than it gave the Voltric E-tunes. Its sibling is the Nanoray GlanZ of 2015, which Yonex called its finest racquet, made to give mid-range players the power of the pros; Yonex said the Voltric version mixed that racquet’s forgiving design with the Voltric series’ attack. Both are 4U, made in Japan and called GlanZ, so a listing needs the series name or the item code: VT-GZ for the Voltric, NR-GZ for the Nanoray.
Seven years in the range
The GlanZ outlasted the rest of the Voltric line in Japan. Yonex Japan’s racquet list carried five Voltrics in October 2018; by March 2022 the GlanZ was the only one, and it was still listed in December 2023. Its old product page has since been taken down. It was a regular-production racquet sold for more than seven years, so the verified sales recorded so far are nearly all pre-owned, from Asia resale, with one new example; the price panel above shows them. Listings tend to describe the color loosely, so check the Voltric name and the 4U class before treating a GlanZ as this racquet.
Fakes and look-alikes
No counterfeit specific to the Voltric GlanZ has been documented. The Voltric fakes described in detail are of the tour-famous Z-Force, so Yonex’s general checks apply. Confusion is the real risk. The Nanoray GlanZ shares the name, the 4U class and the Made in Japan marking but is a head-light Nanoray, and some resale titles stuff several model names, GlanZ among them, into one line. The Voltric FB, sold beside it, came only in the lighter F and 5U classes.
Premium frames beyond the tour
The two GlanZ racquets show Yonex aiming premium, Japan-made frames at players outside the professional game: the Nanoray GlanZ at mid-range players who wanted pro-level power, the Voltric GlanZ at active seniors. The Voltric version kept that brief for more than seven years, long after the tour-led Voltrics had gone, and no player edition or second color is documented. Son Wan Ho’s title is its one tour result, and the line that began with the Voltric 70 in 2010 ended on Yonex Japan’s list with this racquet.
Yonex’s item code is VT-GZ; Asian-market labels may add SP, a distribution code. Yonex sold it only in Sapphire Navy, which looks almost black with red-orange trim, and only in 4U (average 83 g). The frame should be marked Made in Japan. Check that the racquet says Voltric, not Nanoray: the Nanoray GlanZ shares the name, the 4U class and the Japanese origin. Yonex’s checks: a hologram sticker that resists peeling and a laser-engraved production code on the cap above the handle.
A Japan-made premium Voltric with an unusual brief, one tour title and the last place in the Voltric line on Yonex Japan’s list. Confirm the Voltric name and the VT-GZ code before buying, and check the wide head and the throat for cracks. Treat any claim that a frame was Son Wan Ho’s match racquet as unproven without documentation.
Verified prices last updated Sep 2026. All data based on tracked secondary market transactions.