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

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

Participating teams

Regular Round begins October 15, 2021 (Friday) and ends March 27, 2021 (Sunday). Matches are played every Saturday and Sunday with a few Friday night games thrown in. Winter Break is December 6, 2021 to January 7, 2022). Teams will have 12–16 home games, up from 4–8 last year, but some of them are fake.

Teams play each other three times. It's not a traditional 3X Round Robin. From October 15 to February 19 there will be only one match in an arena per night, eliminating the second match fake home games. Additionally, home teams will host the same team for two consecutive nights.

Wins --> Points --> Set Rate --> Scoring Rate

The top three finishers will advance to the Final Stage. The 4–12th place finishers will be their final ranking.

Final Stage April 9–17, 2022

1. Final 3 will be played as a single-elimination match, with the ranking determined by the number of wins. The 2nd place finisher of the Regular Round gets ONE WIN as an advantage. If the number of wins is equal a golden set of 25 points (1 set) will be played after the match to determine the winner.
2. Final will be a two-round tournament, and the ranking will be determined by the number of wins. If the number of wins is equal, a golden set of 25 points (1 set) will be played after the match to determine the ranking.

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2021–22 Season Overview

• Summer League ( June 25–27, July 2–4 )
• V1 Regular Round Begins ( October 15 )
  
• Winter Break ( December 6 )
• Empress' Cup Final Round ( December 10–19 )
• V1 Regular Round Resumes ( January 8 )
  
• V1 Final Stage ~1st week of April
  
• V.Challenge Match ( April 9–10 )
• Kurowashiki (Black Eagle Flag) ~1st week of May
  

2021-2022 Regular Round Schedule, Results, and Highlights

All times are JST (UTC+9)

2021-2022 Regular Round Schedule, Results, and Highlights

All times are JST (UTC+9)

2021-2022 Regular Round Schedule, Results, and Highlights

All times are JST (UTC+9)

2021-2022 Final Stage

V.Challenge Match

Black Eagle Flag

All Stars?

Denso Airybees - デンソ エアリービーズ
Nishio City, Aichi Prefecture ( Nishio City Gymnasium ) 4 Home Games
Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture ( Okazaki Park Gymnasium ) 2 Home Games
Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture ( Horaiya Koriyama Gymnasium ) 4 Home Games
Sapporo City, Hokkaido Prefecture ( Kitagas Arena ) 4 Home Games

HEAD COACH - Gen Kawakita

Setter:

• 11 Airi Takahashi * ( Kurashiki Ablaze )
• 13 Yuka Yamaguchi * ( Tokai )
• 14 Tamaki Matsui

Libero:

• 9 Mikiha Oguchi
• 12 Momoko Ishibashi
• 19 Satomi Fukudome
  

Middle Blocker:

• 2 Haruka Sekiyama
• 8 Jarasporn Bundasak * ( Thailand )
• 10 Fumika Moriya
  
• 15 Sayaka Yokota * ( Tokai )
• 16 Mami Yokota
• 17 Nanami Asano * ( Kinrankai )
• 18 Yoshino Sato * ( Yonezawa )

Wings:

• 1 Minami Nakamoto
• 5 Miumi Yoshida * (OP) ( Tezukayama )
• 7 Roslandy Acosta * ( Venezuela )
• 20 Reina Toukoku
• 21 Rei Kudo (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 ) 16 Home Games

HEAD COACH - Kodai Nakaya

Setter:

• 2 Miki Sakurai
• 7 Nao Horigome
• 17 Moe Kiyota
• 23 Akari Bono * ( MaxValu )

Libero:

• 4 Moeri Hanai
• 19 Aika Fukui

Middle Blocker:

• 3 Shuna Omoto
• 5 Arisa Nagano
• 9 Kana Yoshioka
• 11 Shiori Aratani
• 14 Chihiro Sasaki

Wings:

• 1 Riho Sadakane (C)
• 6 Celeste Plak * ( Netherlands )
• 8 Kano Miyaji
  
• 10 Mirei Wakita
  
• 13 Saki Tanaka ( OP )
  
