Okinawa Roller Derby is a women's flat track

roller derby Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played by two teams of fifteen members. Roller derby is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leagues worldwide, mostly in the United States. Game play consists of a series of short scrimmages (jam ...

league based in Okinawa,

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. Founded in 2010, the league currently consists of two teams, an all star team which competes worldwide and a B team which competes against teams from other leagues in Japan. Okinawa Roller Derby is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).

History

The league was founded as "Kokeshi Roller Dolls" in August 2010 by Amanda Harms (known as "Pisa Cake")Matt Orr,
Women on Okinawa find friendship through roller derby
, '' Stars and Stripes'', 26 May 2011 and Nicole King ("Nurse Fight'n Bail"). It held its first practice in October, with only six members, but had twenty skaters by the end of the month, and in January 2011 formed three intraleague teams. In May, it played its first bout, an intraleague contest.Asa Spades,
Can You Believe There's A Roller Derby League HERE?! Kokeshi Roller Dolls
, ''DerbyLife'', 16 September 2011 This attracted more than eight hundred fans. Many of the league's members are not native Okinawans, and are often expatriate Americans in the armed forces, or come to Japan for work or with family. In October 2011, Kokeshi was accepted as a member of the

Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice The Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice is the program affiliate of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). In operation from 2009 until early 2019, the Apprentice Program served to onboard new member leagues into the WFTDA. ...

Programme,WFTDA Accepts 13 Leagues into Apprentice Program
, WFTDA, 27 October 2011 and it became a full member of the WFTDA in June 2013.WFTDA Welcomes First Full Member Leagues in Asia and South America
", 6 June 2013 In March 2017, the league announced a rebrand as Okinawa Roller Derby, maintaining the Kokeshi Roller Dolls name for its B team.

WFTDA rankings

References

External links

Official website
{{Sports leagues in Japan Sports competitions in Okinawa Prefecture Roller derby leagues established in 2010 Roller derby leagues in Japan Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 3 2010 establishments in Japan