NEC Red Rockets

NEC Red Rockets
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Founded	1978
Ground	Tokyo and; Kawasaki, Kanagawa Japan
Manager; Head Coach	Takumi Iwasaki; Takayuki Kaneko
Captain	Misaki Yamauchi
League	V.League 1 Women
2019-20	8th 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
V.League Division 1 (V1)	2019-20	8th	12	21	11	10

Current squad

2019-2020 Squad, as of 14 October - 2019 ^[1]^[2]^[3]

Head coach: Takayuki Kaneko

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 32)	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 28)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	302	290
3	Shiori Tsukada	Setter	(1994-09-07) 7 September 1994 (age 30)	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	284
4	Mizuki Yanagita	Opposite	(1996-03-26) 26 March 1996 (age 28)	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	304
5	Haruna Soga	Outside Hitter	(2001-03-25) 25 March 2001 (age 23)	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	306
6	Kaori Ueno	Middle Blocker	(1995-01-06) 6 January 1995 (age 29)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	299
7	Saki Minemura	Outside Hitter	(1990-04-18) 18 April 1990 (age 34)	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	298
8	Yuna Okuyama	Setter	(1995-09-26) 26 September 1995 (age 29)	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	295
9	Nanami Hirose	Outside Hitter	(1997-05-12) 12 May 1997 (age 27)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	309
10	Yuka Sawada	Setter	(1996-08-14) 14 August 1996 (age 28)	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)	57 kg (126 lb)	273
11	Chinami Furuya	Outside Hitter	(1996-04-20) 20 April 1996 (age 28)	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	297
12	Misaki Yamauchi (C)	Opposite	(1995-03-10) 10 March 1995 (age 29)	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	306
13	Nichika Yamada	Middle Blocker	(2000-02-24) 24 February 2000 (age 24)	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	301
14	Shiori Aratani	Opposite	(1998-09-22) 22 September 1998 (age 26)	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	305
15	Ayumi Yoshida	Outside Hitter	(2000-08-07) 7 August 2000 (age 24)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	300
16	Manami Kojima	Libero	(1994-11-07) 7 November 1994 (age 30)	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)	58 kg (128 lb)	266
17	Mio Satō	Libero	(1993-02-12) 12 February 1993 (age 31)	1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)	55 kg (121 lb)
18	Berenika Tomsia	Opposite	(1988-03-18) 18 March 1988 (age 36)	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	310	302

Former players

Emiliya Dimitrova (2016-2017)
Elena Tyurina (1990-1994)
Elizaveta Tishchenko (1995-1997)
Yelena Godina (1998-1999)
Riikka Lehtonen (2006-2007)
Erin Aldrich (2007-2008)
Ana Paula Ferreira (2008-2010)
Fernanda Garay Rodrigues (2010-2011)
Brižitka Molnar (2011-2012)
Yeliz Başa (2012–13, 2014-2016)
Hana Čutura (2013–14)
Rhamat Alhassan (2018-19)
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 (-2009)
Ikumi Narita (-2009)
Sayoko Matsuzaki (-2010)
Saori Arita (-2010)
Saori Takasaki (-2010)
Noriko Ando (-2010)
Ayako Watanabe (-2011)
Sayaka Takeuchi (-2011)
Yuko Maruyama (-2011)
Sachiko Sugiyama (-2012)
Kanako Naito (-2012)
Akari Oumi (2012-2017)
Hiroko Matsuura
Akiko Ino
Yumiko Tsuzuki
Akiko Uchida
Makoto Matsuura
Miho Watanabe
Miyuki Akiyama
Nami Sagawa
Kaname Yamaguchi (2014-2019)
Sayaka Iwasaki (2013-2019)
Kana Ono (2011-2019)

References

^ "NEC Red Rockets". Volleyball V-League Official Site. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
^ "Member Profile". NEC Sports. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
^ "NEC Red Rockets 2019 fiscal prospective players News". NEC Red Rockets Official Site. NEC Corporation. Retrieved 1 February 2019.

[1] "NEC Red Rockets". Volleyball V-League Official Site. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

[2] "Member Profile". NEC Sports. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

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

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