someone lied to you lol.
She only played front row in Minnesota. Occasionally played all around when there was an injury
But the articles all stated that she is good with defense and offense and her defense is okay. Is she not an Ishii type of player? Who would you compare her to among other Japanese players?
Chaotic hour
i mean its true lol
I think the biggest thing going for her is she played under Hugh McCutcheon for 3(?) years... that's a lot of good development that can be relied upon as she gets more experience.
I think if Manabe called her an ace... (which idk if he did)... is really setting her up to fail/flop. Those expectations shouldnt be there.
What in the hell I thought her expertise was defense?
Hayashi really came into her own and doesn't need Shinnabe's extension in her name anymore. I'm so happy for her 
I just realized something has Shimamura ever captained NEC?
I don't know NEC's history but she's been around for so long and has NT status, I assume she must've at some point.
Manabe is not crazy enough to swap out Mayu for Kaneda let's just accept that. But they could do something about both Uchiseto and maybe Yamagishi 
Shimamura can always be subcaptain.
I cant get it
Kąkolewska is profesional player and cant receive the most simply ball in the world...
Girl is an absolute mess
Asano is adorable
I would box her in with Yoshino Nishikawa, Rui Nonaka and Yuka Imamura. They're all quite flashy outside of the court but very stoic and doesn't care about fanservice with their team lol
Add Mayu and Momii. Drip on point. Mayu especially hates those post-game parades they do during homegames.
Judging from their interviews, I think this was meant to be a more fortified version of their first 2 weeks that's why Mayu has more participation now. Only this time with Hammy and Airi in the mix, there's also Yamagishi who isn't holding up as expected.
Manabe has to tweak this rotation so that either Airi plays or Mayu but not together. Poor timing having to let Airi translate instead of warming up before Week 3.
Netherlands and Turkey's middles shut them down from the get go.
Karsta Lowe is so ancient but it's fine I like her
Hayashi's new bff
Koga was soooo close to taking Best Attacker from 1 Man Team HerBOTs but LYY is now 2nd
Japan doesn't have any girls listed under Best Servers for VNL isn't that one of Manabe's goals? None of the setters entered the Best Setter category either but last VNL Momii was topping it.
Only Kojima ranked 1st in the Best Diggers for Week 1
This got me dying I can't. That's definitely not how she moved during V. League.
I've never seen her so chaotic but in the best way possible. She looks a lil possessed sometimes.
they should've shown hayashi. she moves like a crackhead on the court. how's that for awareness
Drews hates her because Hayashi's fave is Kim Hill not her
Crying lmao
that would've been so awkward since she's the only girl from jt who made it and she's the least closest to annie but aww
Sounds like a challenge
Someone compiled photos of all the Japanese NT members with their foreign teammates EXCEPT HAYASHI she was probably too scared to ask Drews after that match with USA lmao
Hayashi and Kojima are peaking🥲 Crazy how no one saw Kojima coming
Question to anyone who knows, this Japan team - especially the setter, looks so much better than the young team they sent to Olympics last year
Why didn't they pick these players instead? Different coach?
Manabe returned.
I don't think any of those players stood a chance whilst girls like Kurogo, Miya Sato, Ishii, Nagaoka etc were still active. Manabe completely demolished Nakada's foundations and didn't even force Mayu out there.
in a couple of hours we will know exactly if that haircut is an indication of identity crisis
