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
Ageo city, Saitama,
Japan
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. It plays in
V.League 1
The V.League 1 (), also called LPBank V.League 1 for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional football league in Vietnam, controlled by the Vietnam Professional Football Joint Stock Company (VPF). It is contested by 14 clubs who play each ...
. The club was founded in 2001. The owner of the team is Ageo Medical Group.
History
*Founded in 2001.
*Promoted to
V.Challenge League in 2003.
*Won 2010-11 V.Challenge League for the first time.
*On 6 April 2014 Medics beat
JT Marvelous
, formerly the , is a women's volleyball team owned by Japan Tobacco, Japan Tobacco Ltd., and based in Nishinomiya, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan.
History
Osaka Marvelous was established in 1956.
Honours
Domestic competitions
;V.League (Japane ...
in the V.Challenge match, winning promotion to
V.Premier league for the coming season.
League results
Current squad
2024-2025 Squad as of December 2024
* Head coach:
Shigekaze Okubo
Former players
Domestic players
;
*
Tomomi Nakao
Tomomi Nakao (中尾 巴美 ''Nakao Tomomi'', born 27 November 1981) is a former Japanese 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 ...
(2002–2009)
*
Ayuka Hattori
is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
* a member of Maria (band)
Maria (stylized as MARIA) was an all female Japanese pop rock band signed onto Sony Music Japan. The band consists of six members. They rele ...
(2009–2012)
*
Yurie Yamamoto (2010–2012)
*
Maiko Hanzawa (2010–2012)
*
Mai Seki (2008–2015)
*
Asuka Minamoto (2010–2015)
*
Saori Arita (2011–2013) (2014–2017)
*
Nozomi Tsuchida (2012–2016)
*
Erika Araki Shinomiya (2014–2016), transferred to
Toyota Auto Body Queenseis
, formerly the is a women's volleyball team based in Kariya city, Aichi, Japan. It plays in V.League Division 1. The club was founded in 1951.
The owner of the team is Toyota Auto Body.
Queenseis is a coined word combining Queen and Seis ("si ...
*
Yoshika Okamoto (2014–2016)
*
Shiho Kondo (2012–2018)
*
Ayaka Matsumoto (2016–2019)
*
Natsuko Kozasa
is a feminine Japanese given name.
Written forms
Natsuko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
*夏子, "summer, child"
*懐子, "reminiscence, yearn, child"
*捺子, "press, print, affix a seal, stamp, child"
*奈津� ...
(2012–2018)
*
Miku Benoki (2014–2018)
*
Yuki Araki (2014–2019)
*
Shiho Yoshimura
is a former Japanese volleyball player. She played for Ageo Medics in the V Premier League.
Early life and career
Yoshimura was born in Isehara City, Kanagawa Prefecture. In the third year of elementary school, she started playing volleyba ...
(2012–2016)
*
Mami Miura (2012–2020)
*
Misaki Inoue (2016–2020), transferred to
Hisamitsu Springs
is a women's volleyball team based in Kobe, Hyogo, Kobe city, Hyogo and Tosu, Saga, Tosu city, Saga, Japan. It plays in V.League (Japan), V.League 1. The club was founded in 1948.
In July 2020 the team announced an official name change from ...
*
Miyuki Horie (2016–2021)
*
Risa Omuro (2012–2021)
Foreign Players
;
*
Shainah Joseph (2020–2021)
;
*
Katarina Barun Šušnjar
Katarina most commonly refers to:
* Katarina (given name), a feminine given name
Katarina may also refer to:
*Katarina nad Medvodami, former name of Topol pri Medvodah, a settlement in Slovenia
* Katarina (''Doctor Who''), a character in the tel ...
(2018–2020)
;
*
Rosir Calderon (2016–2017)
*
Kenia Carcaces (2017–2018)
;
*
Sidarka Núñez (2007–08)
*
Altagracia Mambrú (2008–09)
;
*
Valentina Fiorin
Valentina Fiorin (born 9 October 1984) is a retired Italian volleyball player. She was born in Dolo, Veneto
Dolo is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, Italy. It is connected by the SP26 provincial road and is one o ...
(2011–2012)
;
*
Alyja Daphne Santiago
, commonly known as Jaja Santiago, is a Philippine-born Japanese volleyball player who plays for JT Marvelous of Japan's V.League.
Career
College
Santiago, then an incoming freshman student entering the National University (NU) in Manila, rec ...
(2022–2023)
;
*
Sara Lozo (2022-)
;
*
Nika Markovič (2024-)
;
*
Olena Ustymenko (2012–2013)
;
*
Nancy Metcalf
Nancy Jean Metcalf (née Meendering; born November 12, 1978) is an American indoor volleyball player. She represented the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where she finished in fifth place with the USA National Team ...
(2013–2014)
*
Kelly Murphy (2014–2016)
References
External links
Official Website
{{V.League (Japan) Premier Women's
Women's volleyball clubs in Japan
Ageo Medics