Japan - V.League V1 (Division 1, Women) 2020-2021

Japan - V.League V1 (Division 1, Women) 2020-20201

+V-CUP

Participating teams

Regular Round begins October 17, 2020 (Saturday) and ends February 14, 2021 (Sunday). Matches are played every Saturday and Sunday (Winter Break - December 7, 2020 to January 8, 2021)

• There are no Conferences this year. The Regular Round is a double Round Robin of 12 teams playing each other twice. Twenty-two matches per team for a total of 132 matches. At the end of the Regular Round teams are ranked and will be divided into three groups of four teams each that will compete in the Final Stage. Teams will be ranked in the Regular Round by:
• Wins ->Points ->Set Percentage ->Scoring Rate
  
  • (Group 1) 1st--4th place
  • (Group 2) 5th--8th place
  • (Group 3) 9th--12th place

Final Stage is one weekend: February 20-21, 2021 (Semi-Finals and Finals for each group)

• Saturday, the 1st and 4th ranked team in each Group, and the 2nd and 3rd ranked team in each Group, will compete

• Sunday, the winners, and the losers, of Saturday's matches will compete for Final League Ranking

Group 1 is the real Semi-Finals and Final of the League

Group 2 is jockeying for position (5th–8th) in the Final League Ranking

Group 3 is essentially the Challenge 4

V.Challenge Match: TBD (most likely contested after the V Cup --see below)

The bottom two finishers of V1 Group 3 (11th and 12th place in the Final League Ranking) will compete against the top two finishers of V.League Division 2 for promotion/relegation

• V1 11th place team will compete against the V2 2nd place finisher
• V1 12th place team will compete against the V2 1st place finisher
  • If either of the V2 teams do not have an S1 License their match will not be held
  • No official word yet if these will be two match playoffs like last year

Empress' Cup Final Round is scheduled for December 11–20, 2020. All of the preliminary rounds have been cancelled or postponed so it remains to be seen if there will be a Final Round.

Kurowashiki (Black Eagle Flag) Tournament: TBD (usually 1st week of May)

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2020-21 V.LEAGUE Division 1 Women V Cup

Teams (Members training with the NT will not participate)

Qualifying round begins February 27, 2021 (Saturday) and ends March 21, 2021 (Sunday)

• Teams are divided into two groups
  
• Each group plays a single round robin

Final is one weekend March 27-28, 2021

• Top two teams from each group play a semi-final
• Winners will play a Final match
• (Unsure if there will be a 3rd place match)
• (Unsure if imports will participate ... )

2020-2021 Regular Round Schedule, Results, and Highlights

All times are JST (UTC+9)

SAT 17 Oct 2020

12:00 Hitachi v Himeji -- Adastria Mito Arena, Mito City, Ibaraki vtv

12:00 PFU v Kurobe -- Matsuto Sports Park Gymnasium, Hakusan City, Ishikawa vtv remote match

13:00 SAGA v Denso -- Saga Sunrise Park Gymnasium, Saga City, Saga

14:30 Saitama v Toray -- Matsuto Sports Park Gymnasium, Hakusan City, Ishikawa vtv remote match

16:00 JT v Okayama -- Saga Sunrise Park Gymnasium, Saga City, Saga

SUN 18 Oct 2020

12:00 Hitachi v Toyota -- Adastria Mito Arena, Mito City, Ibaraki vtv

12:00 SAGA v JT-- Saga Sunrise Park Gymnasium, Saga City, Saga

13:00 PFU v Toray -- Matsuto Sports Park Gymnasium, Hakusan City, Ishikawa vtv remote match

15:00 Okayama v NEC -- Saga Sunrise Park Gymnasium, Saga City, Saga

15:30 Saitama v Kurobe -- Matsuto Sports Park Gymnasium, Hakusan City, Ishikawa vtv remote match

SAT 24 Oct 2020

11:00 Toyota v Denso -- Yokkaichi City Gymnasium, Yokkaichi City vtv

12:00 Saitama v Himeji -- Mainichi Kogyo Arena Kuki, Kuki City

13:00 NEC v JT -- Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki City vtv

15:00 SAGA v Hitachi -- Mainichi Kogyo Arena Kuki, Kuki City

15:30 Okayama v Kurobe -- Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki City vtv

