, formerly the , 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 owned by Japan Tobacco Ltd., and based in

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History

Osaka Marvelous was established in 1956.

Honours

Domestic competitions

; Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League/V.LEAGUE Division 1 * Gold medal with cup

Champion (3): 2010-11, 2019-20, 2020-21 * Silver medal with cup

Runners-up (5): 2006-07, 2009–10, 2017–18, 2021-22, 2023-24 * ; Business League/V1 League/V.Challenge League/V.Challenge League I/V.LEAGUE Division 2 * Gold medal with cup

Champion (4): 1998–99, 2002–03, 2014–15, 2015–16 * Silver medal with cup

Runners-up (1): 1995–96 ;

Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship , is a volleyball tournament in Japan. Kurowashiki () means the flag of black eagle. It opens in May every year in Osaka. It is organized by the Japan Volleyball Association and the Mainichi Newspapers. History *1952 - It started as All Japan V ...

Champion (5): 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018 * Silver medal with cup

Runners-up (5): 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010 ;

Empress's Cup , since 2018 renamed "Empress's Cup JFA Japan Women's Football Championship" () or The JFA Empress's Cup (from 2024 onwards), is a Japanese Women's football competition. As an elimination tournament, it can be considered the female counterpart to t ...

Champion (1): 2020

International competitions

Asian Championship An Asian Championship is a top level international sports competition between Asian athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. List of championships (Summer Olympic Sports) ;Aquatics and wate ...

1 appearance **

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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Third place

League results

Current squad

2024-2025 Squad as of November 2024

Notable players

Domestic players ; * Naomi Eto * Junko Moriyama *

Chikako Kumamae Chikako Kumamae (born 11 April 1974) is a retired Japanese female volleyball player. Kumamae was part of the Japan women's national volleyball team The Japan women's national volleyball team (Hinotori Nippon, 火の鳥NIPPON), or ''All-Japan ...

* Kaoru Sugayama * Makiko Horai *

Seiko Kawamura Seiko Kawamura (河村聖子 ''Kawamura Seiko'', born 23 May 1984) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Toyota Auto Body Queenseis. Profile *Her mother, Keiko Okushima, was on the national volleyball team. *She became a volleyball p ...

Rie Takaki Rie Takaki (高木理江 ''Takaki Rie'', born 9 August 1983) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays as vice captain for Victorina Himeji. Profile *She became a volleyball player at 10 years old. *While attending junior high, she played as ...

(2003–2011) *

Yuki Kawai 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 on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a pa ...

(2008–2011) * Chihiro Kato *

Yoshie Takeshita Yoshie Takeshita (竹下佳江 ''Takeshita Yoshie'', born March 18, 1978) is a retired Japanese volleyball player who played for JT Marvelous. She served as the head coach of Japanese volleyball team Victorina Himeji. and now serves as Executive ...

(2002–2012) * Masami Taniguchi * Ai Yamamoto/Ai Ōtomo (2009–2013) * Keiki Nishiyama * Yuki Ishikawa *

Naoko Hashimoto Naoko Hashimoto (橋本直子 ''Hashimoto Naoko'', born July 11, 1984) is a Japanese people, Japanese volleyball player who plays for Il Bisonte Firenze. Career Hashimoto debuted with the senior national team in 2013. Clubs * Hisamitsu Springs ...

Mai Okumura Mai Okumura (奥村麻依, born October 31, 1990) is a Japanese volleyball player. She plays for the Japan women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in whi ...

( ja) (2012–2018) *

Megumi Kurihara Megumi Kurihara (栗原恵 ''Kurihara Megumi'', born July 31, 1984) is a Japanese volleyball former player who played for JT Marvelous. She also played for the All-Japan women's volleyball team and participated at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olymp ...

(2018-2019) * Misaki Tanaka (2013–2020) * Anna Ogawa (2013–2021) *

Jaja Santiago , commonly known as Jaja Santiago, is a Philippine-born Japanese people, Japanese volleyball player who plays for JT Marvelous of Japan's V.League (Japan), V.League. Career College Santiago, then an incoming freshman student entering the Natio ...

(2024–) Foreign players ; * Tatiana Alves Dos Santos (2008–2009) ; * Eva Yaneva (2012–2013) ; * Kenny Moreno Pino (2006–2008) ; *

Jovana Brakočević Jovana Brakočević Canzian ( sr-Cyrl, Јована Бракочевић Канцијан; born 5 March 1988) is a Serbian volleyball player, who was a member of the Serbia women's national volleyball team that won the silver medal at the 2016 S ...

(2011–2012) *

Brankica Mihajlović Brankica Mihajlović ( sr-Cyrl, Бранкица Михајловић; born 13 April 1991) is a Serbian professional volleyball player. She plays for the Serbia women's national volleyball team where she won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Ol ...

(2017–2019) ; *

Yeon-Koung Kim Kim Yeon-koung (, ; born 26 February 1988) is a South Korean professional volleyball player and a former member of the FIVB Athletes' Commission. She is an outside hitter and the former captain of the South Korean National Team. She announ ...

(2009–2011) ; *

Onuma Sittirak Onuma Sittirak (, , ; born June 13, 1986, in Khian Sa) is a Thai volleyball player and was a member of Thailand women's national volleyball team. She graduated from Ratna Bundit University. Career Onuma started playing volleyball as a spiker ...

(2014–2017) * Kaewkalaya Kamulthala (2018–2020) *

Thatdao Nuekjang Thatdao Nuekjang (; ; born 3 February 1994) is a Thai 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., In 2024, she will ...

(2020-2023) ; * Dilara Bilge (2013–2014) ; * Annie Drews (2019–2022, 2023-2024) *

Karsta Lowe Karsta Frances Lowe (born February 2, 1993) is an American volleyball player who was a first-team All-American at UCLA Bruins women's volleyball, UCLA and who played for the United States women's national volleyball team. With the national team ...

(2019–2022) ; *

(2023–2024)

Notes

References

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