NEC Red Rockets

NEC Red Rockets
Founded	1978
Ground	Tokyo and; Kawasaki, Kanagawa Japan
Manager; Head Coach	Takumi Iwasaki; Takayuki Kaneko
Captain	Misaki Yamauchi
League	V.League 1 Women
2020-21	3rd 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 (9): 1987–1988, 1996–1997, 1999–2000, 2002–2003, 2004–2005, 2014–2015, 2016–17, 2022–23, 2023–24
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
	2019–20	8th	12	21	11	10
	2020–21	3rd	12	20	15	5
	2021–22	4th	12	33	23	10

Current squad

2021-2022 Squad, as of 22 June - 2021 ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

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	Moeka Kinoe	Middle blocker	(1997-12-24) 24 December 1997 (age 26)	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	301
8	Kasumi Nojima	Middle blocker	(1997-05-09) 9 May 1997 (age 27)	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	72 kg (159 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	Minami Yasuda	Setter	(2001-12-12) 12 December 2001 (age 22)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	285	275
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	Hina Kawakami	Outside hitter	(1998-05-25) 25 May 1998 (age 26)	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	296
18	Sarah Wilhite-Parsons	Outside hitter	(1995-07-20) 20 July 1995 (age 29)	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	305	300
19	Riko Fujii	Libero	(1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 (age 25)	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)	55 kg (121 lb)	265
20	Kotoe Inoue	Libero	(1990-02-15) 15 February 1990 (age 34)	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)	55 kg (121 lb)	285	270

Former players

Domestic players

Japan

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 (2006–2009)
Ikumi Narita (2007–2010)
Sayoko Matsuzaki (2001–2010)
Saori Arita (2003–2010)
Saori Takasaki (2005–2010)
Ayako Watanabe (2003–2011)
Yuko Maruyama (2008–2011)
Sachiko Sugiyama (1998–2013)
Kanako Naito (2009–2012)
Akari Oumi (2012–2017)
Hiroko Matsuura (2009–2012)
Akiko Ino (2009–2012)
Yumiko Tsuzuki (2013–2014)
Akiko Uchida (2008–2014)
Makoto Matsuura (2010–2014)
Miho Watanabe (2011–2014)
Miyuki Akiyama (2007–2015)
Nami Sagawa (2014–2017)
Kaname Yamaguchi (2014–2019)
Sayaka Iwasaki (2013–2019)
Kana Ono (2011–2019)
Saki Minemura (2018–2020)
Yuna Okuyama (2014–2020)
Shiori Aratani (ja) (2016–2020) Transferred to Himeji Victorina^[7]
Mio Sato (2019–2021) (ja) ^[8]
Sarina Koga (2015-2024)

Foreign players

Brazil

Ana Paula Ferreira (2008–2010)
Fernanda Garay Rodrigues (2010–2011)

Bulgaria

Emiliya Dimitrova (2016–2017)

Croatia

Hana Čutura (2013–14)

Finland

Riikka Lehtonen (2006–2007)

Poland

Berenika Tomsia (2019–2020)

Russia

Elena Tyurina (1990–1994)
Elizaveta Tishchenko (1995–1997)
Yelena Godina (1998–1999)

Serbia

Brižitka Molnar (2011–2012)

Thailand

Ajcharaporn Kongyot (2023-)

Turkey

Yeliz Başa (2012–13, 2014–2016)
Neriman Özsoy (2020–2021)

United States

Erin Aldrich (2007–2008)
Rhamat Alhassan (2018–19)
Sarah Wilhite-Parsons (2020-2022)
Dani Drews (2023-2024)

References

^ "NEC Red Rockets". Volleyball V-League Official Site. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
^ "Member Profile". NEC Sports. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
^ "NEC Red Rockets 2019 fiscal prospective players News". NEC Red Rockets Official Site. NEC Corporation. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
^ "NEC Red Rockets - Japan V.League Women - Volleyball". Japan Women's Indoor Volleyball. sitenoise.com. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
^ "2021 Informal Players Notice". NEC Sports. NEC Corporation. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
^ "NEC announces Kawakami and Fujii's offer". Volleyball Monthly. NIPPON BUNKA PUBLISHING CO., LTD. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
^ "Announcement of players joining the 2020-21 season". Himeji Victorina Official Web site. Victorina Himeji. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
^ "Interview with Mio Sato". NEC SPORTS NET. NEC Corporation. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[1] "NEC Red Rockets". Volleyball V-League Official Site. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[2] "Member Profile". NEC Sports. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

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

[4] "NEC Red Rockets - Japan V.League Women - Volleyball". Japan Women's Indoor Volleyball. sitenoise.com. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[5] "2021 Informal Players Notice". NEC Sports. NEC Corporation. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[6] "NEC announces Kawakami and Fujii's offer". Volleyball Monthly. NIPPON BUNKA PUBLISHING CO., LTD. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[7] "Announcement of players joining the 2020-21 season". Himeji Victorina Official Web site. Victorina Himeji. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[8] "Interview with Mio Sato". NEC SPORTS NET. NEC Corporation. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

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