SUN 25 Oct 2020

12:00 Toyota v Toray -- Yokkaichi City Gymnasium, Yokkaichi City vtv

12:00 Saitama v SAGA -- Mainichi Kogyo Arena Kuki, Kuki City

13:00 NEC v Kurobe -- Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki City vtv

SAT 31 Oct 2020

13:00 Denso v Kurobe -- Koriyama Gymnasium, Koriyama City Fukushima vtv

13:00 Himeji v SAGA -- Wink Gymnasium, Himeji City Hyogo

13:30 Okayama v Saitama -- Zip Arena, Okayama vtv

16:00 Toray v NEC -- Wink Gymnasium, Himeji City Hyogo

15:30 JT v Hitachi -- Zip Arena, Okayama vtv

SUN 01 Nov 2020

13:00 Denso v PFU -- Koriyama Gymnasium, Koriyama City Fukushima vtv

13:00 Himeji v NEC -- Wink Gymnasium, Himeji City Hyogo

13:00 Okayama v Hitachi -- Zip Arena, Okayama vtv

16:00 Toyota v SAGA -- Wink Gymnasium, Himeji City Hyogo

15:30 JT v Saitama -- Zip Arena, Okayama vtv

SAT 07 Nov 2020

12:00 Saitama v Toyota -- Shimadzu Arena Kyoto, Kyoto City Kyoto

13:00 JT v Denso -- Kakogawa Municipal Gymnasium, Kakogawa Hyogo vtv

15:00 Toray v SAGA -- Shiga Gymnasium, Otsu City Shiga

15:00 NEC v PFU -- Shimadzu Arena Kyoto, Kyoto City Kyoto

15:30 Okayama v Himeji -- Kakogawa Municipal Gymnasium, Kakogawa Hyogo vtv

SUN 08 Nov 2020

11:00 Toyota v PFU -- Shimadzu Arena Kyoto, Kyoto City Kyoto

13:00 JT v Himeji -- Kakogawa Municipal Gymnasium, Kakogawa Hyogo vtv

14:00 Saitama v NEC -- Shimadzu Arena Kyoto, Kyoto City Kyoto

15:00 Toray v Hitachi -- Shiga Gymnasium, Otsu City Shiga

15:30 Okayama v Denso -- Kakogawa Municipal Gymnasium, Kakogawa Hyogo vtv

SAT 14 Nov 2020

12:00 Kurobe v SAGA -- Kurobe General Sports Center, Kurobe City Toyama

13:00 Denso v Toray -- Nishio City Gymnasium, Nishio City Aichi vtv

13:00 NEC v Toyota -- Ota Ward Gymnasium, Ota Ward Tokyo vtv

14:30 Okayama v PFU -- Kurobe General Sports Center, Kurobe City Toyama

15:30 Saitama v Hitachi -- Ota Ward Gymnasium, Ota Ward Tokyo vtv

SUN 15 Nov 2020

12:00 Kurobe v JT -- Kurobe General Sports Center, Kurobe City Toyama

13:00 Denso v Himeji -- Nishio City Gymnasium, Nishio City Aichi vtv

13:00 NEC v Hitachi -- Ota Ward Gymnasium, Ota Ward Tokyo vtv

14:30 SAGA v PFU -- Kurobe General Sports Center, Kurobe City Toyama

SAT 21 Nov 2020

13:00 SAGA v Okayama -- Fukuoka City Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka City Fukuoka vtv

13:00 Himeji v Toray -- Wink Gymnasium, Himeji City Hyogo

13:00 Denso v Hitachi -- Sun Arena, Wajima City Ishikawa vtv

15:30 PFU v JT -- Sun Arena E Plaza Gym, Kahoku City vtv (remote)

16:00 Toyota v Kurobe -- Wink Gymnasium, Himeji City Hyogo

SUN 22 Nov 2020

13:00 SAGA v NEC -- Fukuoka City Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka City Fukuoka vtv

13:00 Himeji v Toyota -- Wink Gymnasium, Himeji City Hyogo

13:00 PFU v Saitama -- Sun Arena, Wajima City Ishikawa vtv

16:00 Toray v Kurobe -- Wink Gymnasium, Himeji City Hyogo

SAT 28 Nov 2020

12:00 Denso v NEC -- Kitagas Arena Sapporo, Sapporo Hokkaido (FHG)

