Denso Airybees

Japanese volleyball club
Denso Airybees
Founded1972
GroundNishio, Aichi,
Japan
Head CoachJapan Takeshi Tsuji
LeagueV.League 1
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Denso Airybees (デンソー・エアリービーズ, Densō Earībīzu) is a women's volleyball team based in Nishio city, Aichi, Japan. It plays in V.League 1. The club was founded in 1972.

The owner of the team is Denso.

Honours

Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League

  • Runners-up (1): 2007-2008
  • Regular Season Champion (Premier Conference) 2019-2020

Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship

  • Champion (1): 2008
Empress's Cup
  • Champion (1): 2010
  • Runners-up (1): 2009
  • Runners-up (1): 2017

League results

League Position Teams Matches Win Lose
Japan League 20th (1986–87) 6th 8 21 6 15
21st (1987–88) 6th 8 14 5 9
22nd (1988–89) 7th 8 14 3 11
V・League 1st (1994–95) 7th 8 21 10 11
3rd (1996–97) 3rd 8 21 11 10
4th (1997–98) 5th 8 21 9 12
5th (1998–99) 4th 10 18 14 4
6th (1999-2000) 6th 10 18 10 8
7th (2000–01) 9th 10 18 4 14
8th (2001–02) 8th 9 16 4 12
9th (2002–03) 7th 8 21 7 14
10th (2003–04) 9th 10 18 6 12
11th (2004–05) 3rd 10 27 15 12
12th (2005–06) 9th 10 27 5 22
V・Premier 2006-07 7th 10 27 11 16
2007-08 Runner-up 10 27 20 7
2008-09 4th 10 27 16 11
2009-10 3rd 8 28 15 13
2010-11 6th 8 26 12 14
2011-12 3rd 8 21 14 7
2012-13 7th 8 28 7 21
V・Challenge League 2013-14 Champion 10 18 17 1
V・Premier 2014-15 7th 8 21 6 15
2015-16 7th 8 21 8 13
V・Challenge League 2016-17 1st 8 21 19 2
V・Premier 2017-18 4th 8 21 11 10
V.League Division 1 (V1) 2018–19] 5th 11 20 10 10
2019-20 4th 12 21 18 3
2020-21 4th 12 19 12 7
2021-22 6th 12 33 20 13
2022-23 6th 12 33 14 19

Players

Current squad

2023–2024 Squad as of 31 July - 2023 [1][2][3]

Denso Airybees
Number Player Position Date of Birth Height Weight Spike Block
1 Japan Haruna Yamashita Opposite Hitter (2000-04-21) 21 April 2000 (age 24) 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) 63 kg (139 lb) 285
2 Japan Mami Yokota Middle Blocker (1997-12-10) 10 December 1997 (age 26) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 62 kg (137 lb) 298
3 Japan Mana Yokoyama Middle Blocker (2000-12-12) 12 December 2000 (age 23) 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 298
4 Japan Haruna Kawabata Libero (2001-02-08) 8 February 2001 (age 23) 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) 58 kg (128 lb) 269
5 Japan Minami Yoshida Opposite Hitter (2000-01-26) 26 January 2000 (age 24) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
6 Japan Minami Nakamoto Outside Hitter (1997-05-14) 14 May 1997 (age 27) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 67 kg (148 lb) 305
7 Brazil Rosamaria Montibeller Opposite Hitter/Outside Hitter (1994-04-09) 9 April 1994 (age 30) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 290
8 Japan Yoshino Sato Outside Hitter (2002-06-30) 30 June 2002 (age 21) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 71 kg (157 lb) 295
9 Japan Mikiha Oguchi Libero (1993-05-01) 1 May 1993 (age 31) 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) 58 kg (128 lb) 275
11 Philippines Julia Melissa Morado-De Guzman Setter (1995-05-10) 10 May 1995 (age 29) 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 54 kg (119 lb)
12 Japan Ayane Furuichi Setter (1998-06-16) 16 June 1998 (age 25) 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) 59 kg (130 lb) 270
13 Japan Yuka Yamaguchi Setter (1998-08-10) 10 August 1998 (age 25) 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) 53 kg (117 lb) 278
14 Japan Miko Isogai Outside Hitter (2000-12-28) 28 December 2000 (age 23) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 67 kg (148 lb) 286
15 Japan Sayaka Yokota Middle Blocker (1999-09-30) 30 September 1999 (age 24) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 70 kg (150 lb) 298
16 Japan Yuki Noda Middle Blocker (2004-11-15) 15 November 2004 (age 19) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 63 kg (139 lb) 300
19 Japan Satomi Fukudome Libero (1997-11-23) 23 November 1997 (age 26) 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) 60 kg (130 lb) 275
23 Japan Nanami Asano Middle Blocker (2002-12-13) 13 December 2002 (age 21) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 300

