Saori Sakoda (迫田さおり ''Sakoda Saori'', born December 18, 1987) was a
Japanese
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volleyball
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player who played for
Toray Arrows. She also played for the
All-Japan women's volleyball team.
Clubs
* Kagoshima-nishi High School
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Toray Arrows (2006-17)
Individual
*
2008 Asian Club Championship "Best Scorer"
* 2010
V.League (Japan): Best 6, Best Server
* 2010
Kurowashiki Tournament Best6
* 2013 FIVB Women's World Grand Champions Cup - Best Outside Hitter
* 2013-14
V.Premier League - Best6, Best Scorer
Team
*2007
Domestic Sports Festival (Volleyball) -
![Simple cup icon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Simple_cup_icon.svg)
Champion, with Toray Arrows
*2007-2008
Empress's Cup
, since 2018 renamed "Empress's Cup JFA Japan Women's Football Championship" ( ja, 皇后杯 JFA 全日本女子サッカー選手権大会) or The Empress's Cup, is a Japanese Women's football competition. As an elimination tournament, it can be ...
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![Simple cup icon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Simple_cup_icon.svg)
Champion, with Toray Arrows
*2007-2008
V.Premier League -
![Simple cup icon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Simple_cup_icon.svg)
Champion, with Toray Arrows
*2008 Domestic Sports Festival -
![Gorm silver cup](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Gorm_silver_cup.jpg)
Runner-Up, with Toray Arrows
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2008 Asian Club Championship - Bronze Medal with Toray Arrows
*2008-2009 V.Premier League -
![Simple cup icon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Simple_cup_icon.svg)
Champion, with Toray Arrows
*2009 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship -
![Simple cup icon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Simple_cup_icon.svg)
Champion, with Toray Arrows
*2009-2010 V.Premier League -
![Simple cup icon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Simple_cup_icon.svg)
Champion, with Toray Arrows
*2010 Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship -
![Simple cup icon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Simple_cup_icon.svg)
Champion, with Toray Arrows
*2010-2011 Empress's Cup -
![Gorm silver cup](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Gorm_silver_cup.jpg)
Runner-Up, with Toray Arrows
*2010-2011 V.Premier League -
![Gorm silver cup](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Gorm_silver_cup.jpg)
Runner-up, with Toray Arrows
*2011-2012 Empress's Cup -
![Simple cup icon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Simple_cup_icon.svg)
Champion, with Toray Arrows
*2011-2012 V.Premier League -
![Simple cup icon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Simple_cup_icon.svg)
Champion, with Toray Arrows
National Team
*2010
World Championship
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- Bronze medal
*2011
Montreux Volley Masters
The Montreux Volley Masters (founded as the Coupe des Nations, later changed to BCV Volley Cup between 1990 and 1996 and to its current name in 1998) is an international invitational tournament for national teams in women's volleyball hosted by th ...
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![Simple cup icon](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Simple_cup_icon.svg)
Champion
*2011
Asian Championship
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List of Championships (Summer Olympic Sports)
;Aquatics
* Asia ...
- Silver medal
*2012
Olympics
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- Bronze medal
*2013
World Grand Champion Cup - Bronze medal
*2016
Olympics
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- 5th place (tied)
References
External links
Toray Arrows Women's Volleyball TeamFIVB BiographyLondon2012.com - profile
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1987 births
Living people
People from Kagoshima
Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
Olympic medalists in volleyball
Japanese women's volleyball players
Olympic volleyball players of Japan
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Japan women's international volleyball players