12:00 Kurobe v Himeji -- Goshogawara Gym E Plaza Gym, Kahoku City vtv (remote)

13:30 Okayama v Toray -- Zip Arena, Okayama vtv

14:30 PFU v Hitachi -- Goshogawara Gym E Plaza Gym, Kahoku City vtv (remote)

16:00 JT v Toyota -- Zip Arena, Okayama vtv

SUN 29 Nov 2020

11:00 Denso v Saitama -- Kitagas Arena Sapporo, Sapporo Hokkaido (FHG)

11:00 Hitachi v Kurobe -- Goshogawara Gym E Plaza Gym, Kahoku City vtv (remote)

13:00 Okayama v Toyota -- Zip Arena, Okayama vtv

13:30 PFU v Himeji -- Goshogawara Gym E Plaza Gym, Kahoku City vtv (remote)

15:30 JT v Toray -- Zip Arena, Okayama vtv

FRI 04 Dec 2020

18:30 NEC v Himeji -- Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki City

SAT 05 Dec 2020

11:00 Toray v PFU -- CNA Arena Akita, Akita City Akita vtv

13:00 NEC v Denso -- Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki City

13:00 SAGA v JT -- Saga Sunrise Park Gymnasium, Saga City, Saga

14:00 Hitachi v Toyota -- CNA Arena Akita, Akita City Akita vtv

15:30 Kurobe v Himeji -- Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki City

16:00 Okayama v Saitama -- Saga Sunrise Park Gymnasium, Saga City, Saga

SUN 06 Dec 2020

11:00 Toyota v PFU -- CNA Arena Akita, Akita City Akita vtv

12:00 Denso v Kurobe -- Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki City

12:00 SAGA v Saitama -- Saga Sunrise Park Gymnasium, Saga City, Saga

14:00 Hitachi v Toray -- CNA Arena Akita, Akita City Akita vtv

15:00 JT v Okayama -- Saga Sunrise Park Gymnasium, Saga City, Saga

SAT 09 Jan 2021

13:30 Okayama v NEC -- Zip Arena, Okayama

16:00 Toyota v Himeji -- Zip Arena, Okayama

SUN 10 Jan 2021

13:00 Okayama v Hitachi -- Zip Arena, Okayama

15:30 Saitama v Kurobe -- Zip Arena, Okayama

SAT 16 Jan 2021

12:00 Toyota v Denso -- Wing Arena Kariya, Kariya City Aichi

13:00 Himeji v SAGA -- Wink Gymnasium, Himeji City Hyogo vtv

13:00 Okayama v Toray -- Zip Arena, Okayama vtv

15:00 Hitachi v Kurobe -- Wing Arena Kariya, Kariya City Aichi

16:00 JT v NEC -- Wink Gymnasium, Himeji City Hyogo vtv

15:30 Saitama v PFU - Zip Arena, Okayama vtv

SUN 17 Jan 2021

12:00 Toyota v Kurobe -- Wing Arena Kariya, Kariya City Aichi

13:00 Himeji v JT -- Wink Gymnasium, Himeji City Hyogo vtv

13:00 Okayama v PFU - Zip Arena, Okayama vtv

15:00 Denso v Hitachi -- Wing Arena Kariya, Kariya City Aichi

16:00 SAGA v NEC -- Wink Gymnasium, Himeji City Hyogo vtv

16:00 Saitama v Toray - Zip Arena, Okayama vtv

SAT 23 Jan 2021

12:00 Kurobe v Okayama -- Kurobe General Sports Center, Kurobe City Toyama

13:00 NEC v Hitachi -- Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki City vtv

14:00 Saitama v Toyota -- Saitama City Memorial Gymnasium, Saitama vtv

14:30 Toray v SAGA -- Kurobe General Sports Center, Kurobe City Toyama

15:30 JT v PFU -- Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki City vtv

SUN 24 Jan 2021

12:00 Kurobe v SAGA -- Kurobe General Sports Center, Kurobe City Toyama

13:00 Saitama v Himeji -- Saitama City Memorial Gymnasium, Saitama vtv

13:00 NEC v PFU -- Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki City vtv

