Japan - 2012/2013 Women's Premier V- League

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Saori Sakoda

indeed,
what about Ishida and Ebata?

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indeed,
what about Ishida and Ebata?

Ishida playing for Hisamitsu, unfourtunately she is not having much minutes.
Ebata playing for Hitachi Rivale which is currently playing in V. Challenge matches, and she is doing quite well indeed.

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Hisamitsu won. Congrats! Hisamitsu key to success in this playoff was their delivery and spikers confidence. Okayama without Megumi suffered a lot. Please, come back next season, Megumi!

Now, time to a tough match between NEC X Toray. What can I do to watch NHK-BS1? I'd love to see this match. They can't imagine how much fans japanese volley has around the world.

Its illegal to watch NHK BS1 outside of Japan. So, somebody from Japan has to broadcast some live stream so that we can watch it which is unlikely.
Btw, I think NEC still have a chance to be the top if they win aganist Toray, Although their oppenent would be Hisamitsu again

Poor Nec Rockets couldnt make it to the final....who can win the final ? Hisamitsu or Toray?

NEC 1-3 Toray (20-25, 16-25, 25-22, 22-25)
Hisamitsu 3-0 Okayama (25-20, 25-21, 25-20)

1st place Match
Hisamitsu vs. Toray

3rd Place Match
NEC vs. Okayama

V. Challenge Match
Pioneer 3-1 Ageo (23-25, 25-23, 13-25, 15-25)
Pioneer wins both matches and stays in Premier League

Denso 1-3 Hitachi (15-25, 20-25, 25-17, 18-25)
Series split 1-1, sets ratio tied 4-4
Points Scored Denso 172, Hitachi 174
Hitachi is promoted to Premier League

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Poor Nec Rockets couldnt make it to the final....who can win the final ? Hisamitsu or Toray?

I would go with Hisamitsu cuz they are deep and consistent

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NEC 1-3 Toray (20-25, 16-25, 25-22, 22-25)
Hisamitsu 3-0 Okayama (25-20, 25-21, 25-20)

Best scorers: NEC - Shimamura 18 (13/33 kills, 5 blocks), Oumi 14 (11/32 kills, 1 block, 2 aces), Shiragaki 13 (12/39 kills, 1 block); Toray - Takada 19 (19/57 kills), Sakoda 17 (16/47 kills, 1 block), Kodaira 17 (15/37 kills, 2 blocks), Araki 16 (12/20 kills, 4 blocks). Yeliz Basa was only substitution in 2,3,4 sets - 5 pts. (4/12 kills, 1 block)

Hisamitsu - Ishida 18 (17/38 kills, 1 block), Nagaoka 13 (12/26 kills, 1 ace), Shinnabe 9 (7/21 kills, 2 aces), Iwasaka 4 blocks; Okayama - Fukuda 11 (10/29 kills, 1 block), Y. Sasaki (9/20 kills, 2 blocks), Yamaguchi (9/23 kills, 1 block)

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V. Challenge Match
Pioneer 3-1 Ageo (23-25, 25-23, 13-25, 15-25)
Pioneer wins both matches and stays in Premier League

Denso 1-3 Hitachi (15-25, 20-25, 25-17, 18-25)
Series split 1-1, sets ratio tied 4-4
Points Scored Denso 172, Hitachi 174
Hitachi is promoted to Premier League

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Ageo - Ustymenko 17 (15/35 kills, 1 block, 1 ace), Yuki Shoji (ex-NT member) 5 blocks; Pioneer - Asazu 21 (18/32 kills, 2 blocks, 1 ace), Hattori 18 (18/24 kills)

Denso - Nabeya 12 (12/30 kills), Izuoka 12 (11/38 kills, 1 block), R. Ishii 12 (11/41 kills, 1 ace); Hitachi - Ebata 32 (30/74 kills, 2 blocks), J. Doris - USA (15/25 kills, 4 blocks)
Weak match by Ivana Nesovic - 7 pts. (only 6/24 kills, 1 block), she played first 2 sets and was substitution in 4th

Club with Ivana Nesovic and Kaori Inoue is leaving V-League, however next season we'll see Yukiko Ebata in V-League

kondzio, any news about Ishida's health? => Ishida 18 (17/387 kills, 1 block),

poor Denso

they have many young rising star in the team.

for example .. Otake , Nabeya , R.Ishii , N.Inoue , Kumagai , Sakae , Mashiba .. etc..

But they was relegated !!!

i think Kira-san will retire at the end of the season.

But great to see Yukiko Ebata will play in Premier league next season.

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poor Denso

they have many young rising star in the team.

for example .. Otake , Nabeya , R.Ishii , N.Inoue , Kumagai , Sakae , Mashiba .. etc..

But they was relegated !!!

i think Kira-san will retire at the end of the season.

But great to see Yukiko Ebata will play in Premier league next season.

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Was very sad to see the defeat of Denso,the end of the match I could not take the pictures of girls crying.Very sad.
I do not have a favorite team in Japan, but I like the players of Denso.

