Japan Women's NT 2023

  • he's about the same age as mayu's brother lol kinda awkward. i thought athletes who are dating are supposed to be discreet? if he's going around wearing a toray shirt maybe he supports the team. his hometown could be toray's base or something.

    On his wiki it say he was born in Fukui prefecture. Toray is based in Shiga prefecture. Toray does not have any connection with Softbank Hawks either and the 2 teams have never collaborated.

  • I mean if they're dating then good for them but it's unusual to be this "out there" small P.S. you have to pay to read the juicy details of that article.

    Also upon checking he follows Nana Iwasaka and Arisa Sato too. Arisa Sato was rumored to be dating Rakuten's pitcher.

  • I mean if they're dating then good for them but it's unusual to be this "out there" small P.S. you have to pay to read the juicy details of that article.

    Also upon checking he follows Nana Iwasaka and Arisa Sato too. Arisa Sato was rumored to be dating Rakuten's pitcher.

    Federations in Japan impose very strict rules to athletes that represent their country especially when it comes to their personal life. Active and working athletes like Erika Araki are not even allowed to show their families on social media for safety reasons with the exception of family members who are either sick or deceased. Unless athletes are already officially married they're not allowed to do any kind of flashy stuff that may hint to them dating someone especially if it's another public figure.


    So either this guy is just a fanboy or he's Mayu's friend.

  • Federations in Japan impose very strict rules to athletes that represent their country especially when it comes to their personal life. Active and working athletes like Erika Araki are not even allowed to show their families on social media for safety reasons with the exception of family members who are either sick or deceased. Unless athletes are already officially married they're not allowed to do any kind of flashy stuff that may hint to them dating someone especially if it's another public figure.


    So either this guy is just a fanboy or he's Mayu's friend.

    Is it the same in Korea? They seem to have the same kind of culture around things like these?

  • Is it the same in Korea? They seem to have the same kind of culture around things like these?

    Yes.


    Kinda related but I read on The Qoo that some Korean lgbt fans have been urging HeeJin to come out already after her obsessive sasaengs persistently harass her suspected girlfriends from past to present. But obviously that's never going to happen.

  • They're inviting everybody :lol:

  • Setter

    Libero

    Middle Blocker

    Wings

    Mika Shibata

    Aki Momii

    Tamaki Matsui

    Nanami Seki

    Koyomi Iwasaki *

    Tsukasa Nakagawa **

    Manami Kojima

    Satomi Fukudome

    Yuka Meguro **

    Miiku Iwasawa **

    Hitomi Fukumoto **

    Minami Nishimura **

    Haruyo Shimamura

    Nichika Yamada

    Mami Yokota

    Arina Ogawa

    Shion Hirayama

    Aya Watanabe *

    Airi Miyabe *
    Mai Irisawa *
    Kyoko Aoyagi **
    Ayaka Araki **

    Angelina Yuki Kobayashi **


    Sarina Koga

    Mayu Ishikawa

    Yuka Sato

    Arisa Inoue

    Mizuki Tanaka

    Yuki Nishikawa

    Kotona Hayashi

    Minami Nakamoto

    Miwako Osanai

    Miyu Nakagawa

    Ameze Miyabe

    Yoshino Sato

    Miyu Nagaoka *

    Amika Saiki **

    Miku Akimoto **

    Yukiko Wada **

    Aimi Okawa **

  • bro


    wait who's that tsukasa nakagawa

    NEC now. Tokai Mermaid Champion MVP Best setter ... Legendary U20 2019 World Champion

  • Disappointed Sayaka Yokota and Maki Yamaguchi didn't get MB called , but Kyoko Aoyagi has been killing it for years and Aya Watanabe is playing superb lately.


    The libero spot is gonna be a battle :rose:


    Amika Saiki :cheesy:


    Yukiko :!: Ai Otomo's offspring :!:Tsukasa Nakagawa :!: Hitomi :!: Minami :!:Miiku :!:

  • No one from V2 ?

  • With the exception of Amika Saiki the NT has been wiped of Okayama (and Himeji)


    Here's who got cut from last year:


    Setters

    • Haruka Miyashita
    • Mizuki Ugajin
    • Nonoka Yamazaki

    Liberos

    • Akane Yamagishi
    • Rena Mizusugi
    • Moeri Hanai

    Middle Blockers

    • Chihiro Sasaki
    • Hiroyo Yamanaka
    • Nanami Asano
    • Asuka Hamamatsu

    Wings

    • Mami Uchiseto
    • Syuka Kaneda
    • Fuyumi Hawi Okumu Oba
    • Mikoto Shima

    I've double, triple, and quadruple checked that Hammy isn't on the list. Surprised by that


    Let me know if you spot errors, please

  • "On the 27th, the Japan Volleyball Association announced the 40 registered members of the Japan Women's National Team for 2023. Miku Akiyama (16, Kyoei Gakuen High School), the daughter of London Olympic bronze medalist Ai Otomo, and 12 people, including Yuki Kobayashi Angelina, who is 196 cm tall and attends the University of Wisconsin Green Bay Graduate School in the United States, were selected for the first time."


    A 196 American girl is she fast?