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Japanese volleyball club
NEC Red Rockets
Founded1978
GroundTokyo and
Kawasaki, Kanagawa Japan
Manager
Head Coach		Japan Takumi Iwasaki
Japan Takayuki Kaneko
CaptainYuka Sawada
LeagueV.League 1 Women
2020-213rd place
WebsiteClub 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

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

Former players

Domestic players

 Japan

Foreign players

 Brazil
 Bulgaria
 Croatia
 Finland
 Poland
 Russia
 Serbia
 Thailand
 Turkey
 United States

References

  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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