• 12 Nana Magota
• 15 Akiho Matsumoto
• 16 Akane Shimizu
• 21 Kaya Watanabe * ( Nihon )
• 22 Rimi Kaneda * ( Tokai )

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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 ) 4 Home Games
Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture ( Green Arena Kobe ) 4 Home Games
Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture ( Kurume Arena ) 2 Home Games
Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture ( Fukuoka City Civic Gymnasium ) 2 Home Games
Satsumasendai City, Kagoshima Prefecture ( Satsumasendai City Gymnasium ) 2 Home Games

HEAD COACH - Shingo Sakai

Setter:

• 2 Misaki Inoue
• 9 Manami Mandai * ( Tsukuba )
• 11 Erika Sakae

Libero:

• 15 Yuka Ikeya
• 18 Mana Toe (C)

Middle Blocker:

• 10 Riho Otake * ( Denso Airybees )
• 16 Foluke Akinradewo-Ganderson
• 17 Asuka Hamamtsu
• 19 Shion Hirayama
• 20 Ayaka Araki

Wings:

• 1 Miyu Nagaoka ( OP )
• 5 Arisa Inoue
• 6 Yuki Ishii
  
• 7 Hikari Kato
• 8 Rika Nomoto
• 12 Yuka Imamura
  
• 13 Akari Shirasawa ( OP )
• 14 Miyu Nakagawa ( OP )
• 21 Saki Nakajima * ( NIFS )
• 22 Megumi Fukasawa * ( Shujitsu )
• 23 Mika Yoshitake * ( Kinrankai )

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Hitachi Rivale - 日立 リヴァーレ
Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture ( Ikenokawa Sakura Arena ) 4 Home Games
Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki Prefecture ( Hitachinaka Sports Park ) 4 Home Games
Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture ( Adastria Mito Arena ) 2 Home Games
Akita City, Akita Prefecture ( CNA Arena Akita ) 2 Home Games
Hitachi looks to have 2 more home games that aren't scheduled to an arena yet

HEAD COACH - Asako Tajimi

Setter:

• 2 Keito Shiga
• 10 Sarina Sakai

Libero:

• 6 Anna Koike
• 7 Kanako Saito (C)

Middle Blocker:

• 4 Saori Kamizawa
• 5 Hannah Tapp
  
• 9 Aya Watanabe * ( Toyota )
• 11 Anri Nakamura
• 14 Mai Irisawa

Wings:

• 1 Ruriko Uesaka
• 3 Miwako Osanai
• 13 Rui Nonaka
• 16 Rino Murooka * ( Higashi )
• 17 Fuyumi Hawi Okumu Oba

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JT Marvelous - JT マーヴェラス
Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture ( Maruzen Intec Arena ) 2 Home Games
Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture ( Baycom Gymnasium ) 2 Home Games
Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture ( Hiroshima Green Arena ) 2 Home Games

HEAD COACH - Tomoko Yoshihara

Setter:

• 5 Mika Shibata
• 8 Aki Momii
• 21 Hitomi Shiode * ( NSSU )
• 22 Mina Higashi * ( NIFS )

Libero:

• 12 Tomoyo Fukagaya
• 15 Mako Kobata
• 20 Mana Nishizaki * ( Kinrankai )

Middle Blocker:

• 1 Aika Akutagawa
• 7 Thatdao Nuekjang
• 9 Nana Sakakibara
• 17 Sakura Kanda
• 19 Marina Takahashi * ( Tsukuba )

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
• 18 Manami Koyama * ( Kyoei Gakuen )

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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 ) 6 Home Games
Tonami City, Toyama Prefecture ( Toyama Western Sports Center ) 4 Home Games
Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture ( Toyama City Gymnasium ) 2 Home Games

HEAD COACH - Takaya Maruyama

Setter:

• 5 Anna Kikuchi * ( Tokai )
• 2 Mei Konishi
• 16 Hikaru Hoshika
• 18 Chiyo Suzuki * ( Beach Volleybal )

Libero:

• 9 Yuka Tateishi

Middle Blocker:

• 7 Miku Shimada * ( Juntendo )
• 10 Aya Hosonuma
• 14 Rinka Kosugi
• 15 Mayuka Tobe
• 8 Hinano Michishita

