Japan women's national volleyball team

















































Japan
Flag of Japan.svg
Nickname(s) Nippon (火の鳥NIPPON)[1]
Association
Japan Volleyball Association[2]
Head coach Kumi Nakada
FIVB ranking 6 (as of August 2017)
Uniforms














Home











Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances 12 (First in 1964)
Best result
Gold (1964, 1976)
World Championship
Appearances 15 (First in 1960)
Best result
Gold (1962, 1967, 1974)

http://www.jva.or.jp/ (:ja)

The Japan women's national volleyball team (Hinotori Nippon, 火の鳥NIPPON), or All-Japan women's volleyball team, is currently ranked 6th[4] in the world by FIVB. The current head coach is Kumi Nakada.


One of their greatest successes was at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, when they defeated the heavily favored Soviet Union on the way to the gold medal. Japan was qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by winning the Women's Olympic Qualifier that was held from 8 May to 16 May in Tokyo, Japan. In Athens, Greece the team took fifth place in the overall-rankings.


Finally after almost three decades of medal drought in the Olympics, Japan took home the Bronze medal by defeating South Korea in the 2012 Summer Olympics.[5]




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 2012 London Olympics


    • 1.2 Winner of 6 major world titles




  • 2 Results


    • 2.1 International


      • 2.1.1 Olympic Games


      • 2.1.2 World Championship


      • 2.1.3 World Cup


      • 2.1.4 World Grand Champions Cup


      • 2.1.5 FIVB World Grand Prix


      • 2.1.6 FIVB Nations League


      • 2.1.7 Montreux Volley Masters




    • 2.2 Continental


      • 2.2.1 Asian Games


      • 2.2.2 Asian Championship




    • 2.3 Asian Cup Volleyball Championship




  • 3 Team


    • 3.1 Current squad


    • 3.2 Former squads




  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





History



2012 London Olympics


Japan qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics as the best Asian team in the 2012 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament.
In the 2012 Olympics, Japan had been placed on Group A with Russian Federation, Italy, Dominican Republic, the host Great Britain and Algeria. Japan finished third in the Group. In the quarter-finals, Japan faced their old Asian rival China. Saori Kimura and Yukiko Ebata each scored 33 points in this thrilling game in which China were beaten by 3–2.[6] It was their first win over China in 11 years as far as FIVB games are concerned. On 9 August 2012, the Japanese were outplayed by the defending champions Brazil in the semi-finals.[7]
On 11 August 2012, Japan beat South Korea 3–0 in the bronze medal match. It is the first Olympics' volleyball medal for the Japanese since the 1984 Summer Olympics.[8] On August 13, 2012, Japan Women's Team was ranked 3rd in the world behind United States women's national volleyball team and Brazil women's national volleyball team.



Winner of 6 major world titles




















































Year
 Games
 Host
 Runner-up
 2nd Runner-up

1962 #		 4th World Championship USSR
Soviet Union USSR
Poland Poland

1964 #		 Tokyo Olympic Games Japan
Soviet Union USSR
Poland Poland

1967 #		 5th World Championship Japan
United States USA
South Korea South Korea

1974 &		 7th World Championship Mexico
Soviet Union USSR
South Korea South Korea

1976 &		 Montreal Olympic Games Canada
Soviet Union USSR
South Korea South Korea

1977 &		 2nd World Cup Japan
Cuba Cuba
South Korea South Korea

#, & – Twice 3 Straight Major titles in 1960s and 1970s


(World Women's Volleyball Championship, World Cup, Olympic Games)



Results



International



Olympic Games




  • Japan 1964 – Med 1.pngGold Medal


  • Mexico 1968 – Med 2.pngSilver Medal


  • Germany 1972 – Med 2.pngSilver Medal


  • Canada 1976 – Med 1.pngGold Medal


  • United States 1984 – Med 3.pngBronze Medal


  • South Korea 1988 – 4th place


  • Spain 1992 – 5th place


  • United States 1996 – 9th place


  • Greece 2004 – 5th place (tied)


  • China 2008 – 5th place (tied)


  • United Kingdom 2012 – Med 3.pngBronze Medal


  • Brazil 2016 – 5th place (tied)


