NEC Red Rockets

NEC Red Rockets

Club Name	NECレッドロケッツ
Arena	Tokyo & Kawasaki, Kanagawa Japan.
Manager	Hitoshi Takada
Head Coach	Akinori Yamada
League	V.Premier League
Position 2010-11	4th place
Team Colors	Red
Website	necsports.net/w_volley
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NEC Red Rockets ( NECレッドロケッツ^?) 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 (5): 1987-1988 1996-1997 1999-2000 2002-2003 2004-2005
• Runners-up (4): 1986-1987 1995-1996 1997-1998 2001-2002

Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship

• Champions (2): 1997 2001
• Runners-up (6): 1985 1987 1995 1996 1999 2011

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

Current squad

As of November 2011

• 1    Miki Yahata
• 2    Sachiko Sugiyama
• 3    Kanako Naito (Captain)
• 4    Akiko Uchida (Sub Captain)
• 5    Makoto Matsuura
• 6    Natsumi Shibusawa
• 7    Miyuki Akiyama
• 8    Haruyo Shimamura
• 9    Hiroko Matsuura
• 10 Akiko Ino
• 11 Shion Cho
• 12 Brižitka Molnar
• 13 Miho Watanabe
• 14 Saori Kaneko
• 15 Nami Takiguchi
• 16 Risa Shiragaki
• 17 Kana Ōno
• 18 Miku Torigoe

Former players

• Elena Tyurina (1990-1994)
• Elizaveta Tishchenko (1995-1997)
• Yelena Godina (1998-1999)
• Riikka Lehtonen (2006-2007)
• Erin Aldrich (2007-2008)
• Ferreira Ana paula Lopes(2008-2010)
• Fernanda Garay Rodrigues(2010-2011)

• Hiroko Tsukumo (1993-2004)
• Shinako Tanaka (2001-2002)
• Yoshie Takeshita (2002-2004)
• Megumi Kurihara (2003-2004)
• Megumi Kawamura (2001-2005)
• Ai Yamamoto (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)