Kurobe AquaFairies

Kurobe AquaFairies
Founded	1998
Ground	Kurobe City, Toyama ; Japan
Manager; Head Coach	Koichi Iida; Takaya Maruyama
Captain	Sayo Masuda
League	V.League Division 1 Women
2020-2021	12th place
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home	Away

Kurobe AquaFairies (KUROBEアクアフェアリーズ, KUROBE Akuafearīzu) is a women's volleyball team based in Kurobe, Toyama, Japan. It plays in V.League Division 1 Women.^[1] The club was founded in 1998. It is operated by Kurobe city Athletic Association.

History[]

It was founded in 1998.
It promoted to V.Challenge League in 2001.
It promoted to V.League Division 1 Women in 2018.

Honours[]

V.Challenge League
- Champion(1) - 2004

League results[]

League		Position	Teams	Matches	Win	Lose
V1.League	3rd (2000–01)	8th	8	14	0	14
	4th (2001–02)	7th	7	12	1	11
	5th (2002–03)	3rd	8	14	9	5
	6th (2003–04)	Champion	7	12	11	1
	7th (2004–05)	3rd	8	14	10	4
	8th (2005–06)	4th	8	14	8	6
V・challenge	2006-07	6th	8	14	5	9
	2007-08	8th	8	14	1	13
	2008-09	7th	10	18	8	10
	2009-10	5th	12	16	8	8
	2010-11	5th	12	18	11	7
	2011-12	3rd	12	22	16	6
	2012-13	5th	10	18	9	9
	2013-14	4th	10	18	10	8
	2014-15	4th	10	18	12	6
V・challenge 1	2015-16	5th	8	21	10	11
	2016-17	5th	8	20	8	12
	2017-18	3rd	7	18	12	6
V.League Division 1 (V1)	2018–19	10th	11	20	2	18
	2019-20	10th	12	21	1	20
	2020-21	12th	12	20	4	16

Current squad[]

2021-2022 Squad as of 03 September - 2021 ^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Head coach:

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth	Height (m)	Weight (kg)	Spike (cm)
1	Sayo Masuda (C)	Outside Hitter	(1997-10-07) 7 October 1997 (age 23)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	293
2		Setter	(1995-05-27) 27 May 1995 (age 26)	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	277
3		Outside Hitter	(1996-11-18) 18 November 1996 (age 24)	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	296
5		Setter	(1998-12-11) 11 December 1998 (age 22)	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	59 kg (130 lb)	268
6		Opposite	(1998-06-24) 24 June 1998 (age 23)	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	288
7		Middle Blocker	(1998-11-11) 11 November 1998 (age 22)	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	293
8		Middle Blocker	(1997-12-23) 23 December 1997 (age 23)	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	58 kg (128 lb)	287
9		Libero	(1998-03-21) 21 March 1998 (age 23)	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	55 kg (121 lb)	275
10		Middle Blocker	(2000-05-25) 25 May 2000 (age 21)	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	285
12		Opposite	(1996-06-10) 10 June 1996 (age 25)	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	275
13		Outside Hitter	(2000-08-23) 23 August 2000 (age 21)	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	275
15		Middle Blocker	(1997-07-12) 12 July 1997 (age 24)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	290
14		Middle Blocker	(1997-08-18) 18 August 1997 (age 24)	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	298
16		Setter	(1996-08-13) 13 August 1996 (age 25)	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	52 kg (115 lb)	275
18		Setter	(1993-11-18) 18 November 1993 (age 27)	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	292
		Opposite	(1994-11-07) 7 November 1994 (age 26)	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)		340
	Pimpichaya Kokram	Opposite	(1998-06-16) 16 June 1998 (age 23)	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	293
		Outside Hitter	(1995-06-16) 16 June 1995 (age 26)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	296

Former players[]

Domestic players

Japan

(2002–2006)
(2008–09)
(2011–2012)
(2009–2012)
Yuki Tanaka (2008–2013)
(2007–2013)
(2014-2019) Transferred to PFU BlueCats
(2014-2019)
(2014-2019)
(2017–2020) Transferred to PFU BlueCats
(2018–2020) Transferred to (ja)
(2014–2021)
(2017–2021)

Foreign players

Belgium

Freya Aelbrecht (2018-2019)

Philippines

Aleona Denise Manabat (2019–2020)

United States

2017–2018)
(2019–2021)

References[]

^ JVL. "Team Profile". Retrieved 2018-11-01.
^ "Athletes / Staff Introduction". KUROBE Aquafairies. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
^ "KUROBE Aqua Fairies". V-League Official Site. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
^ "Introduction of prospective players". KUROBE Aqua Fairies Official Site. KUROBE Aqua Fairies. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
^ "Notice of prospective players joined". KUROBE Aqua Fairies Official Site. KUROBE Aqua Fairies. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
^ "For joining of prospective players". KUROBE Aqua Fairies Official Site. KUROBE Aqua Fairies. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
^ "Kurobe Aqua Fairies Kurobe アクアフェアリーズ". Japan Women's Indoor Volleyball. sitenoise.com.
^ "Information about 2021 unofficial players". KUROBE AquaFairies Official site. KUROBE AquaFairies. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
^ "About the new AquaFairies system" (PDF). KUROBE AquaFairies Official site. KUROBE AquaFairies. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
^ "Announcement of new KUROBE players". Volleyball Magazine. Studio108. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

External links[]

AquaFairies Official website

[1] JVL. "Team Profile". Retrieved 2018-11-01.

[2] "Athletes / Staff Introduction". KUROBE Aquafairies. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[3] "KUROBE Aqua Fairies". V-League Official Site. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[4] "Introduction of prospective players". KUROBE Aqua Fairies Official Site. KUROBE Aqua Fairies. Retrieved 1 February 2019.

[5] "Notice of prospective players joined". KUROBE Aqua Fairies Official Site. KUROBE Aqua Fairies. Retrieved 1 February 2019.

[6] "For joining of prospective players". KUROBE Aqua Fairies Official Site. KUROBE Aqua Fairies. Retrieved 1 February 2019.

[7] "Kurobe Aqua Fairies Kurobe アクアフェアリーズ". Japan Women's Indoor Volleyball. sitenoise.com.

[8] "Information about 2021 unofficial players". KUROBE AquaFairies Official site. KUROBE AquaFairies. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[9] "About the new AquaFairies system" (PDF). KUROBE AquaFairies Official site. KUROBE AquaFairies. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[10] "Announcement of new KUROBE players". Volleyball Magazine. Studio108. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

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