14:30 Denso v Toray -- Kurobe General Sports Center, Kurobe City Toyama

SAT 30 Jan 2021

12:00 Denso v Himeji -- Shiga Gymnasium, Otsu City Shiga

13:00 JT v Saitama -- Maishima Arena, Osaka vtv

13:00 SAGA v Hitachi -- Green Arena Kobe, Kobe City Hyogo vtv

15:00 Toray v NEC -- Shiga Gymnasium, Otsu City Shiga

16:00 Okayama v Toyota -- Green Arena Kobe, Kobe City Hyogo vtv

SUN 31 Jan 2021

12:00 Denso v PFU -- Shiga Gymnasium, Otsu City Shiga

13:00 JT v Kurobe -- Maishima Arena, Osaka vtv

13:00 SAGA v Toyota -- Green Arena Kobe, Kobe City Hyogo vtv

15:00 Toray v Himeji -- Shiga Gymnasium, Otsu City Shiga

SAT 6 Feb 2021

12:00 Saitama v Denso -- Hitachinaka Sports Facility, Hitachinaka Ibaraki

12:00 Toyota v NEC -- Sky Hall Toyota, Toyota City Aichi vtv

13:00 Himeji v Okayama -- Wink Gymnasium, Himeji City Hyogo vtv

15:00 Hitachi v JT -- Hitachinaka Sports Facility, Hitachinaka Ibaraki

15:00 Toray v Kurobe -- Sky Hall Toyota, Toyota City Aichi vtv

16:00 SAGA v PFU -- Wink Gymnasium, Himeji City Hyogo vtv

SUN 7 Feb 2021

12:00 JT v Denso -- Hitachinaka Sports Facility, Hitachinaka Ibaraki

12:00 Toyota v Toray -- Sky Hall Toyota, Toyota City Aichi vtv

13:00 Himeji v PFU -- Wink Gymnasium, Himeji City Hyogo vtv

15:00 Hitachi v Saitama -- Hitachinaka Sports Facility, Hitachinaka Ibaraki

15:00 NEC v Kurobe -- Sky Hall Toyota, Toyota City Aichi vtv

16:00 Okayama v SAGA -- Wink Gymnasium, Himeji City Hyogo vtv

SAT 13 Feb 2021

13:00 Hitachi v Himeji -- Kanazawa City Gymnasium, Kanazawa Ishikawa

13:00 JT v Toyota -- Baycom Gymnasium, Amagasaki City Hyōgo

15:30 PFU v Kurobe -- Kanazawa City Gymnasium, Kanazawa Ishikawa

15:30 Okayama v Denso -- Baycom Gymnasium, Amagasaki City Hyōgo

SUN 14 Feb 2021

12:00 Saitama v NEC -- Kanazawa City Gymnasium, Kanazawa Ishikawa

13:00 JT v Toray -- Baycom Gymnasium, Amagasaki City Hyōgo

14:30 PFU v Hitachi -- Kanazawa City Gymnasium, Kanazawa Ishikawa

15:30 Denso v SAGA -- Baycom Gymnasium, Amagasaki City Hyōgo

2020-2021 Final Stage

SUN 20 Feb 2021

RR 9th v RR 12th -- Ikenokawa Sakura Arena, Hitachi Ibaraki

RR 5th v RR 8th -- Saitama Prefecture Budokan, Ageo

RR 1st v RR 4th -- Ota Ward Gymnasium, Ota Ward Tokyo

RR 10th v RR 11th -- Ikenokawa Sakura Arena, Hitachi Ibaraki

RR 6th v RR 7th -- Saitama Prefecture Budokan, Ageo

RR 2nd v RR 3rd -- Ota Ward Gymnasium, Ota Ward Tokyo

SUN 21 Feb 2021

Loser v Loser -- Ikenokawa Sakura Arena, Hitachi Ibaraki

Loser v Loser -- Saitama Prefecture Budokan, Ageo

Loser v Loser -- Ota Ward Gymnasium, Ota Ward Tokyo

Winner v Winner -- Ikenokawa Sakura Arena, Hitachi Ibaraki

Winner v Winner -- Saitama Prefecture Budokan, Ageo

Winner v Winner -- Ota Ward Gymnasium, Ota Ward Tokyo

V Cup & V.Challenge Match

V Cup Single Round Robin (all matches on VTV)

