Japan women's national volleyball team

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Japan
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Nickname(s)Nippon (火の鳥NIPPON)[1]
AssociationJapan Volleyball Association[2]
Head coachMasayoshi Manabe
FIVB ranking5 (as of 12 June 2021)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Summer Olympics
Appearances13 (First in 1964)
Best resultGold (1964, 1976)
World Championship
Appearances16 (First in 1960)
Best resultGold (1962, 1967, 1974)
www.jva.or.jp/en/senior_women/ (in English)
Honours
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Team
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal Team
Silver medal – second place 1968 Mexico City Team
Silver medal – second place 1972 Munich Team
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Los Angeles Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1962 Soviet Union
Gold medal – first place 1967 Japan
Gold medal – first place 1974 Mexico
Silver medal – second place 1960 Brazil
Silver medal – second place 1970 Bulgaria
Silver medal – second place 1978 Soviet Union
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Japan
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1977 Japan
Silver medal – second place 1973 Japan
Silver medal – second place 1981 Japan
World Grand Champions Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Japan
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Japan
World Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2014 Japan
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1962 Jakarta Team
Gold medal – first place 1966 Bangkok Team
Gold medal – first place 1970 Bangkok Team
Gold medal – first place 1974 Tehran Team
Gold medal – first place 1978 Bangkok Team
Silver medal – second place 1982 New Delhi Team
Silver medal – second place 1986 Seoul Team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha Team
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Beijing Team
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Hiroshima Team
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Bangkok Team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Busan Team
Asian Championship
Gold medal – first place 1975 Melbourne
Gold medal – first place 1983 Fukuoka
Gold medal – first place 2007 Suphanburi
Gold medal – first place 2017 Manila
Gold medal – first place 2019 Seoul
Silver medal – second place 1979 Hong Kong
Silver medal – second place 1987 Shanghai
Silver medal – second place 1991 Bangkok
Silver medal – second place 1993 Shanghai
Silver medal – second place 2003 Ho Chi Minh City
Silver medal – second place 2011 Taipei
Silver medal – second place 2013 Nakhon Ratchasima
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Hong Kong
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Chiang Mai
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Manila
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Hong Kong
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Taicang
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Hanoi

The Japan women's national volleyball team (Hinotori Nippon, 火の鳥NIPPON), or All-Japan women's volleyball team, is currently ranked 10th[4] in the world by FIVB. The new head coach is Masayoshi Manabe.

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.

Masae Kasai standing in the center of podium as the captain of Oriental Witches [ja],[5] 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball

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.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9] 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.

2020 Tokyo Olympics[]

Japan was the host nation for the 2020 Summer Olympics. The other teams in their group in Tokyo were Kenya, Serbia, Brazil, Korea and the Dominican Republic.[10] Japan's opening match was be on 25 July 2021 in Tokyo against Kenya.[11] They beat Kenya in their first match in straight sets [12] and lost against Serbia, Brazil, Korea and the Dominican Republic which caused them to miss the qualification for the quarterfinals.[13]

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.png Gold Medal
  • Mexico 1968 – Med 2.png Silver Medal
  • Germany 1972 – Med 2.png Silver Medal
  • Canada 1976 – Med 1.png Gold Medal
  • United States 1984 – Med 3.png Bronze 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.png Bronze Medal
  • Brazil 2016 – 5th place (tied)
  • Japan 2020 – 10th place

World Championship[]

  • Brazil 1960 – Med 2.png Silver Medal
  • Soviet Union 1962 – Med 1.png Gold Medal
  • Japan 1967 – Med 1.png Gold Medal
  • Bulgaria 1970 – Med 2.png Silver Medal
  • Mexico 1974 – Med 1.png Gold Medal
  • Soviet Union 1978 – Med 2.png Silver 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.png Bronze Medal
  • Italy 2014 – 7th place
  • Japan 2018 – 6th place

World Cup[]

World Grand Champions Cup[]

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.png Silver Medal
  • United States 2015 – 6th place
  • Thailand 2016 – 9th place
  • China 2017 – 7th place

FIVB Nations League[]

Montreux Volley Masters[]

  • – Med 3.png Bronze Medal
  • – Med 3.png Bronze Medal
  • – 4th place
  • 2009 – 7th place
  • 2010 – 7th place
  • 2011 – Med 1.png Gold Medal
  • 2013 – 5th place
  • 2014 – 6th place
  • 2015 – Med 2.png Silver Medal
  • 2019 – Med 2.png Silver Medal

Continental[]

Asian Games[]

