NEC Red Rockets

NEC Red Rockets
Founded	1978
Ground	Tokyo and; Kawasaki, Kanagawa Japan
Manager; Head Coach	Takumi Iwasaki; Takayuki Kaneko
Captain
League	V.League 1 Women
2020-21	3rd place
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home	Away

NEC Red Rockets (NECレッドロケッツ, NEC Reddo Rokettsu) is a women's volleyball team based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. It plays in V.League 1. The owner of the team is NEC.

The club was founded in April 1978 as NEC’s corporate team, participating the same year in the 10th V.Challenge League tournament. The club advanced to membership in the Japan Volleyball League in 1979, securing 3rd place in the league rankings by the end of the season. The club has subsequently been league champions six times, and marked its 200th victory in 2008.

Honours[]

Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League

Champions (6): 1987-1988, 1996-1997, 1999-2000, 2002-2003, 2004-2005, 2014–2015, 2016–17
Runners-up (4): 1986-1987, 1995-1996, 1997-1998, 2001-2002

Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship

Champions (2): 1997, 2001
Runners-up (7): 1985, 1987, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2011, 2013

League results[]

League		Position	Teams	Matches	Win	Lose
Japan League	13th (1979–80)	3rd	6	10	7	3
	14th (1980–81)	4th	8	14	7	7
	15th (1981–82)	5th	8	21	7	14
	16th (1982–83)	6th	8	21	7	14
	17th (1983–84)	6th	8	21	8	13
	18th (1984–85)	3rd	8	21	14	7
	19th (1985–86)	3rd	8	21	12	9
	20th (1986–87)	Runner-up	8	21	17	4
	21st (1987–88)	Champion	8	14	12	2
	22nd (1988–89)	4th	8	17	9	8
	23rd (1989–90)	3rd	8	17	13	4
	24th (1990–91)	3rd	8	17	9	8
	25th (1991–92)	7th	8	14	3	11
	26th (1992–93)	4th	8	14	8	6
	27th (1993–94)	4th	8	14	9	5
V・League	1st (1994–95)	5th	8	21	11	10
	2nd (1995–96)	Runner-up	8	21	14	7
	3rd (1996–97)	Champion	8	21	16	5
	4th (1997–98)	Runner-up	8	21	18	3
	5th (1998–99)	3rd	10	18	13	5
	6th (1999-2000)	Champion	10	18	18	0
	7th (2000–01)	3rd	10	18	17	1
	8th (2001–02)	Runner-up	9	16	10	6
	9th (2002–03)	Champion	8	21	17	4
	10th (2003–04)	4th	10	18	12	6
	11th (2004–05)	Champion	10	27	20	7
	12th (2005–06)	6th	10	27	13	14
V・Premier	2006-07	5th	10	27	15	12
	2007-08	6th	10	27	13	14
	2008-09	3rd	10	27	18	9
	2009-10	5th	8	28	10	18
	2010-11	4th	8	26	15	11
	2011-12	8th	8	21	3	18
	2012-13	4th	8	28	23	5
	2013-14	5th	8	28	12	16
	2014-15	Champion	8	21	13	8
	2015-16	5th	8	21	8	13
	2016-17	Champion	8	21	15	6
	2017-18	5th	8	21	8	13
V.League Division 1 (V1)	2018–19	6th	11	20	11	9
	2019-20	8th	12	21	11	10
	2020-21	3rd	12	20	15	5

Current squad[]

2021-2022 Squad, as of 22 June - 2021 ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Head coach:

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth	Height (m)	Weight (kg)	Spike (cm)	Block (cm)
1	Haruyo Shimamura	Middle Blocker	(1992-03-04) 4 March 1992 (age 29)	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	298	290
2	Sarina Koga	Outside Hitter	(1996-05-21) 21 May 1996 (age 25)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	302	290
3		Setter	(1994-09-07) 7 September 1994 (age 27)	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	284
4		Opposite	(1996-03-26) 26 March 1996 (age 25)	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	304
5		Outside Hitter	(2001-03-25) 25 March 2001 (age 20)	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	306
6		Middle Blocker	(1995-01-06) 6 January 1995 (age 26)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	299
7		Middle Blocker	(1997-12-24) 24 December 1997 (age 23)	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	301
8		Middle Blocker	(1997-05-09) 9 May 1997 (age 24)	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	295
9		Outside Hitter	(1997-05-12) 12 May 1997 (age 24)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	309
10		Setter	(1996-08-14) 14 August 1996 (age 25)	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)	57 kg (126 lb)	273
11		Outside Hitter	(1996-04-20) 20 April 1996 (age 25)	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	297
12	(C)	Opposite	(1995-03-10) 10 March 1995 (age 26)	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	306
13	Nichika Yamada	Middle Blocker	(2000-02-24) 24 February 2000 (age 21)	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	301
14		Setter	(2001-12-12) 12 December 2001 (age 19)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	285	275
15		Outside Hitter	(2000-08-07) 7 August 2000 (age 21)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	300
16		Libero	(1994-11-07) 7 November 1994 (age 26)	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)	58 kg (128 lb)	266
17		Outside Hitter	(1998-05-25) 25 May 1998 (age 23)	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	296
18		Outside Hitter	(1995-07-20) 20 July 1995 (age 26)	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	305	300
19		Libero	(1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 (age 22)	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)	55 kg (121 lb)	265
20	Kotoe Inoue	Libero	(1990-02-15) 15 February 1990 (age 31)	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)	55 kg (121 lb)	285	270