Wings:

• 3 Kaori Mabashi (OP)
• 4 Yuka Kanasugi * ( Himeji )
• 6 Ami Yamashiro (OP) * ( Tsukuba )
• 1 Sayo Masuda
• 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 ) 6 Home Games
Ota Ward, Tokyo ( Ota Ward Gymnasium ) 6 Home Games
Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture ( Kose Sports Park Gymnasium ) 2 Home Games
NEC has 2 additional Home Games at an as yet unknown arena

HEAD COACH - Takayuki Kaneko

Setter:

• 3 Shiori Tsukada
• 10 Yuka Sawada
• 14 Minami Yasuda

Libero:

• 16 Manami Kojima
• 19 Riko Fujii * ( Shoin )
• 20 Kotoe Inoue * ( Denso )

Middle Blocker:

• 1 Haruyo Shimamura
• 6 Kaori Ueno
• 7 Moeka Kinoe
• 8 Kasumi Nojima
• 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
• 17 Hina Kawakami * ( Tsukuba )
• 18 Sarah Parsons * ( USA )
• 21 Ai Hirota * ( Bunkyo Gauken )

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Okayama Seagulls - 岡山 シーガルズ
Kasaoka City, Okayama Prefecture ( Kasaoka Gymnasium ) 2 Home Games
Kita Ward Okayama, Okayama Prefecture ( Zip Arena ) 10 Home Games
Akaiwa City, Okayama Prefecture ( Sanyo Fureai Park Gymnasium ) 2 Home Games

HEAD COACH - Akiyoshi Kawamoto

Setter:

• 1 Mayu Hamada * ( Osaka Takii )
• 5 Mizuki Ugajin
• 12 Sayaka Seo * ( Matsuyama Shinonome )
• 14 Haruka Miyashita
• 31 Natsuki Onodera

Libero:

• 16 Kanako Nagama
• 22 Mei Funada
• 27 Yoshie Narasaki
• 32 Maika Matsumoto * ( Shimada )

Middle Blocker:

• 3 Ayaka Taguchi
• 8 Mayu Oikawa
• 11 Moe Takayanagi
• 19 Rika Yasuda * ( Chūgoku )
• 21 Shion Nakai * ( Osaka Takii )
• 24 Xintian Fu * ( Kyoei Gakuen )
• 26 Sora Nagase
• 28 Aimi Kawashima

Wings:

• 2 Amika Saeki * ( Matsuyama Shinonome )
• 4 Miharu Yoshioka
• 6 Megumi Sato * ( Hiroshima )
• 9 Yuri Takayanagi
• 10 Rika Kai * ( Miyakonojo )
• 13 Ayame Endo
• 15 Aoi An Furukawa
• 17 Uran Kido
• 18 Syuuka Kaneda
• 20 Ayana Fujiwara * ( Osaka Takii )
• 23 Akari Maeda
• 33 Yuzu Nakamoto

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PFU Blue Cats - PFU ブルー キャッツ
Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture ( Ipponmatsu Sun Arena ) 2 Home Games
Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture ( Komatsu General Gymnasium ) 2 Home Games
Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture ( Kanazawa City Gymnasium ) 4 Home Games
Awara City, Fukui Prefecture ( Trim Park Kanazu ) 2 Home Games
Shiwa City, Iwate Prefecture ( Shiwa Town Gymnasium ) 2 Home Games

HEAD COACH - Masayasu Sakamoto

Setter:

• 9 Haruka Yamashita
• 16 Yumika Kai * ( Miyakonojo )
• 17 Airi Tahara * ( Denso )

Libero:

• 3 Mari Morita
• 5 Kanoha Kagamihara* ( Tsukuba )
  

Middle Blocker:

• 2 Kyoka Seto
  
• 6 Kasumi Murakami
• 10 Natsumi Watabiki

Wings:

• 1 Hinano Arita
• 4 Sanae Watanabe * ( Okayama )
• 7 Saki Goya
• 8 Minami Takasou
• 11 Ayaka Horiguchi
• 12 Tran Thi Thanh Thúy * ( Vietnam )
• 15 Yurie Nabeya * ( Denso )
• 23 Melisa Valdes * ( Furukawa )
• 33 Nanami Wasai
• 35 Mikoto Shima * ( Juntendo )