  • Japan 2020 – TBA



World Championship




  • Brazil 1960 – Med 2.pngSilver Medal


  • Soviet Union 1962 – Med 1.pngGold Medal


  • Japan 1967 – Med 1.pngGold Medal


  • Bulgaria 1970 – Med 2.pngSilver Medal


  • Mexico 1974 – Med 1.pngGold Medal


  • Soviet Union 1978 – Med 2.pngSilver Medal


  • Peru 1982 – 4th place


  • Czech Republic 1986 – 7th place


  • China 1990 – 8th place


  • Brazil 1994 – 7th place


  • Japan 1998 – 8th place


  • Germany 2002 – 13th place


  • Japan 2006 – 6th place


  • Japan 2010 – Med 3.pngBronze Medal


  • Italy 2014 – 7th place


  • Japan 2018 – 6th place



World Cup




  • Uruguay 1973 – Med 2.pngSilver Medal


  • Japan 1977 – Med 1.pngGold Medal


  • Japan 1981 – Med 2.pngSilver Medal


  • Japan 1985 – 4th place


  • Japan 1989 – 4th place


  • Japan 1991 – 7th place


  • Japan 1995 – 6th place


  • Japan 1999 – 6th place


  • Japan 2003 – 5th place


  • Japan 2007 – 7th place


  • Japan 2011 – 4th place


  • Japan 2015 – 5th place


  • Japan 2019 – TBA



World Grand Champions Cup




  • Japan 1993 – 4th place


  • Japan 1997 – 5th place


  • Japan 2001 – Med 3.pngBronze Medal


  • Japan 2005 – 5th place


  • Japan 2009 – 4th place


  • Japan 2013 – Med 3.pngBronze Medal


  • Japan 2017 – 5th place


  • Japan 2021 – TBA



FIVB World Grand Prix




  • Hong Kong 1993 – 6th place


  • China 1994 – 4th place


  • China 1995 – 7th place


  • China 1996 – 8th place


  • Japan 1997 – 4th place


  • Hong Kong 1998 – 7th place


  • China 1999 – 7th place


  • Philippines 2000 – 8th place


  • Macau 2001 – 6th place


  • Hong Kong 2002 – 5th place


  • Italy 2003 – 9th place


  • Italy 2004 – 9th place


  • Japan 2005 – 5th place


  • Italy 2006 – 6th place


  • China 2007 – 9th place


  • Japan 2008 – 6th place


  • Japan 2009 – 6th place


  • China 2010 – 5th place


  • Macau 2011 – 5th place


  • China 2012 – 9th place


  • Japan 2013 – 4th place


  • Japan 2014 – Med 2.pngSilver Medal


  • United States 2015 – 6th place


  • Thailand 2016 – 9th place


  • China 2017 – 7th place



FIVB Nations League



  • China 2018 – 10th place


Montreux Volley Masters




  • 2009 – 7th place


  • 2010 – 7th place


  • 2011 – Med 1.pngGold Medal


  • 2013 – 5th place


  • 2014 – 6th place


  • 2015 – Med 2.pngSilver Medal



Continental



Asian Games




  • Indonesia 1962 – Med 1.pngGold Medal


  • Thailand 1966 – Med 1.pngGold Medal


  • Thailand 1970 – Med 1.pngGold Medal


  • Iran 1974 – Med 1.pngGold Medal


  • Thailand 1978 – Med 1.pngGold Medal


  • India 1982 – Med 2.pngSilver Medal


  • South Korea 1986 – Med 2.pngSilver Medal


  • China 1990 – Med 3.pngBronze Medal


  • Japan 1994 – Med 3.pngBronze Medal


  • Thailand 1998 – Med 3.pngBronze Medal


  • South Korea 2002 – Med 3.pngBronze Medal


  • Qatar 2006 – Med 2.pngSilver Medal


  • China 2010 – 6th place


  • South Korea 2014 – 4th place


  • Indonesia 2018 – 4th place



Asian Championship




  • Australia 1975 – Med 1.pngGold Medal


  • Hong Kong 1979 – Med 2.pngSilver Medal


  • Japan 1983 – Med 1.pngGold Medal


  • China 1987 – Med 2.pngSilver Medal


  • Hong Kong 1989 – Med 3.pngBronze Medal


  • Thailand 1991 – Med 2.pngSilver Medal


  • China 1993 – Med 2.pngSilver Medal


  • Thailand 1995 – Med 3.pngBronze Medal


  • Philippines 1997 – Med 3.pngBronze Medal


  • Hong Kong 1999 – Med 3.pngBronze Medal


  • Thailand 2001 – 4th place


  • Vietnam 2003 – Med 2.pngSilver Medal


  • China 2005 – Med 3.pngBronze Medal


  • Thailand 2007 – Med 1.pngGold Medal


  • Vietnam 2009 – Med 3.pngBronze Medal


  • Chinese Taipei 2011 – Med 2.pngSilver Medal


  • Thailand 2013 – Med 2.pngSilver Medal


  • China 2015 – 6th place


  • Philippines 2017 - Med 1.pngGold Medal


  • Thailand 2019 – TBA



Asian Cup Volleyball Championship




  • Thailand 2008 — 4th place


  • China 2010 — 4th place


  • Kazakhstan 2012 — 5th place


  • China 2014 — 4th place


  • Vietnam 2016 — 4th place


  • Thailand 2018 — Med 2.pngSilver Medal



Team



Current squad


The following is the Japanese roster in the 2018 Volleyball Women's World Championship.[9]