Former players[]

Domestic players

Japan

Hiroko Tsukumo (1993-2004)
Shinako Tanaka (2001-2002)
Yoshie Takeshita (2002-2004)
Megumi Kurihara (2003-2004)
Megumi Kawamura (2001-2005)
Ai Ōtomo (2000-2006)
Miyuki Takahashi (2006-2009)
Ikumi Narita (2007-2010)
(2001-2010)
(2003-2010)
(2005-2010)
Ayako Watanabe (2003-2011)
Yuko Maruyama (2008-2011)
Sachiko Sugiyama (1998-2013)
Kanako Naito (2009-2012)
Akari Oumi (2012-2017)
Hiroko Matsuura (2009–2012)
Akiko Ino (2009–2012)
Yumiko Tsuzuki (2013–2014)
Akiko Uchida (2008–2014)
(2010–2014)
(2011–2014)
Miyuki Akiyama (2007–2015)
(2014–2017)
(2014-2019)
(2013-2019)
Kana Ono (2011-2019)
Saki Minemura (2018–2020)
(2014–2020)
(ja) (2016–2020) Transferred to Himeji Victorina^[7]
Mio Sato (2019–2021) (ja) ^[8]

Foreign players

Brazil

(2008-2010)
Fernanda Garay Rodrigues (2010-2011)

Bulgaria

Emiliya Dimitrova (2016-2017)

Croatia

(2013–14)

Finland

Riikka Lehtonen (2006-2007)

Poland

Berenika Tomsia (2019–2020)

Russia

Elena Tyurina (1990-1994)
Elizaveta Tishchenko (1995-1997)
Yelena Godina (1998-1999)

Serbia

Brižitka Molnar (2011-2012)

Turkey

Yeliz Başa (2012–13, 2014-2016)
Neriman Özsoy (2020–2021)

United States

Erin Aldrich (2007-2008)
Rhamat Alhassan (2018–19)

References[]

^ "NEC Red Rockets". Volleyball V-League Official Site. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
^ "Member Profile". NEC Sports. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
^ "NEC Red Rockets 2019 fiscal prospective players News". NEC Red Rockets Official Site. NEC Corporation. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
^ "NEC Red Rockets - Japan V.League Women - Volleyball". Japan Women's Indoor Volleyball. sitenoise.com. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
^ "2021 Informal Players Notice". NEC Sports. NEC Corporation. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
^ "NEC announces Kawakami and Fujii's offer". Volleyball Monthly. NIPPON BUNKA PUBLISHING CO.,LTD. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
^ "Announcement of players joining the 2020-21 season". Himeji Victorina Official Web site. Victorina Himeji. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
^ "Interview with Mio Sato". NEC SPORTS NET. NEC Corporation. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[1] "NEC Red Rockets". Volleyball V-League Official Site. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[2] "Member Profile". NEC Sports. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[3] "NEC Red Rockets 2019 fiscal prospective players News". NEC Red Rockets Official Site. NEC Corporation. Retrieved 1 February 2019.

[4] "NEC Red Rockets - Japan V.League Women - Volleyball". Japan Women's Indoor Volleyball. sitenoise.com. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[5] "2021 Informal Players Notice". NEC Sports. NEC Corporation. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[6] "NEC announces Kawakami and Fujii's offer". Volleyball Monthly. NIPPON BUNKA PUBLISHING CO.,LTD. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[7] "Announcement of players joining the 2020-21 season". Himeji Victorina Official Web site. Victorina Himeji. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[8] "Interview with Mio Sato". NEC SPORTS NET. NEC Corporation. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

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