is a women's volleyball team based in

Kawasaki, Kanagawa is a Cities of Japan, city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, one of the main cities of Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area. It is the second most populated city in Kanagawa Prefecture after Yokohama, and the List of cities in Japan, eight ...

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. It plays in V.League 1. 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 V.League Division 2 (V2) and V.League Division 3 (V3) are the second- and third-level volleyball leagues for both men and women in Japan. For women tournament, was only held in Division 2 History The league started in 1998 as V1 League. In 2006 ...

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 six 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, 2016–17 *Runners-up (4): 1986–1987, 1995–1996, 1997–1998, 2001-2002 ;

Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship , 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 V ...

*Champions (2): 1997, 2001 *Runners-up (7): 1985, 1987, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2011, 2013

League results

Current squad

2021-2022 Squad, as of 22 June - 2021 * Head coach:

Takayuki Kaneko Takayuki (written: 孝之, 孝行, 孝幸, 隆之, 隆行, 隆幸, 高之, 高行, 高猷, 貴之, 貴幸, 貴由, 貴由輝, 崇之, 崇幸, 敬之, 卓行, 鷹幸, 恭之 or タカユキ in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable pe ...

Former players

Domestic players ; *

Hiroko Tsukumo Hiroko Tsukumo (born September 11, 1970 in Hiroshima) is a retired volleyball player from Japan, who competed for the Japan women's national team in the 1990s. She was named ''Best Digger'' and ''Best Receiver'' at the 1998 FIVB Women's World Cham ...

(1993-2004) * Shinako Tanaka (2001-2002) * Yoshie Takeshita (2002-2004) * Megumi Kurihara (2003-2004) * Megumi Kawamura (2001-2005) * Ai Ōtomo (2000-2006) *

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(2005-2010) * Ayako Watanabe (2003-2011) *

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(2008-2011) *

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(2009-2012) *

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(2012-2017) *

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(2009–2012) *

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(2009–2012) *

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(2013–2014) *

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(2010–2014) * Miho Watanabe (2011–2014) *

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(2007–2015) *

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(2018–2020) *

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(2019–2021) ( ja) Foreign players ; * Ana Paula Ferreira (2008-2010) * Fernanda Garay Rodrigues (2010-2011) ; *

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(2016-2017) ; *

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(2006-2007) ; *

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(1990-1994) * Elizaveta Tishchenko (1995-1997) * Yelena Godina (1998-1999) ; *

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(2011-2012) ; * Yeliz Başa (2012–13, 2014–2016) *

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References

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