Ageo Medics

Saitama Ageo Medics

Ground	Ageo, Saitama, Japan
Manager Head Coach	Masahiro Hirukawa
Captain	Akane Yamagishi
League	V.League 1
2020-2021	5th place
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home Away

Saitama Ageo Medics (埼玉上尾メディックス Saitama Ageo Medikkusu) is a women's volleyball team based in Ageo city, Saitama, Japan. It plays in V.League 1. The club was founded in 2001. The owner of the team is Ageo Medical Group.

History[]

• Founded in 2001.
• Promoted to V.Challenge League in 2003.
• Won 2010-11 V.Challenge League for the first time.
• On 6 April 2014 Medics beat JT Marvelous in the V.Challenge match,^[1] winning promotion to V.Premier league for the coming season.

League results[]

League		Position	Teams	Matches	Win	Lose
V1.League	6th (2003–04)	6th	7	12	2	10
	7th (2004–05)	5th	8	14	8	6
	8th (2005–06)	8th	8	14	2	12
V・challenge	2006-07	Third place	8	14	9	5
	2007-08	Third place	8	14	10	4
	2008-09	Third place	10	18	14	4
	2009-10	Runner-up	12	16	12	4
	2010-11	Champion	12	20	19	1
	2011-12	Runner-up	12	22	20	2
	2012-13	Champion	10	18	17	1
	2013-14	Runner-up	10	18	17	1
V.Premier	2014-15	Third place	8	21	12	9
	2015-16	8th	8	21	6	15
V・challenge	2016-17	Runner-up	8	21	20	1
V・Premier	2017-18	7th	8	21	7	14
V.League Division 1 (V1)	2018–19	7th	11	20	11	9
	2019-20	Third place	12	21	13	8
	2020-21	5th	12	20	12	8
V・Cup	2020-21	Champion	12	7	7	0

Current squad[]

2021–2022 Squad as of 9 September 2021 ^[2][3][4]

• Head coach:

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth	Height (m)	Weight (kg)	Spike (cm)	Block (cm)
2	Koyomi Iwasaki [5]	Setter	(1989-05-01) 1 May 1989 (age 32)	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	303	285
3	Alyja Daphne Santiago	Middle Blocker	(1996-02-26) 26 February 1996 (age 25)	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[6]	72 kg (159 lb)	319	302
4	Hibiki Suzuki	Middle Blocker	(1997-12-13) 13 December 1997 (age 23)	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	286
5	Nonoka Yamazaki	Setter	(1998-09-09) 9 September 1998 (age 23)	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	292
6	Shuri Yamaguchi	Opposite	(1998-09-02) 2 September 1998 (age 23)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	295	280
7	Akane Yamagishi	Libero	(1991-01-08) 8 January 1991 (age 30)	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)	55 kg (121 lb)
8	Yuri Yoshino	Outside Hitter	(1999-12-16) 16 December 1999 (age 21)	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	292
9	Mami Uchiseto	Outside Hitter	(1991-10-25) 25 October 1991 (age 29)	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	296	285
10	Yuka Sato	Outside Hitter	(1994-01-24) 24 January 1994 (age 27)	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	286
11	Kyōko Aoyagi	Middle Blocker	(1991-12-16) 16 December 1991 (age 29)	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	303
12	Miiku Iwasawa	Libero	(1999-10-13) 13 October 1999 (age 21)	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)	55 kg (121 lb)
14	Mako Shiina	Outside Hitter	(1999-08-06) 6 August 1999 (age 22)	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	297
16	Miko Sasaki	Outside Hitter	(1995-05-25) 25 May 1995 (age 26)	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	297
17	Saki Kamata	Setter	(1999-01-06) 6 January 1999 (age 22)	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	58 kg (128 lb)	281
18	Hirona Gonda	Middle Blocker	(2001-01-11) 11 January 2001 (age 20)	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	285
19	Momoko Niida	Outside Hitter	(2000-08-01) 1 August 2000 (age 21)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	59 kg (130 lb)	295
21	Akiho Kurisu	Middle Blocker	(1998-08-08) 8 August 1998 (age 23)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	296
22	Aki Meguro	Outside Hitter	(1998-05-25) 25 May 1998 (age 23)	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	58 kg (128 lb)	286

Former players[]