Okayama Seagulls

Okayama Seagulls

Founded	1999
Ground	Okayama City, Okayama, Japan
Manager & Head Coach	Akiyoshi Kawamoto
Captain	Aimi Kawashima
League	V.League Division 1
2020-2021	6th
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home Away

Okayama Seagulls (岡山シーガルズ, Okayama shīgaruzu) is a women's volleyball team based in Okayama city, Okayama, Japan. It plays in V.League Division 1. The club was founded in 1999.

Honours

V.League/V.Premiere League

• Champions (0):
• Runners-up (2): 2013-14, 2019-20

V.Challenge League

• Champions (1): 2017-2018
• Runners-up (0)

Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship

• Champions (0):
• Runners-up (1): 2005

Empress's Cup

• Champions (0):
• Runners-up (1): 2013

Domestic Sports Festival (Volleyball)

• Champions (10): 2002-2006, 2008-2011 and 2014-2015

League Results

League		Position	Teams	Matches	Win	Lose
V.League	6th (1999-2000)	9th	10	18	4	14
	7th (2000–01)	10th	10	18	3	15
	8th (2001–02)	5th	9	16	10	6
	9th (2002–03)	6th	8	21	8	13
	10th (2003–04)	5th	10	18	10	8
	11th (2004–05)	5th	10	27	14	13
	12th (2005–06)	5th	10	27	15	12
V・Premier	2006-07	8th	10	27	10	17
	2007-08	4th	10	27	14	13
	2008-09	7th	10	27	13	14
	2009-10	6th	8	28	10	18
	2010-11	8th	8	26	1	25
	2011-12	4th	8	21	11	10
	2012-13	3rd	8	28	15	13
	2013-14	Runners-up	8	28	17	11
	2014-15	4th	8	21	13	8
	2015-16	4th	8	21	9	12
	2016-17	7th	8	21	5	16
V・Challenge	2017-18	Champions	7	18	17	1
V.League Division 1 (V1)	2018–19	9th	11	20	10	10
	2019-20	Runners-up	12	21	15	6
	2020-21	6th	12	21	11	10

Current squad

2020-2021 Squad as of 9 August - 2020

• Head coach: Akiyoshi Kawamoto

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth	Height (m)	Weight (kg)	Spike (cm)	Block (cm)
3	Ayaka Taguchi	Middle Blocker	(1998-11-11) 11 November 1998	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	290
4	Miharu Yoshioka	Outside Hitter	(1998-09-14) 14 September 1998	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	299
5	Mizuki Ugajin	Setter	(1996-09-16) 16 September 1996	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	286
6	Sanae Watanabe	Opposite	(1998-05-28) 28 May 1998	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	298
8	Mayu Oikawa	Middle Blocker	(1996-06-26) 26 June 1996	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	299
9	Yuri Takayanagi	Outside Hitter	(2000-04-19) 19 April 2000	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	286
10	Minami Nishimura	Libero	(2000-03-23) 23 March 2000	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	59 kg (130 lb)	284
11	Moe Takayanagi	Middle Blocker	(1998-11-27) 27 November 1998	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	283
12	Anna Imura	Middle Blocker	(1996-06-13) 13 June 1996	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	59 kg (130 lb)	295
14	Haruka Miyashita	Setter	(1994-09-01) 1 September 1994	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	58 kg (128 lb)	290	272
15	Aoi An Furukawa	Outside Hitter	(2002-07-27) 27 July 2002	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	300
16	Kanako Nagama	Libero	(1999-04-23) 23 April 1999	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)	58 kg (128 lb)	264
17	Uran Kido	Outside Hitter	(2001-12-27) 27 December 2001	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	277
18	Syuka Kaneda (ja)	Outside Hitter	(1996-06-06) 6 June 1996	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	288
19	Yuki Morita	Libero	(1998-02-27) 27 February 1998	1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)	53 kg (117 lb)	264
20	Aki Maruyama	Libero	(1990-10-06) 6 October 1990	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)	53 kg (117 lb)	255
21	Yurika Kono	Middle Blocker	(1996-04-08) 8 April 1996	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	294
22	Mei Funada	Libero	(2001-12-30) 30 December 2001	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	56 kg (123 lb)	270
23	Akari Maeda	Outside Hitter	(1999-05-28) 28 May 1999	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	58 kg (128 lb)	295
24	Mami Miyashita	Libero	(1986-08-17) 17 August 1986	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	58 kg (128 lb)	249
26	Sora Nagase	Middle Blocker	(1999-08-18) 18 August 1999	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	293
27	Yoshie Narasaki	Libero	(1997-10-20) 20 October 1997	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)	56 kg (123 lb)	271
28	Aimi Kawashima (C)	Middle Blocker	(1990-04-15) 15 April 1990	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	298	285
31	Natsuki Onodera	Setter	(1999-06-16) 16 June 1999	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	56 kg (123 lb)	292

Former players

Domestic players

Japan

• Mari Nomura (1992–2009)
• Yumiko Ono (2003–2009)
• Nobuko Yonemura (2002–2011)
• Chie Kanda (1990–2010)
• Mayumi Kosuge (2000–2011)
• Rie Hotta (2008–2011)
• Hiroko Okano (1995–2013)
• Kazuyo Mori (1995–2012)
• Megumi Kurihara (2012–2014)
• Yuki Sasaki (2012–2014)
• Natsumi Horiguchi (2010–2014)
• Mai Fukuda (2009–2014)
• Mai Yamaguchi (2002-2019)
• Koyuki Okusu (2016-2019)
• Moe Sasaki (2012–2020)
• Minami Yoshida (2006–2020)
• Aki Kawabata (2008–2018)
• Mayu Takada (2016–2019) Transferred to 9-person Ibiden Regulus
• Hinako Hayashi (2015–2019) Transferred to 9-person Panasonic Bluebells

Foreign players

References