Japan - V.League V1 (Division 1, Women) 2021-2022

Empress Cup order of matches

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His brother said it in an Italian interview (here, there’s a paywall).

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Where did she say that? Yuki has no power over JVA blocking them to make sure boys like Ran Takahashi and his bestfriend from Waseda get their placement in Italy first. Not to mention people would scream nepotism if only she got to go while Japan's power ace Koga will stay behind.

Here at page 9 you can find it without paywall, but it's an image so you can't translate it automatically, He said "I think she wants to play outside of Japan but she hasn't decided yet, I told her it would be good for her to go outside of Japan and have this experience" (it's at the very end of the interview).

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Here at page 9 you can find it without paywall, but it's an image so you can't translate it automatically, He said "I think she wants to play outside of Japan but she hasn't decided yet, I told her it would be good for her to go outside of Japan and have this experience" (it's at the very end of the interview).

can you post the image pls i can't view the pdf.

if she and others went overseas it would certainly help with recognition since no one outside of the jp fandom knows who they are. im sure manabe will see to it that they get that opportunity asap

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can you post the image pls i can't view the pdf.

if she and others went overseas it would certainly help with recognition since no one outside of the jp fandom knows who they are. im sure manabe will see to it that they get that opportunity asap

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I do think it would be good for her and other players from Japan in theory and possibly for the clubs that would hire them aswell, as they could get traction on the club and possibly attract sponsors, but I guess it would be a very high risk move for a club to hire them, not only for the height but also a because is a very different style of game and they would have to play with the right setter, sure if they're young they can adapt but I don't know how many teams would take that kind of risk

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I do think it would be good for her and other players from Japan in theory and possibly for the clubs that would hire them aswell, as they could get traction on the club and possibly attract sponsors, but I guess it would be a very high risk move for a club to hire them, not only for the height but also a because is a very different style of game and they would have to play with the right setter, sure if they're young they can adapt but I don't know how many teams would take that kind of risk

high risk for the club to hire them, nope, cash cows…..

When Japanese TV are showing highlights of Yuki vs. Nishida, that’s a good thing.

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high risk for the club to hire them, nope, cash cows…..

When Japanese TV are showing highlights of Yuki vs. Nishida, that’s a good thing.

It's not the same thing, Nishida has a level of athleticism that allows him to play on a great level despite his height (and I don't see anything similar on Mayu or other youngsters), and Yuki is on the shorter side but still not that short, he also came to Italy when he was very young and before playing as a starter he had if I'm not wrong three seasons being just a barely used bench player on a lower ranking team so not much of a cash cow back then I guess.

I think young japanese players could follow Yuki steps moving while they're still very young and starting as bench players or playing in not as strong leaguesfor a couple of seasons and eventually moving to better teams, but they should find a good agency that pushes them because I don't think low ranking teams would go out of their way to try to sign them in the chance they could become a financial asset in the long term when they can much easily and probably spending less get a 190 american/dutch/serbian/whatever. I do think though that now seeing all the attention Yuki, Nishida (and now very likely Ren) are getting will spark some curiosity on the female side aswell, but it's still sort of a gamble.

I don't see Mayu playing in top leagues in Italy or Turkey given her height but I would like to see her play in AU in the US if that's even possible. Tashiro seems to be doing well in France and is getting along nicely with her teammates so that could be another destination she'd want to check but someone already posted in the Brazil thread how much of a nightmare it was to play in France so idk.

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I don't see Mayu playing in top leagues in Italy or Turkey given her height but I would like to see her play in AU in the US if that's even possible. Tashiro seems to be doing well in France and is getting along nicely with her teammates so that could be another destination she'd want to check but someone already posted in the Brazil thread how much of a nightmare it was to play in France so idk.

Teams will take players that bring money, we've seen it in soccer, we'll see it again.

Mayu has learned a lot from Yuki because she can see what he's going through, the business portion of the game. She'll be much better off financially, even if she is shorter. She did not get as much of the blow back for the Tokyo Games as the other players. Mayu was not a "leader" of the team and hence not as much was expected.

However, the narrative with the Japanese media will be very easy to follow, Mayu follows big brother overseas. The thing with France is more on the level of the team. Teams are required to say how much you will be paid, it is shown in the team's page in the media guide (maybe not to an individual level, but team level).

Plus, Manabe is wanting players to play overseas to improve. He played overseas in his career, so he understands that better leagues means better players for the national team. Was he complaining about Sano and Kimura playing overseas?

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I don't understand how they slapped these teams together. For example, Shujitsu HS (reigning HS Champs) is not participating. They won their Prefectural Round, but then the Block Round got canceled. So they pick Hiroshima Oilers to represent Chugoku (Okayama) ? Doesn't seem right

Which would you prefer winning first round of Haruko or getting bounced in the first round of the Empress Cup?