NEC Red Rockets

NEC Red Rockets
Founded	1978
Ground	Tokyo and; Kawasaki, Kanagawa Japan
Manager; Head Coach	Takumi Iwasaki; Takayuki Kaneko
Captain	Yuka Sawada
League	V.League 1 Women
2020-21	3rd place
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home	Away

NEC Red Rockets (NECレッドロケッツ, NEC Reddo Rokettsu) is a women's volleyball team based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. It plays in V.League 1. The owner of the team is NEC.

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 six 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, 2016–17, 2022–23, 2023–24
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

League		Position	Teams	Matches	Win	Lose
Japan League	13th (1979–80)	3rd	6	10	7	3
	14th (1980–81)	4th	8	14	7	7
	15th (1981–82)	5th	8	21	7	14
	16th (1982–83)	6th	8	21	7	14
	17th (1983–84)	6th	8	21	8	13
	18th (1984–85)	3rd	8	21	14	7
	19th (1985–86)	3rd	8	21	12	9
	20th (1986–87)	Runner-up	8	21	17	4
	21st (1987–88)	Champion	8	14	12	2
	22nd (1988–89)	4th	8	17	9	8
	23rd (1989–90)	3rd	8	17	13	4
	24th (1990–91)	3rd	8	17	9	8
	25th (1991–92)	7th	8	14	3	11
	26th (1992–93)	4th	8	14	8	6
	27th (1993–94)	4th	8	14	9	5
V・League	1st (1994–95)	5th	8	21	11	10
	2nd (1995–96)	Runner-up	8	21	14	7
	3rd (1996–97)	Champion	8	21	16	5
	4th (1997–98)	Runner-up	8	21	18	3
	5th (1998–99)	3rd	10	18	13	5
	6th (1999-2000)	Champion	10	18	18	0
	7th (2000–01)	3rd	10	18	17	1
	8th (2001–02)	Runner-up	9	16	10	6
	9th (2002–03)	Champion	8	21	17	4
	10th (2003–04)	4th	10	18	12	6
	11th (2004–05)	Champion	10	27	20	7
	12th (2005–06)	6th	10	27	13	14
V・Premier	2006-07	5th	10	27	15	12
	2007-08	6th	10	27	13	14
	2008-09	3rd	10	27	18	9
	2009-10	5th	8	28	10	18
	2010-11	4th	8	26	15	11
	2011-12	8th	8	21	3	18
	2012-13	4th	8	28	23	5
	2013-14	5th	8	28	12	16
	2014-15	Champion	8	21	13	8
	2015-16	5th	8	21	8	13
	2016-17	Champion	8	21	15	6
	2017-18	5th	8	21	8	13
V.League Division 1 (V1)	2018–19	6th	11	20	11	9
	2019–20	8th	12	21	11	10
	2020–21	3rd	12	20	15	5
	2021–22	4th	12	33	23	10

Current squad

2024-2025 Squad, as of December 2024 ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Head coach: Takayuki Kaneko