  • Indonesia 1962 – Med 1.png Gold Medal
  • Thailand 1966 – Med 1.png Gold Medal
  • Thailand 1970 – Med 1.png Gold Medal
  • Iran 1974 – Med 1.png Gold Medal
  • Thailand 1978 – Med 1.png Gold Medal
  • India 1982 – Med 2.png Silver Medal
  • South Korea 1986 – Med 2.png Silver Medal
  • China 1990 – Med 3.png Bronze Medal
  • Japan 1994 – Med 3.png Bronze Medal
  • Thailand 1998 – Med 3.png Bronze Medal
  • South Korea 2002 – Med 3.png Bronze Medal
  • Qatar 2006 – Med 2.png Silver Medal
  • China 2010 – 6th place
  • South Korea 2014 – 4th place
  • Indonesia 2018 – 4th place

Asian Championship[]

  • Australia 1975 – Med 1.png Gold Medal
  • Hong Kong 1979 – Med 2.png Silver Medal
  • Japan 1983 – Med 1.png Gold Medal
  • China 1987 – Med 2.png Silver Medal
  • Hong Kong 1989 – Med 3.png Bronze Medal
  • Thailand 1991 – Med 2.png Silver Medal
  • China 1993 – Med 2.png Silver Medal
  • Thailand 1995 – Med 3.png Bronze Medal
  • Philippines 1997 – Med 3.png Bronze Medal
  • Hong Kong 1999 – Med 3.png Bronze Medal
  • Thailand 2001 – 4th place
  • Vietnam 2003 – Med 2.png Silver Medal
  • China 2005 – Med 3.png Bronze Medal
  • Thailand 2007 – Med 1.png Gold Medal
  • Vietnam 2009 – Med 3.png Bronze Medal
  • Chinese Taipei 2011 – Med 2.png Silver Medal
  • Thailand 2013 – Med 2.png Silver Medal
  • China 2015 – 6th place
  • Philippines 2017 – Med 1.png Gold Medal
  • South Korea 2019 – Med 1.png Gold Medal
  • Philippines 2021 – Withdrew

Asian Cup Volleyball Championship[]

Team[]

Current squad[]

The following is the Japanese roster at the 2020 Summer Olympics[14]

Head coach: Japan Kumi Nakada

No. Name Position Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2020-21 club
1 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
2 Sarina Koga WS/OH 21 May 1996 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 68 kg (150 lb) 307 cm (121 in) 290 cm (110 in) Japan NEC Red Rockets
3 Haruyo Shimamura MB 4 March 1992 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 313 cm (123 in) 300 cm (120 in) Japan NEC Red Rockets
5 Erika Araki (c) 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 Mayu Ishikawa WS/OH 14 May 2000 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 66 kg (146 lb) 300 cm (120 in) 285 cm (112 in) Japan Toray Arrows
9 Kanami Tashiro S 25 March 1991 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 68 kg (150 lb) 280 cm (110 in) 273 cm (107 in) Japan Denso Airybees
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) Japan Denso Airybees
14 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
19 Nichika Yamada MB 24 February 2000 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 310 cm (120 in) 288 cm (113 in) Japan NEC Red Rockets
21 Kotona Hayashi OH 13 November 1999 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 62 kg (137 lb) 292 cm (115 in) 280 cm (110 in) Japan JT Marvelous
24 Aki Momii S 7 October 2000 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 65 kg (143 lb) 285 cm (112 in) N/A Japan JT Marvelous

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 07.01.70 181 cm (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) Daiei
10 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 27.10.73 179 cm (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) Hitachi
18 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: .
  • 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: .
  • 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: .
  • 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, , Kaoru Sugayama, Sachiko Sugiyama, Yoshie Takeshita, Miyuki Takahashi, and . 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 Satō, 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 Satō, Mai Yamaguchi, Yuki Ishii, Saori Sakoda, Haruka Miyashita, Kanami Tashiro, Erika Araki, Yurie Nabeya, Haruyo Shimamura and Kotoki Zayasu, Head Coach: Masayoshi Manabe.
  • 2018 World Championship — 6th Place
    Nana Iwasaka (C), Koyomi Tominaga, Kanami Tashiro, Erika Araki, Mai Okumura, Haruyo Shimamura, Risa Shinnabe, Yuki Ishii, Sarina Koga, Ai Kurogo, Mami Uchiseto, Miyu Nagaoka, Kotoe Inoue, Mako Kobata, Head Coach: Kumi Nakada.

Coaches history[]

  • Japan Tadayoshi Yokota
  • Japan
  • Japan
  • Japan
  • Japan Shoichi Yanagimoto (2003–2008)
  • Japan Masayoshi Manabe (2008–2016)
  • Japan Kumi Nakada (2016–2021)[15][16]

Gallery[]

1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball

  • Sata Isobe spiking ball against Soviet Union National Team, 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball

  • Emiko Miyamoto at the 1964 Olympics

  • Yuriko Handa at the 1964 Olympics

  • Masae Kasai standing in the center of podium as the team leader, 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball

See also[]

References[]

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