Sat 27 Feb 2021

11:00 Toray v PFU -- Saitama Prefecture Budokan, Ageo

11:00 Denso v JT -- Okazaki Park Gymnasium, Aichi

13:00 NEC v Kurobe -- Saitama Prefecture Budokan, Ageo

13:00 Okayama v Toyota-- Okazaki Park Gymnasium, Aichi

15:00 Saitama v Hitachi -- Saitama Prefecture Budokan, Ageo

15:00 SAGA v Himeji-- Okazaki Park Gymnasium, Aichi

Sun 28 Feb 2021

11:00 NEC v Hitachi-- Saitama Prefecture Budokan, Ageo

12:00 Denso v Toyota-- Okazaki Park Gymnasium, Aichi

14:00 Saitama v PFU-- Saitama Prefecture Budokan, Ageo

15:00 Okayama v Himeji-- Okazaki Park Gymnasium, Aichi

Sat 06 Mar 2021

12:00 Toray v NEC -- Utsunomiya City Gymnasium, Tochigi

13:00 Kurobe v Saitama -- Toyama Western Sports Center, Tonami City

13:30 Okayama v JT -- Sanyo Fureai Park Gymnasium, Akaiwa City Okayama

15:00 Denso v Himeji -- Toyama Western Sports Center, Tonami City

16:30 Toyota v SAGA -- Sanyo Fureai Park Gymnasium, Akaiwa City Okayama

Sun 07 Mar 2021

13:00 Toray v Hitachi-- Utsunomiya City Gymnasium, Tochigi

13:00 Kurobe v PFU -- Toyama Western Sports Center, Tonami City

13:00 Okayama v SAGA -- Sanyo Fureai Park Gymnasium, Akaiwa City Okayama

16:00 JT v Toyota -- Sanyo Fureai Park Gymnasium, Akaiwa City Okayama

Sat 20 Mar 2021

11:00 Saitama v NEC -- Tokorozawa Citizen Gymnasium, Saitama

11:00 Okayama v Denso -- Shimadzu Arena Kyoto

13:00 Hitachi v PFU -- Tokorozawa Citizen Gymnasium, Saitama

13:00 JT v SAGA -- Shimadzu Arena Kyoto

15:00 Toray v Kurobe -- Tokorozawa Citizen Gymnasium, Saitama

15:00 Toyota v Himeji -- Shimadzu Arena Kyoto

Sun 21 Mar 2021

11:00 NEC v PFU -- Tokorozawa Citizen Gymnasium, Saitama

12:00 Denso v SAGA -- Shimadzu Arena Kyoto

13:00 Hiyachi v Kurobe -- Tokorozawa Citizen Gymnasium, Saitama

14:30 JT v Himeji -- Shimadzu Arena Kyoto

15:00 Saitama v Toray -- Tokorozawa Citizen Gymnasium, Saitama

V Cup Semifinals

Sat 27 Mar 2021

13:00 -- Ota Ward Gymnasium, Tokyo

16:00 -- Ota Ward Gymnasium, Tokyo

V Cup Gold & Bronze

Sat 28 Mar 2021

13:00 -- Ota Ward Gymnasium, Tokyo

16:00 -- Ota Ward Gymnasium, Tokyo

V.Challenge Match

All Stars, Empress Cup, Black Eagle

Denso Airybees - デンソ エアリービーズ
Nishio City, Aichi Prefecture ( Nishio City Gymnasium )
Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture ( Koriyama Gymnasium )
Sapporo City, Hokkaido ( Kitagas Arena )

HEAD COACH - Gen Kawakita

Setter:

• 6 Kanami Tashiro
• 8 Airi Tahara
• 14 Tamaki Matsui * ( JWCPE, 2019 Asian Champions )

Libero:

• 9 Mikiha Oguchi
• 11 Kotoe Inoue
• 12 Momoko Ishibashi
• 19 Satomi Fukudome * ( Ryukoku )
  

Middle Blocker:

• 2 Haruka Sekiyama
• 5 Riho Otake
• 10 Fumika Moriya (C)
• 13 Mai Okumura
• 16 Mami Yokota * ( Tokai Mermaids )

