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

    Himeji joins the import club: Aliona Martiniuc. I remember her from GS Caltex KIXX in Korea.

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    [EDIT] Should give a shout out to Himeji's style and photo team:


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    Empress's Cup All Japan Volleyball Championship will be held from December 11th (Friday) to 13th (Sunday) at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza (Chofu City, Tokyo) on December 19th. It will be held at the Ota Ward General Gymnasium (Ota Ward, Tokyo) from Sunday (Sat) to 20th (Sun).

    Due to the spread of new coronavirus infection, the final round was canceled last year. Although the prefectural rounds and block rounds were canceled this year, the teams participating in the final round have been decided based on the recommendations of all V.LEAGUE V1 teams and each category. We will limit the number of participating teams in consideration of the current infection situation and will not participate in the high school category.

    Tickets will be sold at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, where the semi-finals will be held, and tickets will be sold at the Ota Ward General Gymnasium, paying attention to infection control measures. Please note that it may change depending on the infection situation in the future.

    Details of the tournament, application for coverage, ticket information for the final, etc. will be announced as soon as they are decided after November.


    [Schedule / Venue] (planned)

    ■ Musashino Forest Sport Plaza (Chofu City, Tokyo)

    Remote match (no audience)

    December 11th (Friday) Men's and Women's Round 1 / Round 2

    Saturday, December 12th Men's and Women's Quarterfinals

    December 13 (Sun) Men's and Women's Semifinals


    ■ Ota Ward General Gymnasium (Ota Ward, Tokyo)

    Scheduled to sell tickets

    Saturday, December 19th Women's Final


    ■ 18 women's teams

    <V1> JT Marvelous (Osaka) ▽ Okayama Seagulls (Okayama) ▽ Saitama Ageo Medics (Saitama) ▽ Denso Airybees (Aichi) ▽ Toyota Auto Body Queenseis (Aichi) ▽ Toray Arrows (Shiga) ▽ Hisamitsu Springs (Saga) ▽ NEC Red Rockets (Tokyo) ▽ Hitachi Rivale (Ibaraki) ▽ Kurobe Aqua Fairies (Toyama) ▽ PFU Bluecats (Ishikawa) ▽ Victorina Himeji (Hyogo)


    <V2 recommendation> Gunma Bank Green Wings (Gunma) ▽ GSS Tokyo Sunbeams (Tokyo)


    <Club recommendation> Ligare Sendai (Miyagi) ▽ CLUB EHIME (Ehime)


    <Uni recommendation> University of Tsukuba (Ibaraki) ▽ Fukuoka University (Fukuoka)



    [Scheduled to air]

    <Men and women 1st round / 2nd round> Adjusting

    <Finals after the men's and women's quarterfinals> DAZN

    <Men and women final> NHK-BS

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    Do we know all the current captains

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    How many American players will be participating this season?

    TeamWorldwideASEAN
    Denso AirybeesUnited States Kathryn Plummer (NORCECA)N/A
    Himeji VictorinaMoldova Aliona Martiniuc (CEV)N/A
    Hitachi RivaleUnited States Hannah Tapp (NORCECA)N/A
    JT MarvelousUnited States Andrea Drews (NORCECA)Thailand Thatdao Nuekjang (AVC)
    Kurobe AquaFairiesUnited States Simone Lee (NORCECA)N/A
    NEC Red RocketsTurkey Neriman Özsoy (CEV)N/A
    Okayama SeagullsN/AN/A
    PFU BlueCatsVenezuela Roslandy Acosta (CSV)Thailand Hathairat Jarat (AVC)
    SAGA Hisamitsu Springs
    		United States Foluke Akinradewo (NORCECA)N/A
    Saitama Ageo MedicsCanada Shainah Joseph (NORCECA)Philippines Alyja Daphne Santiago (AVC)
    Toray ArrowsAzerbaijan Jana Kulan (CEV)N/A
    Toyota Auto Body QueenseisItaly Indre Sorokaite (CEV)Thailand Pornpun Guedpard (AVC)

    Just signed up for V.TV for the season for men and women. At 8800 yen, it is around $80. You do not need a Japanese address to purchase the service. Your credit card company may freak out with a foreign transaction.

    Syuka Kaneda and I share the same birthday :)


    Nice little interview with her (hat tip haru_12) where she talks about looking up to Moe Sasaki and Minami Yoshida as the "Seniors", and now that they've both retired she feels like she's the "ace" now.


    Her favorite book that she's read many times is 「論語と算盤」 Theory and Arithmetic by Sakae Shibusawa(?). That's probably not a proper translation of the Title. It seems to be a book about business administration and morals. Anyhow, let's just say she's a geeky Gemini like me :S


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    -What is the connection [of the book] to the valley (volleyball)?


    I like the word "wisdom". It means that if the three balances of "knowledge (wisdom)", "emotion", and "will" are not connected, common sense cannot be achieved and results cannot be achieved. Even if you have knowledge, it is meaningless if you do not have emotions, if you have emotions but you do not have the will, you will be swept away, and if you have a strong will but you do not have the knowledge, you will become a stubborn person. I think that these three also lead to the valley.

    No telling if she lives up to that high-highfalutin stuff but she seems to be taking her responsibility seriously. I hope she makes me proud this year and everyone knows her name by season's end. If JT and SAGA would just get out of the way it would be easier :rolll:

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    In her interview for Gaora's Pre-V.League special that aired yesterday, Nakada chose Kurogo, Yoshino and Araki as power players


    Yoshino has almost no hype around her. Let's see how well she does this season

    I guess she's not playing Nagaoka :/


    I thought Yoshino was better in 2018-19 than 2019-20. This season will be the Tie Break!

    Hey now



    Guess who this is by the thumbnail.

    Hint: Still a fan even though she bombed in her shot at the NT

    [Edit] Hint #2: Nickname is "The Sniper"

    Looks like Fumika Moriya has taken over as Captain of Denso. I like this development. SAGA bench warmer to contender captain. This'll be the first time in a while Denso will play two local MBs. I wonder if Riho Otake will finally return

    In honor of signing my divorce papers from NEC, I re-watched the match that launched my foray into V.League volleyball. A foreigner free NEC upsetting reigning champions Thailand (Supreme) in the semifinals of the 2016 Asian Club Championship:



    Mizuki Yanagita should have been MVP of the tournament but Sarina Koga actually played defense back then and was pretty good, too. Akari Oumi, Nami Sagawa. Yes!


    And in the Final they put the clampers on China (Bayi)




    Oumi was a vet but Koga, Yanagita, and Sagawa had all just turned 20 years old. And they went on to win the V.League Championship that season.


    Speaking of NEC here's a 2-minute tweetbox video of new recruit (Tsukuba Scoring Machine) Moeka Kinoe from last year's Uni Final Match against Fukuoka. She won Best Spiker and Best Scorer (thanks to my favorite setter Manami Mandai) and got the last kill block for a 17-15 win.


    #2 in Dark Blue for Tsukuba


    https://twitter.com/i/status/1201753072373907456