TEAM COMPOSITION

 JPN / Japan - Team Composition

 
Team manager TAKAHASHI, Harunori
Head coach FUKUDA, Yasuhiro
Assistant coach YAMAGUCHI, Hiroyuki
Doctor MATSUMURA, Sakurako (Ms.)
Therapist / trainer SHIBATA, Munenori
Journalist TANAKA, Yuko (Ms.)
 
    No.   Name Lastname Shirt Name Birthdate Height Weight Spike Block Club
  1 Fumika MORIYA MORIYA 07.04.1992 180 75 302 286 Pioneer Red Wings
  C 2   Mari HORIKAWA HORIKAWA 03.05.1992 180 65 302 285 Toray Arrows
  3 Saori KANEKO KANEKO 09.05.1992 175 63 298 280 NEC Red Rockets
  4   Azusa FUTAMI FUTAMI 15.05.1992 180 66 300 283 Toray Arrows
  6 Kana ONO ONO 30.06.1992 180 70 297 283 NEC Red Rockets
  7   Mirei SASAKI SASAKI 29.07.1992 176 67 298 290 Hitachi Rivale
  8 Yukiko YANAGIDANI YANAGIDANI 07.08.1992 167 64 278 268 Fukuoka University
  9   Yumiko MOCHIMARU MOCHIMARU 16.09.1992 175 60 294 280 Pioneer Red Wings
  10 Sumiko MORI MORI 26.10.1992 156 50 262 248 National I.of F.& S.in KANOYA
  11   Aya YAMAKAMI YAMAKAMI 16.01.1993 172 58 287 282 University of Tsukuba
  12 Mizuki MINAMI MINAMI 19.02.1993 175 68 292 275 Hisamitsu Springs
  14   Shiori MURATA MURATA 23.06.1992 167 56 285 270 Hisamitsu Springs
 C=Captain  L=Libero
 
Team profile
The Japanese team consists of members selected from various university teams and Japan’s top club teams in the V.league - Japan’s premier league. Using typical characteristics Japanese sides in the past - dexterity, hard work, discipline, and an endeavor to bring out players’ individual personalities – the side hope to fight fiercely point by point, match by match at the tournament. There is no doubt that each player has tremendous capability of volleyball talent.
 
Furthermore the side will play a brand of fast volleyball which has traditionally been a big part of how Japan play.
 
Horikawa, who was a member of the Youth Girls’ World Championship squad in 2009, will captain the side.

It has not been long since our team was brought together but they hope to make the most of their team spirit.

Leading the side will be coach Yasuhiro Fukuda.
Coach profile
Yasuhiro Fukuda, 38, is an enthusiastic volleyball coach. Fukuda started playing volleyball in 1985 at the age of 13 for his junior high school volleyball club team and it is no exaggeration to say that since then he has been devoted to volleyball. In 1995, at the age of 23, after his graduating from university, Fukuda firstly took up coaching volleyball at the HITACHI (Belles Filles) women’s volleyball club in Tokyo for six years, as an assistant coach, from 1995 through 2001.

After that, Fukuda continued coaching volleyball for other teams and is constantly promoting his coaching skills.
 
He was appointed as coach of the Japanese junior women’s national team for the 2011 FIVB Volleyball Women’s Junior World Championship and his coaching methods have a good reputation.

The coach said that he hopes to do well at the tournament to bring hope and joy to those who were victims of the Japanese earthquake earlier this year.