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Women's national volleyball team representing Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Japan women's national volleyball team (Hinotori Nippon, 火の鳥NIPPON), or All-Japan women's volleyball team, is currently ranked 7th[3] in the world by FIVB. The head coach is Masayoshi Manabe.
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.
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]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
Olympic Games | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Nations League | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
World Championship | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
World Grand Prix | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
World Cup | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
World Grand Champions Cup | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Asian Games | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
Asian Championship | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 |
Asian Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Eastern Asian Championship | 6 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
Universiade | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
Montreux Volley Masters | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Asian Cup | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Universiade | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
Total | 20 | 27 | 23 | 70 |
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.
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]
Year | Games | Host | Runner-up | 2nd Runner-up |
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1962 # | 4th World Championship | USSR | ![]() | ![]() |
1964 # | Tokyo Olympic Games | Japan | ![]() | ![]() |
1967 # | 5th World Championship | Japan | ![]() | ![]() |
1974 & | 7th World Championship | Mexico | ![]() | ![]() |
1976 & | Montreal Olympic Games | Canada | ![]() | ![]() |
1977 & | 2nd World Cup | Japan | ![]() | ![]() |
#, & – Twice 3 Straight Major titles in 1960s and 1970s
(World Women's Volleyball Championship, World Cup, Olympic Games)
This page shows Japan women's national volleyball team's Head-to-head record at the Volleyball at the Summer Olympics, FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League.
Opponent | GP | MW | ML |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 |
![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 14 | 1 | 13 |
![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 |
![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 |
![]() | 13 | 5 | 8 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 |
![]() | 8 | 6 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 |
![]() | 6 | 5 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 |
![]() | 7 | 2 | 5 |
![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 |
![]() | 7 | 2 | 5 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 |
![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 |
![]() | 9 | 5 | 4 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 |
![]() | 5 | 2 | 3 |
![]() | 7 | 3 | 4 |
![]() | 17 | 12 | 5 |
![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 |
![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 |
![]() | 7 | 4 | 3 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 |
![]() | 13 | 5 | 8 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 164 | 94 | 70 |
The following is the Japan roster in the 2024 Summer Olympics[13]
Head coach: Masayoshi Manabe
No. | Name | Date of birth | Pos | Height |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Koyomi Iwasaki | 1 May 1989 | S | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
2 | Kotona Hayashi | 13 November 1999 | OH | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) |
3 | Sarina Koga (c) | 21 May 1996 | OH | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
4 | Mayu Ishikawa | 14 May 2000 | OH | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
6 | Nanami Seki | 12 June 1999 | S | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
8 | Manami Kojima | 7 November 1994 | L | 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) |
10 | Arisa Inoue | 8 May 1995 | OH | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
11 | Nichika Yamada | 24 February 2000 | MB | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
12 | Satomi Fukudome | 23 November 1997 | L | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) |
15 | Airi Miyabe | 29 July 1998 | MB | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
20 | Ayaka Araki | 2 September 2001 | MB | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
21 | Yukiko Wada | 8 January 2002 | OH | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
Head coach: Tadayoshi Yokota
No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | 1994 club |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Motoko Obayashi | 15.06.67 | 182 cm (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Hitachi |
2 | Aki Nagatomi | 17.07.69 | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | Hitachi |
3 | Chie Natori | 09.08.69 | 176 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Daiei |
4 | Mika Yamauchi | 07.10.69 | 182 cm (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Daiei |
6 | Tomoko Yoshihara | 04.02.70 | 179 cm (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Hitachi |
7 | Kiyoko Fukuda | 04.08.70 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Hitachi |
8 | Miho Murata | 03.09.70 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Hitachi |
9 | Asako Tajimi | 26.02.72 | 179 cm (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Hitachi |
12 | Yumi Natta | 12.07.69 | 161 cm (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in) | Daiei |
13 | Naomi Eto | 12.07.72 | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | Hitachi |
16 | Maki Fujiyoshi | 24.05.74 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Hitachi |
17 | Miyuki Shimasaki | 13.10.74 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Hitachi |
5 | Kazuyo Matsukawa | 07.01.70 | 181 cm (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | Daiei |
10 | Kumiko Sakamoto | 13.12.72 | 177 cm (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | Daiei |
14 | Minako Onuki | 15.10.72 | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | NEC |
15 | Miho Ota | 27.10.73 | 179 cm (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | Hitachi |
18 | Eiko Yasui | 08.05.71 | 164 cm (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in) | Kanagawa |
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