Wings:

• 1 Minami Nakamoto
• 15 Yurie Nabeya
• 20 Reina Toukoku
• 21 Rei Kudo
• 22 Kathryn Plummer
• 23 Reina Sano ( OP )
• 24 Yuki Hyodo

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Himeji Victorina - ヴィクトリーナ姫路
Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture ( Wink Gymnasium )

HEAD COACH - Kodai Nakaya *

Setter:

• 2 Miki Sakurai
• 7 Nao Horigome
• 17 Moe Kiyota * ( Bunkyo Gakuin HS )
  

Libero:

• 4 Moeri Hanai * ( NSSU )
• 18 Yurika Mizoguchi
• 19 Aika Fukui * ( Kobe Shinwa )

Middle Blocker:

• 3 Shuna Omoto
• 5 Arisa Nagano
• 9 Kana Yoshioka
• 11 Shiori Aratani * ( NEC Red Rockets )
• 14 Chihiro Sasaki * ( TWCPE )

Wings:

• 1 Riho Sadakane (C)
• 6 Yuka Kanasugi
• 8 Kano Miyaji * ( Shimokitazawa Seitoku )
  
• 10 Mirei Wakita
  
• 13 Saki Tanaka ( OP )
  
• 12 Nana Magota * ( Fukuoka )
  
• 15 Akiho Matsumoto * ( Tokai Mermaids )
  
• 16 Akane Shimizu * ( Aichi )
  
• 20 Aliona Martiniuc * ( KIXX )
  

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SAGA Hisamitsu Springs - 佐賀 久光製 スプリングス
Tosu City, Saga Prefecture ( Saga Sunrise Park Gymnasium )
Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture ( Green Arena Kobe )
Fukuoka City Fukuoka ( Fukuoka City Civic Gymnasium ) (fake)

HEAD COACH - Shingo Sakai

Setter:

• 2 Misaki Inoue * ( Saitama )
• 11 Erika Sakae
• 24 Ayano Kojima

Libero:

• 10 Kotoki Zayasu
• 15 Yuka Ikeya * ( NSSU )
• 18 Mana Toe

Middle Blocker:

• 4 Nana Iwasaka
  
• 16 Foluke Akinradewo Ganderson
• 17 Asuka Hamamtsu
• 19 Shion Hirayama
• 20 Ayaka Araki * ( Higashi Kyushu Ryukoku )

Wings:

• 1 Miyu Nagaoka ( OP )
• 5 Arisa Inoue
• 6 Yuki Ishii
  
• 7 Hikari Kato
• 8 Rika Nomoto
• 12 Yuka Imamura
  
• 13 Akari Shirasawa * ( NIFS )
• 14 Miyu Nakagawa

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Hitachi Rivale - 日立 リヴァーレ
Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki Prefecture ( Hitachinaka City Sports Park Gymnasium )
Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture ( Adastria Mito Arena )
Akita City, Akita Prefecture ( CNA Arena Akita )

HEAD COACH - Asako Tajimi

Setter:

• 2 Yuka Onodera
• 8 Miya Sato
• 18 Sarina Sakai * ( Tohoku Fukushi )
• 21 Keito Shiga * ( Funabashi HS )

Libero:

• 7 Kanako Saito
• 10 Anna Koike

Middle Blocker:

• 5 Hannah Tapp
  
• 6 Maiha Haga (C)
• 11 Asato Nakamura
• 14 Mai Irisawa
• 20 Saori Kamizawa * ( Furukawa Gakuen HS )

Wings:

• 1 Ruriko Uesaka
• 3 Uran Horii
• 4 Miyu Kubota ( OP )
• 13 Miwako Osanai
• 17 Fuyumi Hawi Okumu Oba
• 19 Rui Nonaka * ( Akita Kita HS )

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JT Marvelous - JT マーヴェラス
Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture ( Ookini Arena Maishima )
Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture ( Baycom Gymnasium, Amagasaki City Hyōgo )
( Kakogawa Municipal Gymnasium, Kakogawa City, Hyogo )

HEAD COACH - Tomoko Yoshihara

Setter:

• 5 Mika Shibata
• 8 Aki Momii

Libero:

