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, Japan. It plays in V.League Division 2. The club was founded in 2015, and the owner of the team is Shinichi Tamagami of the Prestige International. Prestige also runs

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. Their home arena is Kokutai Gymnasium in Sakata. Aranmare is a coined word combining arancia and mare ("orange and sea" in Italian).

History

* 2015 - Founded as Prestige International Aranmare Volleyball Club *2016-17 - Aya Sato won the scoring leader of the league. * 2018 - Promoted to V.League Women Division 2 *2018-19 - Aranmare placed 4th

League results

Official Record

V・challenge 2

V.LEAGUE

Current squad

2020-21 Squad as of 19 August - 2020 * Head coach:

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Former players

* Nozomi Asakawa *

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Transfer to Ligare Sendai ( ja) * Mariko Fujiwara * Yuri Fukuda * Yuki Honma * Serena Ito * Yukiko Matsuo * Miyu Misawa * Kasumi Nakada * Juri Sakurai * Aya Sato (volleyball) * Chisaki Sato * Nashika Sato * Tsubura Satō * Mizuki Tanno * Sayaka Toda

Arenas and practice facilities

* Sakata City Kokutaikinen Gymnasium * Komagihara Park Gymnasium *

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The team mostly practice at the small arena of Kokutai Gymnasium.

Gallery

File:Nozomi Asakawa.jpg, Nozomi Asakawa File:Sayaka Toda.jpg, Sayaka Toda File:Yuki Egawa.jpg, Yuki Egawa File:Aranmare Yamagata.jpg, File:Megumi Tamura.jpg, Megumi Tamura File:Nozomi Asakawa 2.jpg, Nozomi Asakawa File:Nozomi Asakawa 3.jpg, Nozomi Asakawa

References

External links

Official Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prestige International Aranmare Yamagata Volleyball teams in Japan Sports teams in Yamagata Prefecture Volleyball clubs established in 2015 Sakata, Yamagata