Okayama Seagulls

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.

Okayama Seagulls

Founded	1999
Ground	Okayama City, Okayama, Japan
Manager & Head Coach	Akiyoshi Kawamoto
Captain	Aimi Kawashima
League	V.League Division 1
2019-2020	Runner up
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home Away

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

[1]

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

Current squad

2020-2021 Squad as of 9 August - 2020 [2][3][4]

• Head coach: Akiyoshi Kawamoto

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth	Height (m)	Weight (kg)	Spike (cm)	Block (cm)
3	Ayaka Taguchi	Middle Blocker	11 November 1998	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	290
4	Miharu Yoshioka	Outside Hitter	14 September 1998	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	299
5	Mizuki Ugajin	Setter	16 September 1996	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	286
6	Sanae Watanabe	Opposite	28 May 1998	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	298
8	Mayu Oikawa	Middle Blocker	26 June 1996	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	299
9	Yuri Takayanagi	Outside Hitter	19 April 2000	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	286
10	Minami Nishimura	Libero	23 March 2000	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	59 kg (130 lb)	284
11	Moe Takayanagi	Middle Blocker	27 November 1998	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	283
12	Anna Imura	Middle Blocker	13 June 1996	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	59 kg (130 lb)	295
14	Haruka Miyashita	Setter	1 September 1994	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	58 kg (128 lb)	290	272
15	Aoi An Furukawa	Outside Hitter	27 July 2002	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	300
16	Kanako Nagama	Libero	23 April 1999	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)	58 kg (128 lb)	264
17	Uran Kido	Outside Hitter	27 December 2001	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	277
18	Syuka Kaneda (ja)	Outside Hitter	6 June 1996	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	288
19	Yuki Morita	Libero	27 February 1998	1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)	53 kg (117 lb)	264
20	Aki Maruyama	Libero	6 October 1990	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)	53 kg (117 lb)	255
21	Yurika Kono	Middle Blocker	8 April 1996	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	294
22	Mei Funada	Libero	30 December 2001	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	56 kg (123 lb)	270
23	Akari Maeda	Outside Hitter	28 May 1999	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	58 kg (128 lb)	295
24	Mami Miyashita	Libero	17 August 1986	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	58 kg (128 lb)	249
26	Sora Nagase	Middle Blocker	18 August 1999	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	293
27	Yoshie Narasaki	Libero	20 October 1997	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)	56 kg (123 lb)	271
28	Aimi Kawashima (C)	Middle Blocker	15 April 1990	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	298	285
31	Natsuki Onodera	Setter	16 June 1999	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	56 kg (123 lb)	292

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 Foreign players 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 August 2020. http://okayama.v-seagulls.co.jp/team/index.html "V.League Okayama Seagulls". sitenoise.com. sitenoise. Retrieved 9 August 2020.