Takeshita is one of the best volleyball player on the world, but it's normal that every player will stop his career one day. Now it's time for young players. I think that Hitomi Nakamichi has a similar style of play like Yoshie, but Yoshie is more experience than Hitomi.
I'm so sad, that Ai Otomo and Mai Yamaguchi won't play in national team. Do you know why?
And I think that Manabe has a big problem with setter and libero (but with lbero less, I think that Akiko Ino is a good candidate. Manabe-san choose her!) because on attack is ok. Saori Kimura, Yukiko Ebata/Saori Sakoda and on the middle Nana Iwasaka and Erika Araki, Hirai. Nana Iwasaka is so promising player, i hope that she'll be in the starting team. So we have only problem with setter and a little bit with libero.
I guess Manabe will be looking for a new generation. At 2016 Summer Olympic Games Mai Yamaguchi will be 33 and Ai Otomo 34.