• 12 Tomoyo Fukagaya
• 15 Mako Kobata (C)

Middle Blocker:

• 1 Aika Akutagawa
• 3 Anna Ogawa
• 7 Thatdao Nuekjang
• 9 Nana Sakakibara * (Hachiojijissen)
• 17 Sakura Kanda
• 18 Risa Hashimoto

Wings:

• 2 Kotona Hayashi
• 4 Yuka Kitsui (OP)
• 6 Mizuki Tanaka
• 10 Andrea Drews (OP)
  
• 11 Yuka Meguro
• 13 Yuki Nishikawa
• 14 Hickman Justice
• 16 Yukiko Wada * (Kyoto Tachibana)

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Kurobe Aqua Fairies - KUROBE アクア フェアリーズ
Kurobe City, Toyama Prefecture ( Kurobe General Sports Center )

HEAD COACH - Takaya Maruyama

Setter:

• 15 Mei Konishi
• 16 Hikaru Hoshika

Libero:

• 4 Yurika Baba
• 18 Yuka Tateishi * ( Aoyama Gakuin )

Middle Blocker:

• 14 Aya Hosonuma
• 19 Yuka Kosugi * ( Mukogawa )
• 20 Mayuka Tobe * ( Tohoku Fukushi )
• 21 Hinano Michishita * ( Kobe Women's )

Wings:

• 1 Saki Maruyama (C) ( OP )
• 3 Kaori Mabashi
• 9 Sayo Masuda
• 10 Simone Lee
• 11 Wakaba Sugihara
• 12 Akane Ukishima (OP)
• 13 Yuri Umezu

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NEC Red Rockets - NEC レッド ロケッツ
Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture ( Todoroki Arena )
Ota Ward, Tokyo ( Ota Ward Gymnasium )

HEAD COACH - Takayuki Kaneko

Setter:

• 3 Shiori Tsukada
• 10 Yuka Sawada
• 14 Minami Yasuda * ( Okazaki Gakuen )

Libero:

• 16 Manami Kojima
• 18 Mio Sato

Middle Blocker:

• 1 Haruyo Shimamura
• 6 Kaori Ueno
• 7 Moeka Kinoe * ( Tsukuba )
• 8 Kasumi Nojima * ( Aoyama Gakuin )
• 13 Nichika Yamada

Wings:

• 2 Sarina Koga
• 4 Mizuki Yanagita ( OP )
• 5 Haruna Soga ( OP )
• 9 Nanami Hirose
• 11 Chinami Furuya
  
• 12 Misaki Yamauchi (C) ( OP )
• 15 Ayumi Yoshida
• 23 Neriman Özsoy ( OP ) ( Toyota Body Queens )

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Okayama Seagulls - 岡山 シーガルズ
Okayama Prefecture ( Zip Arena ) they're real, and they are spectacular

HEAD COACH - Akiyoshi Kawamoto

Setter:

• 5 Mizuki Ugajin
• 14 Haruka Miyashita
• 31 Natsuki Onodera

Libero:

• 10 Minami Nishimura
• 16 Kanako Nagama
• 19 Yuki Morita
• 20 Aki Maruyama
• 22 Mei Funada * ( Matsuyama Shinonome )
• 25 Mami Miyashita
• 27 Yoshie Narasaki

Middle Blocker:

• 3 Ayaka Taguchi
• 8 Mayu Oikawa
• 11 Moe Takayanagi
• 12 Anna Imura
• 21 Yurika Kouno
• 26 Sora Nagase
• 28 Aimi Kawashima

Wings:

• 4 Miharu Yoshioka
• 6 Sanae Watanabe ( OP )
• 9 Yuri Takayanagi
• 13 Ayame Endo
• 15 Aoi An Furukawa
• 17 Uran Kido * ( Osaka International Takii )
• 18 Syuuka Kaneda
• 23 Akari Maeda

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PFU Blue Cats - PFU ブルー キャッツ
Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture ( Sun Arena )
Hakusan City Ishikawa ( Matsuto Sports Park Gymnasium )
Goshogawara City, Aomori Prefecture ( Goshogawara Citizen Gymnasium )

HEAD COACH - Masayasu Sakamoto

Setter:

• 14 Naoko Shimahata
• 18 Haruka Yamashita
  

Libero:

