Japan women's national volleyball team

The Japan women's national volleyball team (Hinotori Nippon, 火の鳥NIPPON), or All-Japan women's volleyball team, is currently ranked 6th[3] in the world by FIVB. The head coach is Masayoshi Manabe.

Japan
Nickname(s)Nippon (火の鳥NIPPON)[1]
AssociationJapan Volleyball Association[2]
Head coachMasayoshi Manabe
FIVB ranking8 (as of 31 July 2023)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Third
Summer Olympics
Appearances13 (First in 1964)
Best result (1964, 1976)
World Championship
Appearances16 (First in 1960)
Best result (1962, 1967, 1974)
www.jva.or.jp/en/senior_women/ (in English)
Honours
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 2 2
World Grand Prix 0 1 0
World Championship 3 3 1
World Cup 1 2 1
World Grand Champions Cup 0 0 3
Asian Games 5 4 4
Asian Championship 5 7 7
Asian Cup 1 1 0
Montreux Volley Masters 1 2 2
Universiade 2 5 4
Total 20 27 24
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1964 TokyoTeam
Gold medal – first place1976 MontrealTeam
Silver medal – second place1968 Mexico CityTeam
Silver medal – second place1972 MunichTeam
Bronze medal – third place1984 Los AngelesTeam
Bronze medal – third place2012 LondonTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place1962 Soviet Union
Gold medal – first place1967 Japan
Gold medal – first place1974 Mexico
Silver medal – second place1960 Brazil
Silver medal – second place1970 Bulgaria
Silver medal – second place1978 Soviet Union
Bronze medal – third place2010 Japan
World Cup
Gold medal – first place1977 Japan
Silver medal – second place1973 Japan
Silver medal – second place1981 Japan
Bronze medal – third place2023 Japan
World Grand Champions Cup
Bronze medal – third place2001 Japan
Bronze medal – third place2013 Japan
World Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place2014 Japan
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place1962 JakartaTeam
Gold medal – first place1966 BangkokTeam
Gold medal – first place1970 BangkokTeam
Gold medal – first place1974 TehranTeam
Gold medal – first place1978 BangkokTeam
Silver medal – second place1982 New DelhiTeam
Silver medal – second place1986 SeoulTeam
Silver medal – second place2006 DohaTeam
Silver medal – second place2022 HangzhouTeam
Bronze medal – third place1990 BeijingTeam
Bronze medal – third place1994 HiroshimaTeam
Bronze medal – third place1998 BangkokTeam
Bronze medal – third place2002 BusanTeam
Asian Championship
Gold medal – first place1975 Melbourne
Gold medal – first place1983 Fukuoka
Gold medal – first place2007 Suphanburi
Gold medal – first place2017 Manila
Gold medal – first place2019 Seoul
Silver medal – second place1979 Hong Kong
Silver medal – second place1987 Shanghai
Silver medal – second place1991 Bangkok
Silver medal – second place1993 Shanghai
Silver medal – second place2003 Ho Chi Minh City
Silver medal – second place2011 Taipei
Silver medal – second place2013 Nakhon Ratchasima
Bronze medal – third place1989 Hong Kong
Bronze medal – third place1995 Chiang Mai
Bronze medal – third place1997 Manila
Bronze medal – third place1999 Hong Kong
Bronze medal – third place2005 Taicang
Bronze medal – third place2009 Hanoi
Bronze medal – third place2023 Nakhon Ratchasima
Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Pasig
Silver medal – second place2018 Nakhon Ratchasima
Montreux Volley Masters
Gold medal – first place 2011 Switzerland
Silver medal – second place 2019 Switzerland
Silver medal – second place 2015 Switzerland
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Switzerland
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Switzerland
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1967 Tokyo
Gold medal – first place 1985 Kobe
Silver medal – second place 2021 Sichuan
Silver medal – second place 2017 Taipei
Silver medal – second place 1995 Fukuoka
Silver medal – second place 1995 Mexico City
Silver medal – second place 1970 Tulin
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Naples
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Gwangju
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Sicily
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Edmonton

One of their greatest successes was at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, when they defeated the heavily favored Soviet Union on the way to the gold medal.

