is a women's
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
team based in
Kawasaki,
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the List of Japanese prefectures by population, second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-dens ...
,
Japan
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. It plays in
V.League 1. The owner of the team is
NEC
is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered at the NEC Supertower in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It provides IT and network solutions, including cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), Inte ...
.
The club was founded in April 1978 as NEC's corporate team, participating the same year in the 10th
V.Challenge League 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 nine times, and marked its 200th victory in 2008.
Honours
;
Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League
*Champions (9): 1987–1988, 1996–1997, 1999–2000, 2002–2003, 2004–2005, 2014–2015, 2016–2017, 2022–2023, 2023–2024.
*Runners-up (4): 1986–1987, 1995–1996, 1997–1998, 2001-2002.
;
Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship
*Champions (2): 1997, 2001.
*Runners-up (7): 1985, 1987, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2011, 2013.
League results
Current squad
2024-2025 Squad, as of December 2024
* Head coach:
Takayuki Kaneko
Former players
Domestic players
;
*
Hiroko Tsukumo (1993–2004)
*
Shinako Tanaka (2001–2002)
*
Yoshie Takeshita (2002–2004)
*
Megumi Kurihara (2003–2004)
*
Megumi Kawamura (2001–2005)
*
Ai Ōtomo (2000–2006)
*
Miyuki Takahashi (2006–2009)
*
Ikumi Narita (2007–2010)
*
Sayoko Matsuzaki (2001–2010)
*
Saori Arita (2003–2010)
*
Saori Takasaki (2005–2010)
*
Ayako Watanabe (2003–2011)
*
Yuko Maruyama (2008–2011)
*
Sachiko Sugiyama (1998–2013)
*
Kanako Naito (2009–2012)
*
Akari Oumi (2012–2017)
*
Hiroko Matsuura (2009–2012)
*
Akiko Ino (2009–2012)
*
Yumiko Tsuzuki (2013–2014)
*
Akiko Uchida (2008–2014)
*
Makoto Matsuura (2010–2014)
*
Miho Watanabe (2011–2014)
*
Miyuki Akiyama (2007–2015)
*
Nami Sagawa (2014–2017)
*
Kaname Yamaguchi (2014–2019)
*
Sayaka Iwasaki (2013–2019)
*
Kana Ono (2011–2019)
*
Saki Minemura (2018–2020)
*
Yuna Okuyama (2014–2020)
*
Shiori Aratani (
ja) (2016–2020) Transferred to
Himeji Victorina
*
Mio Sato (2019–2021) (
ja)
*
Sarina Koga (2015-2024)
Foreign players
;
*
Ana Paula Ferreira (2008–2010)
*
Fernanda Garay Rodrigues (2010–2011)
*
Lorrayna Marys da Silva (2024-)
;
*
Emiliya Dimitrova (2016–2017)
;
*
Hana Čutura (2013–14)
;
*
Riikka Lehtonen (2006–2007)
;
*
Berenika Tomsia (2019–2020)
;
*
Elena Tyurina (1990–1994)
*
Elizaveta Tishchenko (1995–1997)
*
Yelena Godina (1998–1999)
;
*
Brižitka Molnar
Brižitka Molnar ( sr-cyrl, Брижитка Молнар; born 28 July 1985 in Torak (Žitište), Torak, Serbia) is a retired Serbian volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter.
She competed in the Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics ...
(2011–2012)
;
*
Ajcharaporn Kongyot
Ajcharaporn Kongyot (; ; born June 18, 1995) is a Thai indoor volleyball player. She is a current member of the Thailand women's national volleyball team.
Career
She is on the list 2019 Korea-Thailand all star super match competition.
Clubs
* ...
(2023-)
;
*
Yeliz Başa (2012–13, 2014–2016)
*
Neriman Özsoy (2020–2021)
;
*
Erin Aldrich (2007–2008)
*
Rhamat Alhassan (2018–19)
*
Sarah Wilhite-Parsons (2020-2022)
*
Dani Drews (2023-2024)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nec Red Rockets
Women's volleyball clubs in Japan
Volleyball clubs established in 1978
1978 establishments in Japan
Sport in Kawasaki, Kanagawa
NEC Corporation