Head coach: Kumi Nakada








































































































































































No.
 Name
 Position
 Date of birth
 Height
 Weight
 Spike
 Block
 2018–19 club
1 Miyu Nagaoka OP 25 July 1991 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 64 kg (141 lb) 308 cm (121 in) 303 cm (119 in)
Italy Imoco Volley Conegliano
2 Sarina Koga
WS/OH
 21 May 1996 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 67 kg (148 lb) 302 cm (119 in) 290 cm (110 in)
Japan NEC Red Rockets
3
Nana Iwasaka (c)		 MB 3 July 1990 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 300 cm (120 in) 293 cm (115 in)
Japan Hisamitsu Springs
4 Risa Shinnabe OP 11 July 1990 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 64 kg (141 lb) 292 cm (115 in) 285 cm (112 in)
Japan Hisamitsu Springs
5 Erika Araki MB 3 August 1984 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 81 kg (179 lb) 305 cm (120 in) 297 cm (117 in)
Japan Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
7 Yuki Ishii
WS/OH
 8 May 1991 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 68 kg (150 lb) 302 cm (119 in) 287 cm (113 in)
Japan Hisamitsu Springs
8 Mami Uchiseto
WS/OH
 25 October 1991 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 293 cm (115 in) 285 cm (112 in)
Japan Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
9 Haruyo Shimamura MB 4 March 1992 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 298 cm (117 in) 280 cm (110 in)
Japan NEC Red Rockets
10 Koyomi Tominaga S 1 May 1989 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 68 kg (150 lb) 297 cm (117 in) 280 cm (110 in)
Japan Ageo Medics
13 Mai Okumura MB 31 October 1990 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 69 kg (152 lb) 297 cm (117 in) 285 cm (112 in)
Thailand Nakhon Ratchasima
15 Kotoe Inoue L 15 February 1990 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) 55 kg (121 lb) 288 cm (113 in) 275 cm (108 in)
Romania CSM București
16 Mako Kobata L 15 August 1992 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) 56 kg (123 lb) 281 cm (111 in) 274 cm (108 in)
Japan JT Marvelous
21 Ai Kurogo
WS/OH
 14 June 1998 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 69 kg (152 lb) 306 cm (120 in) 295 cm (116 in)
Japan Toray Arrows
22 Kanami Tashiro S 25 March 1991 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 66 kg (146 lb) 283 cm (111 in) 273 cm (107 in)
Romania CSM București


Former squads


  • 1994 squad:

Head coach: Tadayoshi Yokota

































































































































No.
 Name
 Date of birth
 Height
 1994 club
1 Motoko Obayashi 15.06.67 182 cm (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Hitachi
2 Aki Nagatomi 17.07.69 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Hitachi
3 Chie Natori 09.08.69 176 cm (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Daiei
4 Mika Yamauchi 07.10.69 182 cm (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Daiei
6 Tomoko Yoshihara 04.02.70 179 cm (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Hitachi
7 Kiyoko Fukuda 04.08.70 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Hitachi
8 Miho Murata 03.09.70 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Hitachi
9 Asako Tajimi 26.02.72 179 cm (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Hitachi
12 Yumi Natta 12.07.69 161 cm (5 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
Daiei
13 Naomi Eto 12.07.72 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Hitachi
16 Maki Fujiyoshi 24.05.74 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Hitachi
17 Miyuki Shimasaki 13.10.74 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Hitachi
5 Karuyo Matsukawa 07.01.70 181 cm (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Daiei
10 Kumiko Sakamoto 13.12.72 177 cm (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Daiei
14 Minako Onuki 15.10.72 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
NEC
15 Miho Ota 27.10.73 179 cm (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Hitachi
18 Eiko Yasui 08.05.71 164 cm (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Kanagawa



  • 1996 Olympic Games — 9th place (tied)

    Kaiyo Hoshini, Aki Nagatomi, Kazumi Nakamura, Chieko Nakanishi, Motoko Obayashi, Ikumi Ogake, Mika Saiki, Kiyomi Sakamoto, Asako Tajimi, Chiho Torii, Mika Yamauchi, and Tomoko Yoshihara. Head Coach: Kuniaki Yoshida.



  • 1999 FIVB World Cup — 6th place

    Naomi Eto, Megumi Itabashi, Chikako Kumamae, Hitomi Mitsunaga, Junko Moriyama, Ikumi Ogake, Minako Onuki, Yuka Sakurai, Miki Sasaki, Hiromi Suzuki, Asako Tajimi, and Hiroko Tsukumo. Head Coach: Nobushika Kuzuwa.