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kondzio, any news about Ishida's health? => Ishida 18 (17/387 kills, 1 block),

One mistake, too quick writing

Today results:
3rd Place Match:
NEC Red Rockets - Okayama Seagulls 1-3 (16-25 18-25 25-17 20-25)
NEC - Uchida 16 (15/36 kills, 1 block), Sugiyama 10 (9/31 kills, 1 block), Ono 10 (8/21 kills, 2 blocks)
Okayama - Yamaguchi 17 (15/30 kills, 2 blocks), Y. Sasaki 12 (10/36 kills, 2 blocks), Kawabata 9 (9/28 kills)

Final:
Toray Arrows - Hisamitsu Springs 0-3 (16-25 16-25 17-25)
Toray - Takada 13 (11/30 kills, 1 block, 1 ace), Sakoda 12 (12/51 kills), Kodaira 7 (7/28 kills)
Hisamitsu - Shinnabe 15 (14/36 kills, 1 ace), Nagaoka 13 (8/26 kills, 4 blocks, 1 ace), Y. Ishii 12 (11/37 kills, 1 block)

Final Round, April 13
3rd Place Match
NEC Red Rockets 1-3 Okayama Seagulls (16-25, 18-25, 25-17, 20-25)
Mai Yamaguchi (Okayama) 17 points and Akiko Uchida (NEC) 16 points

Championship Match
Toray Arrows 0-3 Hisamitsu Springs (16-25, 16-25, 17-25)
Risa Shinnabe (Hisamitsu) 15 points, Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu)(4 blocks) 13 points, Arisa Takada (Toray) 13 points, Saori Sakoda (Toray) and Yuki Ishii (Hisamitsu) 12 points

Hisamitsu dominated with only 1 hitting error on 116 attempts. Hitting 0.362 for the match
Hisamitsu also had 10 blocks

Toray did not pass well, 59.1% excellents which led to Erika Araki not being used as much with only 10 attempts, 2 kills. Last week Araki dominated the NEC match with 12 kills in 20 attempts.
Toray had 10 hitting errors in addition to the blocked balls. When things got rough, they went to Saori Sakoda, 51 attempts, 12 kills, 3 errors. I like Sakoda, but she works best when the middle blocker has to wait.

Now the Awards

MVP
Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu), 1st time winner

Fighting Spirit
Erika Araki (Toray), 1st time winner

Leading Scorer
Kanani Danielson (Toyota), 1st time winner

Best Spiker (Kills/Attempts)
Erika Araki (Toray), 50.1%, 3rd time winner

Best Blocker
Erika Araki (Toray), 0.95, 3rd time winner

Best Server
Erika Araki (Toray), 1st time winner

Best Serve Receiver
Kotoki Zayasu (Hisamitsu), 75.0%, 2nd time winner

Receive Award (I'm still trying to figure out what it means)
Risa Shinnabe (Hisamitsu), 2nd time winner

Best 6 Players
Kanako Hirai (Hisamitsu), 1st time winner
Erika Araki (Toray), 7th time winner
Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu), 1st time winner
Saori Sakoda (Toray), 2nd time winner
Akari Oumi (NEC), 1st time winner
Chizuru Kotoh (Hisamitsu), 1st time winner

Best Libero
Kotoki Zayasu (Hisamitsu), 2nd time winner

Best Rookie
Akari Oumi (NEC)

Special Award
Sachiko Sugiyama (NEC), this is due to her playing the most matches in V-League history consecutively with 329 (as of January 13th), she played in all matches after that including the semifinal round and today.
She has announced her retirement and played with the NEC Rockets since 1998.

Receive award may be best digger award.

how come erika won majority of the awards and yet it is miyu nagaoka who won the mvp?

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how come erika won majority of the awards and yet it is miyu nagaoka who won the mvp?

right..

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how come erika won majority of the awards and yet it is miyu nagaoka who won the mvp?

Erika according the stats was the best in spikers, blockers andf servers rankings, other 2 awards was for appreciation about Shinnane'saward I thin kthat's for the best receiver except Liberos. Risa has good reception and it must have been better than probable competitors (Takada, Oumi, Yoshizawa,Kodaira).

Who should join NT in your opinion thanks to impressive performance throughout league season except players which was in NT last year? What do you think about it?
I didn't count Nakamichi, Sano, Zayasu, Araki, Inoue, Otomo, Iwasaka, Hirai, Kimura, Ebata, Sakoda, Shinnabe, Yamaguchi, Kano, Ishida, Kurihara (Takeshita out due to retirement)
My choices:
S: Miyashita, M. Matsuura
MB: Otake, Akutagawa
OH: Oumi, Uchida
OP: Nagaoka
L: Hamaguchi

wait im one of those unfamilir with the japanese league in turns out in tgis forum only you and brahmin are experts on this thread

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wait im one of those unfamilir with the japanese league in turns out in tgis forum only you and brahmin are experts on this thread

I think I'm not expert, I checked league's stats only few times, without knowing Japanese at all google translate makes miracles