• 3 Mari Morita * ( JWCPE )
  

Middle Blocker:

• 6 Kasumi Murakami
• 10 Natsumi Watabiki * ( Kurobe )
• 2 Kyoka Seto * ( Juntendo )
  

Wings:

• 1 Hinano Arita
• 5 Yukiko Ebata
• 7 Saki Goya
• 8 Minami Takasou
• 11 Ayaka Horiguchi (C)
• 13 Nao Tsuga
• 15 Mana Ishikawa * ( TED Ankara )
• 33 Nanami Wasai

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Saitama Ageo Medics - 埼玉 上尾 メディックス
Ageo City, Saitama Prefecture
Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture ( Shimadzu Arena Kyoto )
Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture ( Saitama City Memorial Gymnasium )
Kuki City, Saitama Prefecture ( Mainichi Kogyo Arena Kuki City )

HEAD COACH - Antônio Marcos Lerbach

Setter:

• 2 Koyomi Tominaga
• 5 Nonoka Yamazaki
• 20 Hiromi Tagawa * ( Panasonic Bluebells )

Libero

• 7 Akane Yamagishi (C)
• 12 Miku Iwasawa
• 23 Risa Omuro

Middle Blocker:

• 3 Jaja Santiago
  
• 11 Kyoko Aoyagi
• 13 Hazuki Nakamoto * ( Himeji Victorina )
• 18 Hirona Gonda
• 21 Akiho Kurisu ( Osaka Superiors )

Wings:

• 4 Miyuki Horie
• 6 Shuri Yamaguchi
• 8 Yuri Yoshino
• 9 Mami Uchiseto * ( Toyota )
  
• 10 Yuka Sato
• 15 Shainah Joseph (OP) *
• 16 Miku Sasaki
• 14 Mako Shina
• 19 Momoko Niida

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Toray Arrows - 東レ アローズ
Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture ( Shiga Gymnasium )
Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture

HEAD COACH - Akira Koshiya

Setter:

• 4 Misaki Shirai
• 10 Nanami Seki
• 15 Ryo Sakamoto * ( Kyoto Tachibana )

Libero:

• 6 Miku Nakahshima
• 11 Rena Mizusugi

Middle Blocker:

• 1 Nanami Inoue
• 2 Kaho Ono
• 3 Nozomi Ito
• 8 Erina Ogawa
• 14 Kotomi Osaki

Wings:

• 7 Jana Kulan
  
• 5 Shino Nakata
• 9 Ai Kurogo
• 12 Mayu Ishikawa
• 13 Kanako Noro

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Toyota Body Queens - トヨタ 車体 クインシーズ
Kariya city, Aichi Prefecture ( Wing Arena Kariya )
Toyota city, Aichi Prefecture ( Sky Hall Toyota )

HEAD COACH - Haruya Indo

Setter:

• 12 Pornpun Guedpard *
• 18 Yuki Yamagami
• 20 Risako Yamagata

Libero:

• 8 Misato Sakakibara
• 10 Kazane Kumai * (NSSU)
• 19 Yukako Yasui

Middle Blocker:

• 7 Aya Watanabe (C)
• 9 Ayano Tsuji
• 11 Erika Araki
• 14 Ayaka Matsumoto * ( Saitama )
• 15 Ayaka Sugi

Wings:

• 1 Hinata Shigihara
• 2 Saki Inaba * (Kyushu Bunka)
• 6 Nao Muranaga
• 13 Indre Sorokaite *
• 16 Kasumi Nakaya
• 17 Miyoko Yabuta

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Here are the official comings and goings so far. No rumors or hunches.

For the visual learners, here's my little web page of 退団s with pictures (V2 leavers are also included)

Foreign players in 2020-21:

** Retirement News **

I'm so bummed. Another young promising player hangs it up after one year. Afraid of the Big Pants.

She won the Fresh Star Award at the 2019 Summer League

Quote from sitenoise (July 4th 2019)

I can already tell who my new Kurobe Hero is going to be -- assuming she gets playing time beyond this summer league:

She plays Good D, dives well, receives well, is reasonably athletic with a good swing, flies in from downtown, has a good serve, and she's pretty cute.

Ranna Shiraiwa