Japan women's national volleyball team

Japan

Association	Japan Volleyball Association
Confederation	AVC
Head coach	Masayoshi Manabe
FIVB ranking	3 (as of 2011-11-18)
Olympics
Appearances	9
World Championship
Appearances	13 (First in 1960)
Best result	(1962, 1967, 1974)
Website	http://www.jva.or.jp/ (:ja)
Uniforms
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Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold	1964 Tokyo	Team Competition
Gold	1976 Montreal	Team Competition
Silver	1968 Mexico City	Team Competition
Silver	1972 Munich	Team Competition
Bronze	1984 Los Angeles	Team Competition
World Championship
Gold	1962 Soviet Union	Team Competition
Gold	1967 Japan	Team Competition
Gold	1974 Mexico	Team Competition
Silver	1960 Brazil	Team Competition
Silver	1970 Bulgaria	Team Competition
Silver	1978 Soviet Union	Team Competition
Bronze	2010 Japan	Team Competition
Asian Championship
Gold	1975 Melbourne	Team Competition
Gold	1983 Fukuoka	Team Competition
Gold	2007 Suphanburi	Team Competition
Silver	1979 Hong Kong	Team Competition
Silver	1987 Shanghai	Team Competition
Silver	1991 Bangkok	Team Competition
Silver	1993 Shanghai	Team Competition
Silver	2011 Taipei	Team Competition
Bronze	1989 Hong Kong	Team Competition
Bronze	1995 Chiang Mai	Team Competition
Bronze	1997 Manila	Team Competition
Bronze	1999 Hong Kong	Team Competition
Bronze	2005 Taicang	Team Competition
Bronze	2009 Hanoi	Team Competition

The Japan women's national volleyball team, or All-Japan women's volleyball team, is the volleyball national team of Japan, currently ranked 3rd by the FIVB. The current head coach is Masayoshi Manabe.

Their greatest success was at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, when they defeated the heavily favored Soviet Union on the way to the gold medal.

Japan qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by winning the Women's Olympic Qualifier, from May 8 to May 16 in Tokyo, Japan. In Athens, Greece the team ended up in fifth place in the overall-rankings.

Current Squad 2011 World Cup: [1]

• Coach: Masayoshi Manabe JPN

Shirt No	Player	Birth Date	Height	Club	Position
2.	Hitomi Nakamichi	18/09/1985	159	Toray Arrows	Setter
3.	Yoshie Takeshita	18/03/1978	159	JT Marvelous	Setter
6.	Yuko Sano	26/07/1979	159	Igtisadchi Baku	Libero
7.	Mai Yamaguchi	3/07/1983	176	Okayama Seagulls	Opposite
8.	Kotoki Zayasu	11/01/1990	160	Hisamitsu Springs	Libero
9.	Mizuho Ishida	22/01/1988	174	Hisamitsu Springs	Outside Hitter
10.	Nana Iwasaka	3/07/1990	187	Hisamitsu Springs	Middle Blocker
11.	Erika Araki	3/08/1984	186	Toray Arrows	Middle Blocker
12.	Saori Kimura	19/08/1986	185	Toray Arrows	Outside Hitter
13.	Risa Shinnabe	11/07/1990	173	Hisamitsu Springs	Universal
14.	Yukiko Ebata	7/11/1989	176	Hitachi Rivale	Outside Hitter
15.	Maiko Kano	15/07/1988	185	Beşiktaş	Opposite
16.	Saori Sakoda	18/12/1987	175	Toray Arrows	Outside Hitter
18.	Kazuyo Mori	21/06/1976	175	Okayama Seagulls	Middle Blocker

6 times World Champions

Year	Games	Host	Runner-up	2nd Runner-up
1962 #	4th World Championship	USSR	USSR	Poland
1964 #	Tokyo Olympics Games	Japan	USSR	Poland
1967 #	5th World Championship	Japan	USSR	South Korea
1974 &	7th World Championship	Mexico	USSR	South Korea
1976 &	Montreal Olympic Games	Canada	USSR	South Korea
1977 &	2nd World Cup	Japan	Cuba	South Korea

#, & - Twice 3 Straight Major titles in 1960s and 1970s (World Women's Volleyball Championship, World Cup, Olympic Games)

Results

Olympic Games

1964 - Gold Medal 1968 - Silver Medal 1972 - Silver Medal 1976 - Gold Medal 1980 - did not compete 1984 - Bronze Medal

1988 - 4th place 1992 - 5th place 1996 - 9th place 2000 - did not qualify 2004 - 5th place (tied) 2008 - 5th place (tied)

World Championship

1952 - did not compete 1956 - did not compete 1960 - Silver Medal 1962 - Gold Medal 1967 - Gold Medal 1970 - Silver Medal 1974 - Gold Medal 1978 - Silver Medal

1982 - 4th place 1986 - 7th place 1990 - 8th place 1994 - 7th place 1998 - 8th place 2002 - 13th place 2006 - 6th place 2010 - Bronze Medal

World Cup

1973 — 2nd place 1977 — 1st place 1981 — 2nd place 1985 — 4th place 1989 — 4th place

1991 — 7th place 1995 — 6th place 1999 — 6th place 2003 — 5th place 2007 — 7th place 2011 — 4th place

FIVB World Grand Prix

1993 – 6th place 1994 – 4th place 1995 – 7th place 1996 – 8th place 1997 – 4th place 1998 – 7th place 1999 – 7th place 2000 – 8th place

2001 – 6th place 2002 – 5th place 2003 – 9th place 2004 – 9th place 2005 – 5th place 2006 – 6th place 2007 – 9th place 2008 – 6th place 2009 – 6th place 2010 – 5th place 2011 – 5th place

Asian Games

1998 – Bronze Medal 2002 – Bronze Medal 2006 – Silver Medal

Squads

• 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.