Shikoku Eighty 8 Queen is a women's

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team based in

Takamatsu, Kagawa 270px, Takamatsu City Hall 270px, Aerial view of Takamatsu city center 270px, View from Yashima to Takashima port is a city located in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 414,134 in 190120 households and a popul ...

, Shikoku District,

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. It plays in

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 ...

. The club was founded in 2005). It is operated by NPO J-HOT Volleyball Federation.
General Manager and head coach is Kazunori Yoneda who was the former head coach of women's volleyball national team of Japan.

History

*It was founded in 2005. *It promoted to

in 2007. *In October 2008, Two players are rental transferred for the register from

Denso Airybees is a women's volleyball team based in Nishio city, Aichi, Japan. It plays in V.League 1. The club was founded in 1972. The owner of the team is Denso. Honours Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League *Runners-up (1): 2007-2008 *Regu ...

in order to reinforce strength. *On July 1, 2011, the team has suspended the activities because lack of funds. *In August 2011, the team resumed and moved to

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, and so renamed as Sendai Belle Fille.

League results

Current squad

As of June 2011 * 1

Junko Takahashi is a retired Japanese marathon runner. She won the gold medal at the 1993 World Championships in a time of 2:30:03 hours. In addition she won the Tokyo International Women's Marathon in 1995 and 1998 and the Osaka Ladies Marathon in 1993. He ...

* 3 Orie Haga * 4 Mieko Uchihara * 5 Minako Nakajima * 10

Mai Uemura Mai Uemura (上村麻衣 ''Uemura Mai'', born September 15, 1987) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Shikoku Eighty 8 Queen. Clubs *Tsushogyo High School → Denso Airybees (2006–2009) → Shikoku Eighty 8 Queen (2009-) Honors * ...

* 12 Suzue Inui * 13 Sakika Osuga * 14 Ya Chen Wang * 15 Saori Kimura (1988birth)

Former players

* Akina Ida (-2009) *

Nanami Inoue Nanami Inoue (井上奈々朱 ''Inoue Nanami'', born 19 June 1989) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Denso Airybees. Profiles Clubs *ShimokitazawaSeitoku High School → Denso Airybees (2008-) → Shikoku Eighty 8 Queen (Rental tr ...

(2008–09) *

Naoko Takahashi is a retired Japanese long-distance runner and Olympic gold medal-winning marathoner. She won the gold medal in the marathon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and became the first woman to complete a marathon in under 2:20:00 in 2001. Biography Tak ...

(2008–09) * Rie Sasazaki * Natsumi Oka * Aya Matsuda

References

External links

Official Website

V.League(Japan) Official Website
{{V.Challenge League (Japan) Women Japanese volleyball teams Sports teams in Kagawa Prefecture 2005 establishments in Japan Volleyball clubs established in 2005