  • 2002 World Championship — 14th place

    Makiko Horai, Sachiko Kodama, Chikako Kumamae, Hisako Mukai, Kanako Naito, Minako Onuki, Ai Otomo, Kana Oyama, Yuko Sano, Sachiko Sugiyama, Miyuki Takahashi, and Shinako Tanaka. Head Coach: Masahiro Yoshikawa.



  • 2003 FIVB World Cup — 5th place

    Tomoko Yoshihara, Chie Tsuji, Miki Sasaki, Kanako Omura, Yoshie Takeshita, Miyuki Takahashi, Makiko Horai, Yuko Sano, Sachiko Sugiyama, Saori Kimura, Kana Oyama, and Megumi Kurihara. Head Coach: Shoichi Yanagimoto.



  • 2004 Olympic Qualification Tournament — 1st place (qualified)

    Tomoko Yoshihara, Chie Tsuji, Ikumi Narita, Miki Sasaki, Kanako Omura, Yoshie Takeshita, Miyuki Takahashi, Sachiko Sugiyama, Ai Otomo, Kana Oyama, Megumi Kurihara, and Saori Kimura. Head Coach: Shoichi Yanagimoto.



  • 2004 Olympic Games — 5th place (tied)

    Tomoko Yoshihara, Chie Tsuji, Ikumi Narita, Miki Sasaki, Kanako Omura, Yoshie Takeshita, Miyuki Takahashi, Sachiko Sugiyama, Ai Otomo, Kana Oyama, Megumi Kurihara, and Saori Kimura. Head Coach: Shoichi Yanagimoto.



  • 2005 FIVB World Grand Prix — 5th place

    Erika Araki, Makiko Horai, Megumi Itabashi, Ayako Onuma, Ai Otomo, Yuka Sakurai, Miki Shimada, Kaoru Sugayama, Sachiko Sugiyama, Yoshie Takeshita, Miyuki Takahashi, and Chie Yoshizawa. Head Coach: Shoichi Yanagimoto.



  • 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament — 3rd place (qualified)

    Erika Araki, Miyuki Kano, Yuki Kawai, Saori Kimura, Megumi Kurihara, Kanako Omura, Yuka Sakurai, Yuko Sano, Miyuki Takahashi, Sachiko Sugiyama, Yoshie Takeshita, and Asako Tajimi. Head Coach: Shoichi Yanagimoto.



  • 2008 Olympic Games — 5th place (tied)

    Erika Araki, Miyuki Kano, Yuki Kawai, Saori Kimura, Megumi Kurihara, Kanako Omura, Yuka Sakurai, Yuko Sano, Miyuki Takahashi, Sachiko Sugiyama, Yoshie Takeshita, and Asako Tajimi. Head Coach: Shoichi Yanagimoto.



  • 2010 World Championship — 3rd place

    Megumi Kurihara, Hitomi Nakamichi, Yoshie Takeshita, Kaori Inoue, Ai Yamamoto, Yuko Sano, Mai Yamaguchi, Mizuho Ishida, Erika Araki, Saori Kimura, Yukiko Ebata, Saori Sakoda, Akiko Ino, and Kanari Hamaguchi, Head Coach: Masayoshi Manabe.



  • 2012 Olympic Games — Bronze Medal

    Erika Araki(C), Saori Kimura, Yoshie Takeshita, Yukiko Ebata, Kaori Inoue, Ai Otomo, Yuko Sano, Mai Yamaguchi, Risa Shinnabe, Saori Sakoda, Maiko Kano, and Hitomi Nakamichi, Head Coach: Masayoshi Manabe.



  • 2014 World Championship

    Saori Kimura(C), Miyu Nagaoka, Hitomi Nakamichi, Arisa Takada, Arisa Sato, Mai Yamaguchi, Mizuho Ishida, Yuki Ishii, Risa Shinnabe, Yukiko Ebata, Saori Sakoda, Kana Ōno, Sayaka Tsutsui, and Haruka Miyashita, Head Coach: Masayoshi Manabe.



  • 2016 Olympic Games — 5th place

    Saori Kimura(C), Miyu Nagaoka, Arisa Sato, Mai Yamaguchi, Yuki Ishii, Saori Sakoda, Haruka Miyashita, Kanami Tashiro, Erika Araki, Yurie Nabeya, Haruyo Shimamura and Kotoki Zayasu.




See also



  • Japan women's national under-23 volleyball team

  • Japan women's national under-20 volleyball team

  • Japan women's national under-18 volleyball team

  • Attack No. 1



References





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  6. ^ "Brazil, Japan reach semifinals". ESPN.com. August 8, 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2015.


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  8. ^ "Japan beats South Korea for historic volleyball bronze". The Japan Times. August 12, 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2015.


  9. ^ "Japan Team Roster". FIVB. Retrieved 29 September 2018.




External links



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