Voltric Z-Force II LD Yellow
Model VTZF2LD-Y · Lin Dan
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The first Lin Dan Exclusive: the yellow Voltric Z-Force II of 2015
The first LD colorway
The yellow-and-black Voltric Z-Force II LD was the first racquet Yonex dressed for Lin Dan after he returned to the brand in January 2015. It headed the original Lin Dan Exclusive collection, launched in May 2015. Yonex’s reports list him with the Z-Force II LD from the Sudirman Cup that month, and its report of his September 2015 Japan Open title links that racquet to the first collection, whose only Z-Force II was the yellow. The bright red and white LD colorways came later, announced in October 2015 as Lin Dan Exclusive II. Some listings and collector guides place the yellow after the red or date it to 2016. Yonex’s own pages put it first.
The frame underneath
Underneath the paint is the standard Voltric Z-Force II, which Yonex announced on January 22, 2014 for release in late February, promising an ultra-thin yet stiff shaft and an ultra-aerodynamic head. Yonex USA’s page for the LD repeats the pitch, “the thinnest ever shaft and improved TRI-VOLTAGE SYSTEM,” and lists the standard construction: H.M. Graphite, Sound Filter, Nanometric and tungsten in the frame; H.M. Graphite, EX-HMG and Nanometric in the shaft; extra-stiff flex. It came in 3U (average 88g) and 4U (average 83g), each in G4 or G5, made in Japan, with stringing advice of 20–27 lbs for 4U and 20–28 lbs for 3U. Nothing in Yonex’s published specification separates the LD from the black retail frame.
What Lin Dan played, and when
Lin Dan signed with Yonex in Beijing in early January 2015, and Yonex announced the deal on January 9. From 2009 to 2014 he had played Li-Ning under the Chinese team’s sponsorship, so claims that put him on a Z-Force II in 2014, including at his Incheon Asian Games win, don’t fit the record. The team itself stayed with Li-Ning, and Yonex warned that as a Chinese Badminton Association employee he might sometimes play with unbranded equipment. Yonex’s event reports trace the sequence. At the March 2015 All England and his April 2015 Asia Championships win he is listed with the standard Z-Force II. From the May 2015 Sudirman Cup, where he beat Takuma Ueda in China’s winning final, he is listed with the LD, and the September Japan Open report links it to the yellow collection. From early 2016 the reports link his LD to Exclusive II instead.
Where the yellow sits
The Z-Force II family runs from the standard black of 2014 through regional colorways to four player-linked releases. Lee Chong Wei’s dark pink LCW edition came first, in 2014. The yellow Lin Dan Exclusive followed in 2015, launched with Lin Dan versions of the Voltric 8 and Voltric 2, which have their own pages, and a matching line of shoes, bags and apparel. The bright red and white Exclusive II colorways share a single Yonex product listing and went on sale worldwide in late November 2015. The black Legend Vision Lin Dan followed around 2017. A red VTZF2BP, which Japanese listings describe as a limited color of Japan’s badminton specialist-shop association, is unrelated to the Lin Dan editions. The yellow ships with a dedicated Lin Dan cover. Yonex Japan’s 2016 grip recall pictured only the black standard model and the red and white LDs.
Reading the market
Verified sales of the yellow are scarce: one pre-owned example sold in the Asian resale market is on record so far, shown in the price panel above. A single sale is too little to describe a market. Most prices visible online for the LD colorways are dealer asking prices, which are not comparables. Yonex never published how many yellows were made, and claims about its scarcity relative to the red or white have no production data behind them. Two documented facts support demand: the Voltric line is out of production, and every LD was made in Japan.
Fakes and repaints
The Z-Force II was copied while it was current. A UK club’s 2017 side-by-side of a clone and a genuine frame found the artwork close enough to pass in photographs; the mold gave it away. The genuine frame has slightly recessed grommet holes at the T-joint and molded channels near the top of the head that keep the main strings off the cross-string holes. The clone had plain holes, no channels, and was lighter. A Malaysian dealer examining another fake Z-Force II found the engraved serials on shaft and cap copied convincingly, with the clearest difference in the lettering of “JAPAN” on the butt cap. Because the LD shares the standard mold, repainting a black frame is the obvious shortcut. No yellow repaint is documented; even so, the mold and code checks are more reliable than judging the paint.
Legacy
The yellow’s time as Lin Dan’s match racquet was short. By early 2016 Yonex’s reports tie him to the Exclusive II frame, and by the 2017 All England they list him with the Voltric LD Force, a separate model that was in US retailer stock by early August 2016, ahead of Rio. The Voltric line was later retired as Yonex moved its head-heavy range to Astrox, and Lin Dan retired in July 2020. The yellow remains the first piece of his second Yonex career, and the one LD whose color at a tournament can be read directly from Yonex’s own records.
Check the mold first: slightly recessed grommet holes at the T-joint and molded channels near the top of the head that keep the mains off the cross-string holes. The documented clone had neither and was light. Weigh the frame unstrung against Yonex’s averages of 88g for 3U and 83g for 4U, and confirm “Made in Japan”. The shaft serial should be laser-engraved, with a separate production code on the cone cap, but fakes have copied engraved codes, so codes alone don’t settle it. Compare the butt-cap “JAPAN” lettering and the hologram with a known-genuine Yonex; genuine holograms look darker and less shiny. Length (675mm) and the 76-hole pattern should match the standard Z-Force II. Expect the dedicated Lin Dan cover.
Condition and completeness matter more than color claims here. Look for the dedicated Lin Dan cover, clear photos of the shaft serial, cone code and T-joint grommets, and a weight inside its class. Be wary of listings that call the yellow a later or Japan-only release, or that quote production numbers; none of that is documented. For hitting, a standard black Z-Force II is the same frame and carries less risk.
Verified prices last updated Sep 2026. All data based on tracked secondary market transactions.