Masae Kasai standing in the center of podium as the captain of Oriental Witches,[4] 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball

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

Finally after almost three decades of medal drought in the Olympics, Japan took home the bronze medal by defeating South Korea in the 2012 Summer Olympics.[5]

Medals
Event Gold Silver Bronze Total
Olympic Games2226
Nations League0000
World Championship3317
World Grand Prix0101
World Cup1214
World Grand Champions Cup0033
Asian Games54413
Asian Championship57719
Asian Cup1102
Eastern Asian Championship60410
Universiade33410
Montreux Volley Masters1225
Asian Cup1146
Universiade25411
Total20272471

History

2012 London Olympics

Japan qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics as the best Asian team in the 2012 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament. In the 2012 Olympics, Japan had been placed on Group A with Russian Federation, Italy, Dominican Republic, the host Great Britain and Algeria. Japan finished third in the Group. In the quarter-finals, Japan faced their old Asian rival China. Saori Kimura and Yukiko Ebata each scored 33 points in this thrilling game in which China were beaten by 3–2.[6] It was their first win over China in 11 years as far as FIVB games are concerned. On 9 August 2012, the Japanese were outplayed by the defending champions Brazil in the semi-finals.[7] On 11 August 2012, Japan beat South Korea 3–0 in the bronze medal match. It is the first Olympics' volleyball medal for the Japanese since the 1984 Summer Olympics.[8] On August 13, 2012, Japan Women's Team was ranked 3rd in the world behind United States women's national volleyball team and Brazil women's national volleyball team.

2020 Tokyo Olympics

Japan was the host nation for the 2020 Summer Olympics. The other teams in their group in Tokyo were Kenya, Serbia, Brazil, Korea and the Dominican Republic.[9] Japan's opening match was on 25 July 2021 in Tokyo against Kenya.[10] They beat Kenya in their first match in straight sets [11] and lost against Serbia, Brazil, Korea and the Dominican Republic which caused them to miss the qualification for the quarterfinals.[12]

Winner of 6 major world titles
Year Games Host Runner-up 2nd Runner-up
1962 #4th World ChampionshipUSSRSoviet Union USSRPoland Poland
1964 #Tokyo Olympic GamesJapanSoviet Union USSRPoland Poland
1967 #5th World ChampionshipJapanUnited States USASouth Korea South Korea
1974 &7th World ChampionshipMexicoSoviet Union USSRSouth Korea South Korea
1976 &Montreal Olympic GamesCanadaSoviet Union USSRSouth Korea South Korea
1977 &2nd World CupJapanCuba CubaSouth Korea South Korea

#, & – Twice 3 Straight Major titles in 1960s and 1970s

(World Women's Volleyball Championship, World Cup, Olympic Games)

Results

Olympic Games
  • Japan 1964 – Gold Medal
  • Mexico 1968 – Silver Medal
  • Germany 1972 – Silver Medal
  • Canada 1976 – Gold Medal
  • United States 1984 – Bronze Medal
  • South Korea 1988 – 4th place
  • Spain 1992 – 5th place
  • United States 1996 – 9th place
  • Greece 2004 – 8th place
  • China 2008 – 7th place
  • United Kingdom 2012 – Bronze Medal
  • Brazil 2016 – 8th place
  • Japan 2020 – 10th place

