Okayama Seagulls

Okayama Seagulls
Founded	1999
Ground	Okayama City, Okayama, ; Japan
Manager; Head Coach	Seiko Nakata ; Akiyoshi Kawamoto
Captain	Shuuka Kaneda
League	V.League Division 1
2020-2021	6th
Website	Club home page

Okayama Seagulls (岡山シーガルズ, Okayama shīgaruzu) is a women's volleyball team based in Okayama city, Okayama, Japan. It plays in V.League Division 1. The club was founded in 1999.

Honours

V.League/V.Premiere League

Champions (0):
Runners-up (2): 2013-14, 2019–20

V.Challenge League

Champions (1): 2017-2018
Runners-up (0)

Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship

Champions (0):
Runners-up (1): 2005

Empress's Cup

Champions (0):
Runners-up (1): 2013

Domestic Sports Festival (Volleyball)

Champions (10): 2002-2006, 2008-2011 and 2014-2015

League results

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League		Position	Teams	Matches	Win	Lose
V.League	6th (1999-2000)	9th	10	18	4	14
	7th (2000–01)	10th	10	18	3	15
	8th (2001–02)	5th	9	16	10	6
	9th (2002–03)	6th	8	21	8	13
	10th (2003–04)	5th	10	18	10	8
	11th (2004–05)	5th	10	27	14	13
	12th (2005–06)	5th	10	27	15	12
V・Premier	2006-07	8th	10	27	10	17
	2007-08	4th	10	27	14	13
	2008-09	7th	10	27	13	14
	2009-10	6th	8	28	10	18
	2010-11	8th	8	26	1	25
	2011-12	4th	8	21	11	10
	2012-13	3rd	8	28	15	13
	2013-14	Runners-up	8	28	17	11
	2014-15	4th	8	21	13	8
	2015-16	4th	8	21	9	12
	2016-17	7th	8	21	5	16
V・Challenge	2017-18	Champions	7	18	17	1
V.League Division 1 (V1)	2018–19	9th	11	20	10	10
	2019-20	Runners-up	12	21	15	6
	2020-21	6th	12	21	11	10

Current squad

2024-2025 Squad as of November - 2024 ^[2]^[3]^[4]

Head coach: Akiyoshi Kawamoto

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth	Height (m)
1	Mayu Hamada	Setter	(2003-05-08) 8 May 2003 (age 21)	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
2	Amika Saiki	Outside Hitter	(2003-09-12) 12 September 2003 (age 21)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
3	Ayaka Taguchi	Middle Blocker	(1998-11-11) 11 November 1998 (age 26)	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
4	Rinka Komatubara	Outside Hitter	(2001-05-16) 16 May 2001 (age 23)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
5	Mizuki Ugajin	Setter	(1996-09-16) 16 September 1996 (age 28)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
7	Ami Yamashiro	Outside Hitter	(1998-06-24) 24 June 1998 (age 26)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
9	Yuri Takayanagi	Outside Hitter	(2000-04-19) 19 April 2000 (age 24)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
10	Rikana Kai	Outside Hitter	(2003-09-04) 4 September 2003 (age 21)	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
11	Hina Kido	Libero	(2004-09-11) 11 September 2004 (age 20)	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
12	Sayaka Seo	Setter	(2004-03-20) 20 March 2004 (age 20)	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
15	Yuuka Niina	Setter	(2004-10-20) 20 October 2004 (age 20)	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
16	Yui Uchiyama	Libero	(2001-09-27) 27 September 2001 (age 23)	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
17	Uran Kido	Outside Hitter	(2001-12-27) 27 December 2001 (age 22)	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
18	Shuuka Kaneda [C]	Outside Hitter	(1996-06-06) 6 June 1996 (age 28)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
19	Rika Yasuda	Outside Hitter	(1999-07-05) 5 July 1999 (age 25)	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
20	Junna Fujiwara	Outside Hitter	(2003-04-06) 6 April 2003 (age 21)	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
21	Kokone Nakai	Middle Blocker	(2003-05-24) 24 May 2003 (age 21)	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
22	Mei Funada	Libero	(2001-12-30) 30 December 2001 (age 22)	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
25	Ai Okano	Outside Hitter	(2000-04-17) 17 April 2000 (age 24)	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
26	Sora Nagase	Middle Blocker	(1999-08-18) 18 August 1999 (age 25)	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
27	Yoshie Narasaki	Libero	(1997-10-20) 20 October 1997 (age 27)	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
32	Maika Matsumoto	Outside Hitter	(2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 (age 21)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
33	Yuzu Nakamoto	Outside Hitter	(2002-11-13) 13 November 2002 (age 22)	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Former players

Domestic players

Japan

Mari Nomura (1992–2009)
Yumiko Ono (2003–2009)
Nobuko Yonemura (2002–2011)
Chie Kanda (1990–2010)
Mayumi Kosuge (2000–2011)
Rie Hotta (2008–2011)
Hiroko Okano (1995–2013)
Kazuyo Mori (1995–2012)
Megumi Kurihara (2012–2014)
Yuki Sasaki (2012–2014)
Natsumi Horiguchi (2010–2014)
Mai Fukuda (2009–2014)
Mai Yamaguchi (2002-2019)
Koyuki Okusu (2016-2019)
Moe Sasaki (2012–2020)
Minami Yoshida (2006–2020)
Aki Kawabata (2008–2018)
Mayu Takada (2016–2019) Transferred to 9-person Ibiden Regulus
Hinako Hayashi (2015–2019) Transferred to 9-person Panasonic Bluebells
Sanae Watanabe (2017–2021) Transferred to PFU BlueCats^[5]
Minami Nishimura (2017–2021)
Anna Imura (2014–2021)
Aki Maruyama (2009–2021)
Yurika Kouno (2014–2021)

Foreign players

Thailand

Thanacha Sooksod (2022–2023)

References

^ "公式記録 RECORD / RANKING バレーボール Vリーグオフィシャルサイト". V.League Official Site. JVA. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
^ "V.League Okayama Seagulls". V.League Official Site. V.League. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
^ "V.League Okayama Seagulls". sitenoise.com. sitenoise. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
^ "Team introduction - Okayama Seagulls official website". Okayama Seagulls Official Website. OKAYAMA SEAGULLS. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
^ "PFU　デンソーから鍋谷友理枝、岡山から渡邊真恵が加入 (Yurie Nabeya from PFU Denso and Sanae Watanabe from Okayama)". Volleyball Magazine. studio108. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

[1] "公式記録 RECORD / RANKING バレーボール Vリーグオフィシャルサイト". V.League Official Site. JVA. Retrieved 4 March 2019.

[2] "V.League Okayama Seagulls". V.League Official Site. V.League. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

[3] "V.League Okayama Seagulls". sitenoise.com. sitenoise. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

[4] "Team introduction - Okayama Seagulls official website". Okayama Seagulls Official Website. OKAYAMA SEAGULLS. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

[5] "PFU　デンソーから鍋谷友理枝、岡山から渡邊真恵が加入 (Yurie Nabeya from PFU Denso and Sanae Watanabe from Okayama)". Volleyball Magazine. studio108. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

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