NEC Red Rockets

NEC Red Rockets

Founded	1978
Ground	Tokyo and Kawasaki, Kanagawa Japan
Manager Head Coach	Takumi Iwasaki Akinori Yamada
League	V.Premier League
2014-15	Champion
Website	Club home page
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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.Premier League. 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 five 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
• 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

Current squad

As of October 2015

• 1    Risa Shiragaki
• 2    Sarina Koga
• 3    Yeliz Başa
• 4    Kaname Yamaguchi
• 5    Kana Ōno
• 6    Akari Oumi
• 7    Haruyo Shimamura (Captain)
• 8    Miku Torigoe
• 9    Mika Matsuzaki
• 10 Sayaka Iwasaki
• 11 Kaori Ueno
• 12 Ayana Oyama
• 13 Naoko Yataka
• 14 Nami Sagawa
• 15 Mizuki Yanagita
• 16 Yūna Okuyama
• 17 Sayaka Shinohara

Former players

• 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-...)
• Hana Čutura (:de)(2013–14)
• 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)
• Hiroko Matsuura
• Akiko Ino
• Yumiko Tsuzuki
• Akiko Uchida
• Makoto Matsuura
• Miho Watanabe
• Miyuki Akiyama