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Maiko Kano
Maiko Kano ( ''Kano Maiko'', born July 15, 1988) is a former Japanese volleyball player. She was part of the Japanese team that won bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Kumi Nakada (the coach of Hisamitu Springs) converted her to setter in 2012-13 season. Profiles *She became a volleyball player at 10 years old. * Miyuki Kano is her elder sister. *She was elected the candidate player of the national team when she was a junior high school student. Clubs * Hachiouji Jissen Junior High * Hachiouji Jissen High School * Hisamitsu Springs (2007–2010) * Minerva Volley Pavia (2010-2011) * Beşiktaş (2011-2012) * Hisamitsu Springs (2012–2015) * PFU BlueCats (2015–2018) Honours Individuals * 2009 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament Excellent player awards, Best 6 Team * 2007 Empress's Cup - Runner-Up, with Hisamitsu Springs. * 2008-2009 V.Premier League - Runner-Up, with Hisamitsu Springs. * 2012 Empress's Cup - Champion, with Hisamitsu Springs. * 2012-2013 V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitaka, Tokyo
260px, Inokashira Park in Mitaka is a city in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 190,403, and a population density of 12,000 persons per km². The total area of the city was . Geography Mitaka is located on the Kantō Plain, just outside the 23 special wards of Tokyo Metropolis, which are on its eastern borders. The Tamagawa Aqueduct canal, which runs alongside Mitaka station, has an important place in history, built in 1653 to feed the local metropolis. It is also the place where novelist Osamu Dazai died by suicide in 1948. The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan is located in Mitaka. Surrounding municipalities Tokyo Metropolis * Setagaya * Suginami *Chōfu * Musashino *Koganei Climate Mitaka has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Mitaka is 14.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1647 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumi Nakada
is a former professional volleyball player and former coach of Hisamitsu Springs. She led Japan to a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics while still in high school and, despite serious and chronic knee injuries, remained one of the world's top setters until her retirement from the sport in 1993. Unusually for a Japanese athlete, Nakada was (and still is) remembered by opponents and teammates alike for her volatile temper, fiery competitiveness, and outspoken manner both on and off the court. Personal life After brief stints as a fashion model and motivational speaker, Nakada currently provides colour commentary and makes guest appearances in a wide range of sports and variety media in Japan. She is represented by Sports Biz in Tokyo. Coaching In October 2016, Nakada became the Japan women's national volleyball team's head coach. She retired from the position in August 2021, after the team finished in 10th place in the 2020 Summer Olympics. National team * 1982: 4th pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volleyball At The 2012 Summer Olympics
The volleyball tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were played between 28 July and 12 August. The indoor volleyball competition took place at Earls Court Exhibition Centre, in west London, and the beach volleyball tournament was held at Horse Guards Parade Horse Guards Parade is a large parade ground off Whitehall in central London (at grid reference ). It is the site of the annual ceremonies of Trooping the Colour, which commemorates the monarch's official birthday, and the Beating Retreat. H ... in central London. Events Four sets of medals were awarded in the following events: * Indoor volleyball – men (12 teams) * Indoor volleyball – women (12 teams) * Beach volleyball – men (24 teams) * Beach volleyball – women (24 teams) Qualifying criteria Each National Olympic Committee was allowed to enter one men's and one women's qualified team in the volleyball tournaments and two men's and two women's qualified teams in the beach volleyball. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup
The FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of ' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. Initially the tournament was played in the year following the Olympic Games, but since 1991 the World Cup has been awarded in the year preceding the Olympic Games. The current champion is China, which won its fifth title at the 2019 tournament. The current format of the competition involves 12 teams, including the automatically qualifying host nation Japan, competing in the tournament phase for the title at venues within the host nation over a period of about two weeks. The World Cup (with exception of the 2019 edition) acts as the first qualification event for the following year's Olympic Games with the top two teams qualifying. The 13 World Cup tournaments have been won by five different national teams. China have won five times. The other World Cup winners are Cuba, with four titles; Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship
The 2014 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship, Asian Women’s Club Volleyball Championship was the 15th staging of the Asian Volleyball Confederation, AVC Club Championships. The tournament was held in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. Pools composition The teams are seeded based on their final ranking at the 2013 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship. ''* Withdrew'' Preliminary round Pool A Pool B Classification 9th–10th Final round Quarterfinals 5th–8th semifinals Semifinals 7th place 5th place 3rd place Final Final standing Awards *MVP: Miyu Nagaoka (Hisamitsu) *Best Setter: Chizuru Kotō (Hisamitsu) *Best Outside Spikers: Yuki Ishii (Hisamitsu) and Chen Liyi (Tianjin) *Best Middle Blockers: Kanako Hirai (Hisamitsu) and Lyudmila Anarbayeva (Zhetyssu) *Best Opposite Spiker: Li Ying (volleyball, born 1988), Li Ying (Tianjin) *Best Libero: Marina Storozhenko (Zhetyssu) Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simple Cup Icon
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Gorm Silver Cup
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Emperor's Cup And Empress's Cup All Japan Volleyball Championship
, is a Japanese volleyball competition that was established in 2007. It is organized by the Japan Volleyball Association. The word ''Tennō'' (天皇) means the Emperor of Japan, and the term ''Kōgō'' (皇后) is the Empress of Japan. The Tennō Kōgō Commemorative Cup is given to the champion of the tournament. The Commemorative Cup was given to the winner of the Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship until 2006. Champions MVP by edition From 2021 edition, MVP award was created. Prize money for MVP award is JP¥100,000. Prize money * The winner: JP¥10,000,000 * Runner-up: JP¥4,000,000. Capcom Award As Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ... signed 3 year partnership contract with JVA, Capcom Award was set up for the winner. Another ten mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament
, is a volleyball tournament in Japan. Kurowashiki () means the flag of black eagle. It opens in May every year at Osaka. It is organized by the Japan Volleyball Association and the Mainichi Newspapers. History *1952 - It started as All Japan Volleyball Championship. *2007 - All Japan Volleyball Championship was renamed as Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament. Championship records MEN *1952 - Yahata Steel *1953 - Yahata Steel *1954 - Nihon Koukan (NKK) *1955 - Nihon Koukan (NKK) *1956 - Sumitomo Metal Kokura *1957 - Yahata Steel *1958 - Sumitomo Metal Kokura *1959 - Nihon Koukan (NKK) *1960 - Yahata Steel *1961 - Toray *1962 - Nihon Koukan (NKK) *1963 - Toray *1964 - Matsushita Denki (Panasonic) *1965 - Nihon Koukan (NKK) *1966 - Matsushita Denki (Panasonic) *1967 - Yahata Steel *1968 - Matsushita Denki (Panasonic) *1969 - Matsushita Denki (Panasonic) *1970 - Nihon Koukan (NKK) *1971 - Nihon Koukan (NKK) *1972 - Sumitomo Light Metal *1973 - Matsushita Denki (Panasonic) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PFU BlueCats
is a women's volleyball team based in Kahoku, Ishikawa, Kahoku city, Ishikawa, Japan. It plays in the V.League (Japan), V.League Division 1 having been promoted for the first time for the 2018–2019 season. The club was founded in 1980. The owner of the team is PFU Limited. History * Founded in 1980. * Promoted to V.Challenge League (Japan), V.Challenge League in 2002. * Won the V.Challenge League in 2009. * Promoted to V.League (Japan), V.Premier League in 2016. Honors Team League results Current roster 2021–2022 Squad for 2021–22 V.League Division 1 Women's, V.League Division 1 Women * Head coach: Masayasu Sakamoto Imports Team Staffs 2019 October 1 Edition Former players Local players ; *Yuki Sasaki *Chizuru Kotō (2001–2009) *Haruka Sunada (2009–2014) *Maiko Kano (2015–2018) *Amiyu Ikeda *Yuna Miyajima *Mami Matsunaga *Risa Ohkubo *Mana Tokinaga *Kayoko Tsukahara *Kotomi Matsushita *Miku Suzuki *Seina Kato *Azusa Shimizu *Megumi Funasaki *Chika ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beşiktaş Women's Volleyball Team
Beşiktaş () is a List of districts in Turkey, district and List of municipalities in Turkey, municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, and on the east by the Bosphorus. Directly across the Bosphorus is the district of Üsküdar. The district includes a number of important sites along the European shore of the Bosphorus, from Dolmabahçe Palace in the south to the Bebek, Istanbul, Bebek area in the north. It is also home to many inland (and relatively expensive, upper-middle class) neighborhoods such as Levent and Etiler. Some of its other well-known neighborhoods include Yıldız, Beşiktaş, Yıldız, Kuruçeşme, Ortaköy, and Arnavutköy. Beşiktaş' historic commercial centre is the quarter and Çarşı, Beşiktaş, Çarşı (literally, "marketplace"), which adjoins the small Abbasağa Park. Running in the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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