World Championship
  • Brazil 1960 – Silver Medal
  • Soviet Union 1962 – Gold Medal
  • Japan 1967 – Gold Medal
  • Bulgaria 1970 – Silver Medal
  • Mexico 1974 – Gold Medal
  • Soviet Union 1978 – Silver Medal
  • Peru 1982 – 4th place
  • Czech Republic 1986 – 7th place
  • China 1990 – 8th place
  • Brazil 1994 – 7th place
  • Japan 1998 – 8th place
  • Germany 2002 – 13th place
  • Japan 2006 – 6th place
  • Japan 2010 – Bronze Medal
  • Italy 2014 – 7th place
  • Japan 2018 – 6th place
  • NetherlandsPoland 2022 – 5th place

World Cup
  • Uruguay 1973 – Silver Medal
  • Japan 1977 – Gold Medal
  • Japan 1981 – Silver Medal
  • Japan 1985 – 4th place
  • Japan 1989 – 4th place
  • Japan 1991 – 7th place
  • Japan 1995 – 6th place
  • Japan 1999 – 6th place
  • Japan 2003 – 5th place
  • Japan 2007 – 7th place
  • Japan 2011 – 4th place
  • Japan 2015 – 5th place
  • Japan 2019 – 5th place
  • Japan 2023 – 3rd place

World Grand Champions Cup
  • Japan 1993 – 4th place
  • Japan 1997 – 5th place
  • Japan 2001 – Bronze Medal
  • Japan 2005 – 5th place
  • Japan 2009 – 4th place
  • Japan 2013 – Bronze Medal
  • Japan 2017 – 5th place

FIVB World Grand Prix
  • Hong Kong 1993 – 6th place
  • China 1994 – 4th place
  • China 1995 – 7th place
  • China 1996 – 8th place
  • Japan 1997 – 4th place
  • Hong Kong 1998 – 7th place
  • China 1999 – 7th place
  • Philippines 2000 – 8th place
  • Macau 2001 – 6th place
  • Hong Kong 2002 – 5th place
  • Italy 2003 – 9th place
  • Italy 2004 – 9th place
  • Japan 2005 – 5th place
  • Italy 2006 – 6th place
  • China 2007 – 9th place
  • Japan 2008 – 6th place
  • Japan 2009 – 6th place
  • China 2010 – 5th place
  • Macau 2011 – 5th place
  • China 2012 – 9th place
  • Japan 2013 – 4th place
  • Japan 2014 – Silver Medal
  • United States 2015 – 6th place
  • Thailand 2016 – 9th place
  • China 2017 – 7th place

FIVB Nations League
  • China 2018 – 10th place
  • China 2019 – 9th place
  • Italy 2021 – 4th place
  • Turkey 2022 – 7th place
  • United States 2023 – 7th place

Montreux Volley Masters
  • 1989 – Bronze Medal
  • 2001 – Bronze Medal
  • 2005 – 4th place
  • 2009 – 7th place
  • 2010 – 7th place
  • 2011 – Gold Medal
  • 2013 – 5th place
  • 2014 – 6th place
  • 2015 – Silver Medal
  • 2019 – Silver Medal

Asian Games
  • Indonesia 1962 – Gold Medal
  • Thailand 1966 – Gold Medal
  • Thailand 1970 – Gold Medal
  • Iran 1974 – Gold Medal
  • Thailand 1978 – Gold Medal
  • India 1982 – Silver Medal
  • South Korea 1986 – Silver Medal
  • China 1990 – Bronze Medal
  • Japan 1994 – Bronze Medal
  • Thailand 1998 – Bronze Medal
  • South Korea 2002 – Bronze Medal
  • Qatar 2006 – Silver Medal
  • China 2010 – 6th place
  • South Korea 2014 – 4th place
  • Indonesia 2018 – 4th place
  • China 2022 – Silver Medal