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth	Height (m)
1	Haruyo Shimamura	Middle Blocker	(1992-03-04) 4 March 1992 (age 32)	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
2	Yoshino Sato	Outside Hitter	(2001-11-12) 12 November 2001 (age 23)	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
3	Shiori Tsukada	Setter	(1994-09-07) 7 September 1994 (age 30)	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
4	Ai Hirota	Outside Hitter	(2003-08-23) 23 August 2003 (age 21)	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
5	Nichika Yamada	Middle Blocker	(2000-02-24) 24 February 2000 (age 24)	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
6	Yuka Sawada (C)	Setter	(1996-08-14) 14 August 1996 (age 28)	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
7	Moeka Kinoe	Middle Blocker	(1997-12-24) 24 December 1997 (age 26)	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
8	Kasumi Nojima	Middle Blocker	(1997-05-09) 9 May 1997 (age 27)	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
9	Riko Fujii	Libero	(1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 (age 25)	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
10	Tsukasa Nakagawa	Setter	(2000-08-13) 13 August 2000 (age 24)	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
11	Chinami Furuya	Outside Hitter	(1996-04-20) 20 April 1996 (age 28)	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
12	Misaki Yamauchi	Outside Hitter	(1995-03-10) 10 March 1995 (age 29)	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
13	Yukiko Wada	Outside Hitter	(2002-01-08) 8 January 2002 (age 22)	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
14	Ayumu Harashima	Middle Blocker	(2004-07-12) 12 July 2004 (age 20)	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
15	Lorrayna Marys da Silva	Opposite Hitter	(1999-06-19) 19 June 1999 (age 25)	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
16	Haruko Sasaki	Outside Hitter	(2002-03-09) 9 March 2002 (age 22)	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
17	Ichiyo Ito	Middle Blocker	(2006-01-16) 16 January 2006 (age 18)	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
18	Ajcharaporn Kongyot	Outside Hitter	(1995-07-20) 20 July 1995 (age 29)	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
19	Runa Tanaka	Outside Hitter	(1998-07-09) 9 July 1998 (age 26)	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
20	Sayaka Daikuzono	Libero	(2000-08-03) 3 August 2000 (age 24)	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)

Former players

Domestic players

Japan

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^[7]
Mio Sato (2019–2021) (ja) ^[8]
Sarina Koga (2015-2024)

Foreign players

Brazil

Bulgaria

Emiliya Dimitrova (2016–2017)

Croatia

Hana Čutura (2013–14)

Finland

Riikka Lehtonen (2006–2007)

Poland

Berenika Tomsia (2019–2020)

Russia

Elena Tyurina (1990–1994)
Elizaveta Tishchenko (1995–1997)
Yelena Godina (1998–1999)

Serbia

Brižitka Molnar (2011–2012)

Thailand

Ajcharaporn Kongyot (2023-)

Turkey

Yeliz Başa (2012–13, 2014–2016)
Neriman Özsoy (2020–2021)

United States

Erin Aldrich (2007–2008)
Rhamat Alhassan (2018–19)
Sarah Wilhite-Parsons (2020-2022)
Dani Drews (2023-2024)

References

^ "NEC Red Rockets". Volleyball V-League Official Site. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
^ "Member Profile". NEC Sports. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
^ "NEC Red Rockets 2019 fiscal prospective players News". NEC Red Rockets Official Site. NEC Corporation. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
^ "NEC Red Rockets - Japan V.League Women - Volleyball". Japan Women's Indoor Volleyball. sitenoise.com. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
^ "2021 Informal Players Notice". NEC Sports. NEC Corporation. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
^ "NEC announces Kawakami and Fujii's offer". Volleyball Monthly. NIPPON BUNKA PUBLISHING CO., LTD. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
^ "Announcement of players joining the 2020-21 season". Himeji Victorina Official Web site. Victorina Himeji. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
^ "Interview with Mio Sato". NEC SPORTS NET. NEC Corporation. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[1] "NEC Red Rockets". Volleyball V-League Official Site. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[2] "Member Profile". NEC Sports. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[3] "NEC Red Rockets 2019 fiscal prospective players News". NEC Red Rockets Official Site. NEC Corporation. Retrieved 1 February 2019.

[4] "NEC Red Rockets - Japan V.League Women - Volleyball". Japan Women's Indoor Volleyball. sitenoise.com. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[5] "2021 Informal Players Notice". NEC Sports. NEC Corporation. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[6] "NEC announces Kawakami and Fujii's offer". Volleyball Monthly. NIPPON BUNKA PUBLISHING CO., LTD. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[7] "Announcement of players joining the 2020-21 season". Himeji Victorina Official Web site. Victorina Himeji. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[8] "Interview with Mio Sato". NEC SPORTS NET. NEC Corporation. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

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