Japan Women's NT 2022

    Quote from Phoenix

    sitenoise is Yoshino related to Ayano Sato? I was thinking they kinda have some facial similarities. Ayano is so pretty:cheesy:

    Hmm, yeah they do a little, but I don't know if they are related. Same high school is about all I can say

    Quote from Nghiphong

    Who is the cutie behind Seki? Never seen her before.


    Odd to see Uchiseto is still around while most of her batchmates already retired.

    That is The Real Yoshino Sato just mentioned above. She’s third year at Tsukuba

    wargirls has posted in the China thread that both the Asian games and Universiade tournaments have been postponed. That leaves less crumbs for those that didn’t make it here

    I think Uchiseto is there because she’s not intimidated by Euro Serves. In case that’s a problem

    Quote from sean1

    Who's the fake one? lol


    she's so awkward and why does she look like she's slouching? something's odd about her neck. I agree she's cute and I think Phoenix is about to move on from Shima to the Real Sato... I see you

    the fake one plays for Denso. Long story about sorting them out when adding them to volleybox is where the Real bit comes from. They both have early U-squad experience, and etc.


    She does have an odd posture. I think Phoenix is more interested in her possible sister who plays for Kurobe now

    Quote from sitenoise

    the fake one plays for Denso. Long story about sorting them out when adding them to volleybox is where the Real bit comes from. They both have early U-squad experience, and etc.


    She does have an odd posture. I think Phoenix is more interested in her possible sister who plays for Kurobe now

    Is it this one https://www.vleague.jp/women/player_detail/4217 ? are their names spelled the same way in Japanese whoa

    I'm pretty sure Capcom died in 2003 after they released that dogshit game Clock Tower 3. The retro logo is an eyesore but it's probably more irritating that it is Capcom and not like idk Nintendo, Bandai Square Enix or something more up to date but with equal or bigger corporate clout.

    Quote from sean1

    Is it this one https://www.vleague.jp/women/player_detail/4217 ? are their names spelled the same way in Japanese whoa

    Yes. It all started a few years ago when I was trying to add the players from this 2019 photo I stumbled across for the 2019 High School selection team that played some tournament in Thailand



    The Real Yoshino is far right leaning on the lovely Saori Kamisawa (Hitachi now). I think the tweetboxer who posted the photo spelled her name 佐藤吉野 which lead me to add the fake one's vitals to volleybox with the Real one's photo ... who spells her name 佐藤淑乃. The fake one was part of this 2019 U-Squad. Info is/was so very scarce at the time. At some point a mate at volleybox mention he thought I spelled the one I posted's Japanese name wrong. Lots of unraveling and searching ensued

    Quote from Playmaker

    I'm pretty sure Capcom died in 2003 after they released that dogshit game Clock Tower 3. The retro logo is an eyesore but it's probably more irritating that it is Capcom and not like idk Nintendo, Bandai Square Enix or something more up to date but with equal or bigger corporate clout.

    Bandai would have made more sense since they're already collaborating with Haikyuu. Their new logo is minimalist it would have looked neater on the jersey

    Quote from Gashina

    Where is Momii? wasn't she the main setter last year?


    Glad to see Seki made the list.

    Phoenix suggests Momii (and Shion Hirayama) may be nursing injuries. Momii played sporadically throughout the season and Shion missed the whole Final Stage, so that could be the reason. Or something else

    For those keeping score at home, these are the players who didn't make this invite:


    Aki Momii S -- JT

    Mizuki Ugajin S -- Okayama

    Nonoka Yamazaki S -- Saitama


    Rena Mizusugi L -- Toray

    Moeri Hanai L -- Himeji


    Mikoto Shima OP -- PFU

    Miyu Nakagawa OP -- SAGA

    Haruna Soga "YOLO" OP -- NEC


    Yuka Sato OH -- Saitama

    Mizuki Tanaka OH -- JT

    Minami Nakamoto OH -- Denso

    Miwako Osanai OH -- Hitachi

    Yuki Nishikawa OH -- JT


    Chihiro Sasaki MB -- Himeji

    Hiroyo Yamanaka MB -- Saitama

    Shion Hirayama MB -- SAGA

    Quote from gkv

    I don't know but they paired the London members with the current members. Hisamitsu's Inoue is beside Ai Otomo. Sakoda is next to Hayashi. Similar-ish players

    Nah Hayashi is Hayashinnabe and Takeshita is next to Seki so that's probably not the case. Maybe Saori and Sarina but the rest is just a coincidence.

    Quote from Karl

    Who is it? from which club?

    That is The Real Yoshino Sato, third year at Tsukuba U , She's all over the posts on the previous page