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

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

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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

2021-2022 Squad as of 9 September - 2021 ^[2]^[3]^[4]

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 (age 25)	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	290
4	Miharu Yoshioka	Outside hitter	(1998-09-14) 14 September 1998 (age 26)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	299
5	Mizuki Ugajin	Setter	(1996-09-16) 16 September 1996 (age 28)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	286
6	Megumi Sato	Opposite	(1997-09-07) 7 September 1997 (age 27)	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	295
7	Thanacha Sooksod	Opposite	(2000-05-26) 26 May 2000 (age 24)	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	290
8	Mayu Oikawa	Middle blocker	(1996-06-26) 26 June 1996 (age 28)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	299
9	Yuri Takayanagi	Outside hitter	(2000-04-19) 19 April 2000 (age 24)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	286
11	Moe Takayanagi	Middle blocker	(1998-11-27) 27 November 1998 (age 25)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	283
13	Ayame Endo	Outside hitter	(2001-04-08) 8 April 2001 (age 23)	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	295
14	Haruka Miyashita	Setter	(1994-09-01) 1 September 1994 (age 30)	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 (age 22)	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	300
16	Kanako Nagama	Libero	(1999-04-23) 23 April 1999 (age 25)	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)	58 kg (128 lb)	264
17	Uran Kido	Outside hitter	(2001-12-27) 27 December 2001 (age 22)	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	277
18	Syuka Kaneda (ja)	Outside hitter	(1996-06-06) 6 June 1996 (age 28)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	288
22	Mei Funada	Libero	(2001-12-30) 30 December 2001 (age 22)	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	56 kg (123 lb)	270
23	Akari Maeda	Outside hitter	(1999-05-28) 28 May 1999 (age 25)	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	58 kg (128 lb)	295
24	Xintian Fu	Middle blocker	(2001-05-03) 3 May 2001 (age 23)	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	307
26	Sora Nagase	Middle blocker	(1999-08-18) 18 August 1999 (age 25)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	293
27	Yoshie Narasaki	Libero	(1997-10-20) 20 October 1997 (age 27)	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)	56 kg (123 lb)	271
28	Aimi Kawashima (C)	Middle blocker	(1990-04-15) 15 April 1990 (age 34)	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	298	285
31	Natsuki Onodera	Setter	(1999-06-16) 16 June 1999 (age 25)	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	56 kg (123 lb)	292
32	Maika Matsumoto	Middle blocker	(2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 (age 21)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	290
33	Yuzu Nakamoto	Outside hitter	(2002-11-13) 13 November 2002 (age 21)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	290

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
Sanae Watanabe (2017–2021) Transferred to PFU BlueCats^[5]
Minami Nishimura (2017–2021)
Anna Imura (2014–2021)
Aki Maruyama (2009–2021)
Yurika Kouno (2014–2021)

Foreign players

Thailand

Thanacha Sooksod (2022–2023)

References

^ "公式記録 RECORD / RANKING バレーボール Vリーグオフィシャルサイト". V.League Official Site. JVA. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
^ "V.League Okayama Seagulls". V.League Official Site. V.League. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
^ "V.League Okayama Seagulls". sitenoise.com. sitenoise. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
^ "Team introduction - Okayama Seagulls official website". Okayama Seagulls Official Website. OKAYAMA SEAGULLS. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
^ "PFU　デンソーから鍋谷友理枝、岡山から渡邊真恵が加入 (Yurie Nabeya from PFU Denso and Sanae Watanabe from Okayama)". Volleyball Magazine. studio108. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

[1] "公式記録 RECORD / RANKING バレーボール Vリーグオフィシャルサイト". V.League Official Site. JVA. Retrieved 4 March 2019.

[2] "V.League Okayama Seagulls". V.League Official Site. V.League. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

[3] "V.League Okayama Seagulls". sitenoise.com. sitenoise. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

[4] "Team introduction - Okayama Seagulls official website". Okayama Seagulls Official Website. OKAYAMA SEAGULLS. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

[5] "PFU　デンソーから鍋谷友理枝、岡山から渡邊真恵が加入 (Yurie Nabeya from PFU Denso and Sanae Watanabe from Okayama)". Volleyball Magazine. studio108. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

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