Former players

Domestic players

 Japan
  • Ayako Sana (2004-2009)
  • Mai Fukuda (2006-2009)
  • Tomoko Okano (2000-2009)
  • Junko Takahashi (2005-2009)
  • Mai Uemura (2006-2009)
  • Keiko Kuroha (2009-2010)
  • Eri Hosoda (2003-2011)
  • Masami Yokoyama (2002-2010)
  • Rika Seki (2006-2010)
  • Maya Ohtsuki (2006-2010)
  • Furudate Ayumi (2003-2007)
  • Kyoko Katashita (2008-2010)
  • Sayaka Ishida (2003-2008)
  • Tsubasa Honda (2008-2011)
  • Shoko Ohmura (2008-2011)
  • Yoshiko Yano (2004-2012)
  • Yuka Sakurai (1993-2012)
  • Nanami Inoue (-2013)
  • Yuko Sano (2014–2015)
  • Kaori Inoue (2001–2015)
  • Risa Ishii (2009-2018)
  • Mizuho Ishida (2015-2019)
  • Nanaka Sakamoto (ja) (2014-2020)
  • Rei Kudou (2015-2022)
  • Yui Asahi (ja) (2016–2020)
  • Asuka Nomura (2018-2020)
  • Riho Ōtake (2012–2021) Transferred to Hisamitsu Springs
  • Yuki Hyodo (2017-2023) Secretariat to Denso Airybees
  • Momoko Ishibashi (2017-2023)
  • Haruka Sekiyama (2017-2022)
  • Kanami Tashiro (2019–2021)
  • Kotoe Inoue (2019–2021) Transferred to NEC Red Rockets
  • Fumika Moriya (2019-2023) Academy Staff to Denso Airybees
  • Mai Okumura (2019–2021)
  • Tamaki Matsui (2019-2023) Transferred to Unilife Vôlei Maringá
  • Yurie Nabeya (2012–2021) Transferred to PFU BlueCats
  • Reina Tokoku (2018-2022) Transferred to Incheon Heungkuk Life Pink Spiders
  • Airi Takahashi (2021-2023) Team Manager to Denso Airybees

Foreign players

 Brazil
 Croatia
 Dominican Republic
 Italy
 Netherlands
 Philippines
 Serbia
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Turkey
 United States
 Vietnam
 Thailand

Coaching staff

Head coach

  • 2006 - ??? : Takeshi Tsuji
  • 2017-2022 : Gen Kawakita

Advisory Coach

  • 2023 - ??? : Antonio Marcos Lerbach

Team Manager

  • 2023 - ??? : Airi Takahashi

Medical Trainer

  • 2023 - ??? : Ayaka Miyazono

Front Manager

References

  1. ^ "Denso Airybees". Volleyball V League Official Site. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Players - Denso Airybees". vleague.jp. VLeague. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Transfer Announcement - Registration Addition List". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 4 June 2021.

External links

  • Airybees Official Website
  • JVL