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Saitama Ageo Medics - 埼玉 上尾 メディックス
Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture ( Higashiyama Gymnasium ) 2 Home Games
Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture ( Shimadzu Arena Kyoto ) 2 Home Games
Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture ( Kawagoe Sports Park Gymnasium ) 2 Home Games
Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture ( Saiden Chemical Arena ) 2 Home Games
Kuki City, Saitama Prefecture ( Ageo Citizen Gymnasium ) 2 Home Games
Muko City, Kyoto Prefecture ( Muko Citizens Gymnasium ) 2 Home Games
Ageo City, Saitama Prefecture ( Saitama Prefectural Budokan ) 4 Home Games

HEAD COACH - Antônio Marcos Lerbach

Setter:

• 2 Koyomi Tominaga
• 5 Nonoka Yamazaki
• 17 Saki Kamata * ( NSSU )

Libero

• 7 Akane Yamagishi (C)
• 12 Miku Iwasawa

Middle Blocker:

• 3 Jaja Santiago
• 4 Hibiki Suzuki * ( Gunma Bank )
• 11 Kyoko Aoyagi
• 18 Hirona Gonda
• 21 Akiho Kurisu * ( Osaka Superiors )

Wings:

• 6 Shuri Yamaguchi
• 8 Yuri Yoshino
• 9 Mami Uchiseto
• 10 Yuka Sato
• 16 Miku Sasaki
• 14 Mako Shina
• 19 Momoko Niida
• 22 Aki Meguro * ( Aoyama Gaukuin )
• 19 Lorenne Teixeira * ( Brazil )

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Toray Arrows - 東レ アローズ
Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture ( Ukaruchan Arena ) 4 Home Games
Kusatsu City, Shiga Prefecture ( YMIT Arena ) 2 Home Games
Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture ( Konohana Arena ) 2 Home Games
Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture ( Gifu Memorial Center Ai Dome ) 2 Home Games
Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture ( Brex Arena Utsunomiya ) 2 Home Games

HEAD COACH - Akira Koshiya

Setter:

• 4 Misaki Shirai
• 10 Nanami Seki
• 15 Ryo Sakamoto

Libero:

• 6 Miku Nakahshima
• 11 Rena Mizusugi

Middle Blocker:

• 1 Nanami Inoue
• 8 Erina Ogawa
• 14 Kotomi Osaki
• 17 Madoka Kashimura

Wings:

• 7 Jana Kulan
  
• 5 Shino Nakata
• 9 Ai Kurogo
• 12 Mayu Ishikawa
• 13 Kanako Noro
• 16 Yoshino Nishikawa
• 19 Tsugumi Fukasawa * ( Shujitsu )

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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 ) 6 Home Games
Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture ( Yokkaichi City Gymnasium ) 4 Home Games
Toyota city, Aichi Prefecture ( Sky Hall Toyota ) 2 Home Games

HEAD COACH - Haruya Indo

Setter:

• 18 Yuki Yamagami
• 6 Risako Yamagata
• 12 Haruka Kaji * ( Sundai )

Libero:

• 10 Kazane Kumai
• 15 Yukako Yasui
• 14 Hina Koide * ( Shimokitazawa )

Middle Blocker:

• 9 Ayaka Matsumoto
• 5 Natsuki Suda * ( Shujitsu )
• 19 Wakaba Sugihara * ( Kurobe )
• 20 Hattaya Bamrungsuk * ( Thailand )
• 21 Aika Hayashida * ( Fukuoka )

Wings:

• 1 Hinata Shigihara
• 2 Saki Inaba
• 3 Kelsey Robinson * ( USA )
• 4 Yukiho Hara * ( Kansai )
• 13 Kasumi Nakaya
• 17 Miyoko Yabuta
• 16 Aimi Okawa * ( Hachiojijissen )
• 8 Sakura Kurosu * ( Hachiojijissen )
• 7 Ayana Funane * ( Shimokitazawa )

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