I saw that article and was disappointed too. Everyone knows it's not that. Miyashita was also young she was only 22 during Rio. Momii however broke her record as the youngest Japanese setter (20) to participate in the Olympics
Screw Number
the article mentioned none of miyashita's achievements. none. they focused on guilt-tripping her now that koga is the captain of the worst team in japanese volleyball. all the aces from tokyo are still in it we've come full circle. ridiculous.
no one posted it yet? but number wrote a misleading article about what miyashita "regrets" the most where she said that she regrets not being able to give koga better tosses that could've given her the chance to join rio which is bullshit since saori was doing everything right that koga did wrong. but she was young so okay.
miyashita was a control freak hence the constant bawling after every loss. saori is not. she adjusted to the most mediocre setters over the years.
yuko tanaka is so biased towards the men's side that she's no longer a credible writer when it comes to recalling the past. she just writes narratives that will make the current fans happy. fans who don't know about miyashita's talent back then. very sad.
I don't know why Kumagai took the college route possibly due to Ran Takahashi's influence who she worships or probably to have some sort of resume candy if things don't work out but I always thought she would go straight to a V1 team after hs. My impression is that she's acidicly serious like Mayu, easy to crack and is probably no fun when things don't go well. Might even be a control freak too. That's why I want to see her in any of the V1 teams. Control freak ocd-ish setters are honestly the best (or a fucking nightmare)
i dont know who you're talking about but you're right about control freaks. all the best setters are control freaks to a degree. they're supposed to give the spikers the best possible toss not the spikers dictating how they want the toss to be. less work for the spikers too.
Seitoku is disappointed it took them a full set to beat Toray
everyone should aspire to have this level of confidence
unfortunately for toray that also means no one takes them seriously anymore. i hope their coach sees it somehow haha
Display MoreJapan won first 2 sets against US in their practice match
Starters were:
Iwasaki 👀
Koga
Ishikawa
Hayashi
Watanabe
Araki
Kojima
I hope the starters actually mean something because this is decent
where can i watch it
why are the girls in the us when their first match is in turkey? shouldn't they have gone straight to turkey? some of the teams are already in turkey like poland
they are scheduled to have a practice match with usa but i only found usa vs netherlands
way too soon. do you have a hunch as to why she decided to retire this early? she would've been the last of the rio girls since she was the youngest of the bunch i did not expect her exit this soon
can someone confirm that miyashita is really retiring
Oh right well there you go she was with them but didn't play an active role so my guess is that it's the same for Kurogo who will only be there as support or they can sacrifice her as the 13th/14th player if they qualify
That's not gonna happen her ego is too big to be the sacrifice. She'll have to go on another mental health hiatus if they did that to her and then go racing back to another pre-Olympic cycle in 2027 for a spot in Yoshihara's team
This could just be a hype tactic that Manabe has been doing since 2022. He also took Miyashita and Nagaoka overseas then dropped them eventually. Miyashita didn't even make VNL she lasted only until their stop in Paris for a friendly match which she didn't participate in. These are all well known players with solid NT rep and a lot of fans waiting for them. Who is he gonna hype after Ishikawa and Koga when the rest don't have that kind of popularity? just saying. It could be a diversion. But again I'm only picking this up with his pattern of doing this hype marketing with popular players. That's what he's always been known for.
Miyashita's last stop was VNL Philippines but she never played just subbed once I think.
Same because she’s absent since the Red vs White and NECkagawa is still there
I don't know how to embed a story is that even possible but you can watch the videos of them here https://www.instagram.com/stories/japan.volleyball/
I saw a tweet that it's become a ritual of national teams to do before big games the OHTANI KABUTO HAT CEREMONY that large hat that mayu's wearing on the screenshot I posted. I doubt they would miss out on that.
Last year they did that hat ceremony too but the whole roster from the presscon were all there at the satsumasendai camp. They got cut a couple days before they left for VNL.
They're now at Satsumasendai
So these are the updated members
Minus
Valdes, Santiago, Wada, Nishimura, Neckagawa 
Inoue is covered by Mayu's hat?
I've honestly been curious about Miyabe and Matsui since I wasn't able to see any of their matches this season but now that attention has shifted to Kurogo and her ill prepared "comeback" no more mention of Inoue which was expected since they got V2'd but now even Hayashi is getting unfairly cast aside.
Wada was nowhere in the friendly match photos but I swear if she doesn't get picked for VNL and Kurogo creeps in I'm boycotting JVA as a whole I'm not wasting my time
Looks like you'll have to boycott because Wada is no longer part of the camp
I'm not confirming anything but it seems Wada was really not there. People are mistaking Yamanaka for her.
nooo wtf. she was just at the earthquake shelter charity thing they did yesterday how can she not be present today?
was anyone able to stream it? i wanted to see how valdes did
where to stream the red and white match this sunday? will pfu livestream it or do i need an easysports subscription? can someone post links pls
Is Wada any good with oos balls if she played purely as an opp? I think her and Hayashi should swap sides if Wada is better at oos. I don't know what their strategy for Kurogo is but it seems like she's bound to play as opp again even if she's not in her best shape.
Seki's tosses make for awful oos that's one of her weaknesses. I haven't seen enough of Wada to say if she's good at oos direct kill rhythm against more difficult opponents.
I think they might just use Kurogo as sub. I've seen her serve and it's fucking weak so at most they could use her when dealing with easier teams just so she can regain some of her confidence back. For anyone thinking she'll have some sort of awakening when the team hasn't even qualified is honestly delusional. Worse timing to be putting her back to grind.
Valdes
Press con is a GO
Their motto this time is ONE TEAM ONE DREAM
I don't think anyone will be using #1 on their jersey since Kurogo is 16
This is just a hunch but with Yoshihara freshly quitting JT she could have done that in order to prepare for selection once Manabe steps down
that might not be so bad. she's the only coach that has developed silent bombs like hayashi and wada