Asian Championship
  • Australia 1975 – Gold Medal
  • Hong Kong 1979 – Silver Medal
  • Japan 1983 – Gold Medal
  • China 1987 – Silver Medal
  • Hong Kong 1989 – Bronze Medal
  • Thailand 1991 – Silver Medal
  • China 1993 – Silver Medal
  • Thailand 1995 – Bronze Medal
  • Philippines 1997 – Bronze Medal
  • Hong Kong 1999 – Bronze Medal
  • Thailand 2001 – 4th place
  • Vietnam 2003 – Silver Medal
  • China 2005 – Bronze Medal
  • Thailand 2007 – Gold Medal
  • Vietnam 2009 – Bronze Medal
  • Taiwan 2011 – Silver Medal
  • Thailand 2013 – Silver Medal
  • China 2015 – 6th place
  • Philippines 2017 – Gold Medal
  • South Korea 2019 – Gold Medal
  • Philippines 2021 – Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
  • Thailand 2023 – Bronze Medal

Asian Cup
  • Thailand 2008 — 4th place
  • China 2010 — 4th place
  • Kazakhstan 2012 — 5th place
  • China 2014 — 4th place
  • Vietnam 2016 — 4th place
  • Thailand 2018 — Silver Medal
  • Philippines 2022 — Gold Medal

Team

Current squad

The following is the Japan roster in the 2023 Volleyball Nations League

Head coach: JapanMasayoshi Manabe

No. Name Date of birth Pos Height Weight
1Miyu Nagaoka25 July 1991OP179 cm (5 ft 10 in)64 kg (141 lb)
2Kotona Hayashi13 November 1999OH173 cm (5 ft 8 in)60 kg (130 lb)
3Sarina Nishida21 May 1996OH180 cm (5 ft 11 in)66 kg (146 lb)
4Mayu Ishikawa14 May 2000OH174 cm (5 ft 9 in)64 kg (141 lb)
6Nanami Seki12 June 1999S171 cm (5 ft 7 in)62 kg (137 lb)
7Mika Shibata7 June 1994S171 cm (5 ft 7 in)60 kg (130 lb)
10Arisa Inoue8 May 1995OH178 cm (5 ft 10 in)68 kg (150 lb)
11Nichika Yamada24 February 2000MB184 cm (6 ft 0 in)74 kg (163 lb)
12Satomi Fukudome23 November 1997L162 cm (5 ft 4 in)61 kg (134 lb)
16Yuka Meguro16 January 1996L170 cm (5 ft 7 in)60 kg (130 lb)
23Airi Miyabe29 July 1998MB181 cm (5 ft 11 in)66 kg (146 lb)
24Mai Irisawa2 June 1999MB188 cm (6 ft 2 in)72 kg (159 lb)
29Minami Nishimura23 March 2000L168 cm (5 ft 6 in)64 kg (141 lb)
37Yukiko Wada8 January 2002OH174 cm (5 ft 9 in)56 kg (123 lb)

Former squads
  • 1994 squad:

Head coach: Tadayoshi Yokota

No. Name Date of birth Height 1994 club
1Motoko Obayashi15.06.67182 cm (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)Hitachi
2Aki Nagatomi17.07.69173 cm (5 ft 8 in)Hitachi
3Chie Natori09.08.69176 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)Daiei
4Mika Yamauchi07.10.69182 cm (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)Daiei
6Tomoko Yoshihara04.02.70179 cm (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)Hitachi
7Kiyoko Fukuda04.08.70178 cm (5 ft 10 in)Hitachi
8Miho Murata03.09.70178 cm (5 ft 10 in)Hitachi
9Asako Tajimi26.02.72179 cm (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)Hitachi
12Yumi Natta12.07.69161 cm (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in)Daiei
13Naomi Eto12.07.72186 cm (6 ft 1 in)Hitachi
16Maki Fujiyoshi24.05.74178 cm (5 ft 10 in)Hitachi
17Miyuki Shimasaki13.10.74178 cm (5 ft 10 in)Hitachi
5Kazuyo Matsukawa07.01.70181 cm (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)Daiei
10Kumiko Sakamoto13.12.72177 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)Daiei
14Minako Onuki15.10.72173 cm (5 ft 8 in)NEC
15Miho Ota27.10.73179 cm (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)Hitachi
18Eiko Yasui08.05.71164 cm (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)Kanagawa
  • 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.
  • 2012 Olympic Games — Bronze Medal
    Erika Araki (c), Saori Kimura, Yoshie Takeshita, Yukiko Ebata, Kaori Inoue, Ai Otomo, Yuko Sano, Mai Yamaguchi, Risa Shinnabe, Saori Sakoda, Maiko Kano, and Hitomi Nakamichi, Head coach: Masayoshi Manabe.
  • 2014 World Championship
    Saori Kimura (c), Miyu Nagaoka, Hitomi Nakamichi, Arisa Takada, Arisa Satō, Mai Yamaguchi, Mizuho Ishida, Yuki Ishii, Risa Shinnabe, Yukiko Ebata, Saori Sakoda, Kana Ōno, Sayaka Tsutsui, and Haruka Miyashita, Head coach: Masayoshi Manabe.
  • 2016 Olympic Games — 5th place
    Saori Kimura (c), Miyu Nagaoka, Arisa Satō, Mai Yamaguchi, Yuki Ishii, Saori Sakoda, Haruka Miyashita, Kanami Tashiro, Erika Araki, Yurie Nabeya, Haruyo Shimamura and Kotoki Zayasu, Head coach: Masayoshi Manabe.
  • 2018 World Championship — 6th Place
    Nana Iwasaka (c), Koyomi Tominaga, Kanami Tashiro, Erika Araki, Mai Okumura, Haruyo Shimamura, Risa Shinnabe, Yuki Ishii, Sarina Koga, Ai Kurogo, Mami Uchiseto, Miyu Nagaoka, Kotoe Inoue, Mako Kobata, Head coach: Kumi Nakada.
  • 2020 Summer Olympics — 10th Place
    Erika Araki (c), Ai Kurogo, Sarina Koga, Kanami Tashiro, Mayu Ishikawa, Haruyo Shimamura, Mako Kobata, Yuki Ishii, Mai Okumura, Aki Momii, Kotona Hayashi and Nichika Yamada, Head coach: Kumi Nakada
  • 2022 World Championship — 5th Place
    Sarina Koga (c), Mami Uchiseto, Mayu Ishikawa, Haruyo Shimamura, Arisa Inoue, Aki Momii, Kotona Hayashi, Nichika Yamada, Satomi Fukudome, Mami Yokota, Airi Miyabe, Nanami Seki, Ameze Miyabe and Yoshino Sato, Head coach: Masayoshi Manabe.
  • 2023 FIVB World Cup — 3rd Place
    Sarina Koga (c), Kotona Hayashi, Mayu Ishikawa, Nanami Seki, Aya Watanabe, Arisa Inoue, Nichika Yamada, Satomi Fukudome, Mizuki Tanaka, Tamaki Matsui, Airi Miyabe, Mai Irisawa, Minami Nishimura and Yukiko Wada,. Head coach: Masayoshi Manabe.

Coaches history
  • Japan Tadayoshi Yokota
  • Japan Kuniaki Yoshida
  • Japan Nobushika Kuzuwa
  • Japan Masahiro Yoshikawa
  • Japan Shoichi Yanagimoto (2003–2008)
  • Japan Masayoshi Manabe (2008–2016; 2021–present)
  • Japan Kumi Nakada (2016–2021)[13][14]
1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball
  • Sata Isobe spiking ball against Soviet Union National Team, 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball
    Sata Isobe spiking ball against Soviet Union National Team, 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball
  • Emiko Miyamoto at the 1964 Olympics
    Emiko Miyamoto at the 1964 Olympics
  • Yuriko Handa at the 1964 Olympics
    Yuriko Handa at the 1964 Olympics
  • Masae Kasai standing in the center of podium as the team leader, 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball
    Masae Kasai standing in the center of podium as the team leader, 1964 Tokyo Olympics Women's Volleyball

See also

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