Wikipedia / NEC Red Rockets
Wikipedia / NEC Red Rockets
is a women's volleyball team based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It plays in SV.League. 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 nine times, and marked its 200th victory in 2008.
In 2021, the team rebranded to further evolve while preserving its history, and relocated its hometown to the Kawasaki area of Kanagawa Prefecture and the Tokyo area.
The three-layered lines on the rocket body, which is the team's emblem, represent the team, supporters, and community aboard the rocket. The team
Honours
Champions (9): 1987–1988, 1996–1997, 1999–2000, 2002–2003, 2004–2005, 2014–2015, 2016–2017, 2022–2023, 2023–2024.
Runners-up (4): 1986–1987, 1995–1996, 1997–1998, 2001-2002.
Champions (2): 1997, 2001.
Runners-up (7): 1985, 1987, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2011, 2013.
League results
Current squad
2025-2026 Squad, as of November 2025
Head coach: Kodai Nakaya
Former players
Domestic players
Hiroko Tsukumo (1993–2004)
Shinako Tanaka (2001–2002)
Yoshie Takeshita (2002–2004)
Megumi Kurihara (2003–2004)
Megumi Kawamura (2001–2005)
Ai Ōtomo (2000–2006)
Miyuki Takahashi (2006–2009)
Ikumi Narita (2007–2010)
Sayoko Matsuzaki (2001–2010)
Saori Arita (2003–2010)
Saori Takasaki (2005–2010)
Ayako Watanabe (2003–2011)
Yuko Maruyama (2008–2011)
Sachiko Sugiyama (1998–2013)
Kanako Naito (2009–2012)
Akari Oumi (2012–2017)
Hiroko Matsuura (2009–2012)
Akiko Ino (2009–2012)
Yumiko Tsuzuki (2013–2014)
Akiko Uchida (2008–2014)
Makoto Matsuura (2010–2014)
Miho Watanabe (2011–2014)
Miyuki Akiyama (2007–2015)
Nami Sagawa (2014–2017)
Kaname Yamaguchi (2014–2019)
Sayaka Iwasaki (2013–2019)
Kana Ono (2011–2019)
Saki Minemura (2018–2020)
Yuna Okuyama (2014–2020)
Shiori Aratani (ja) (2016–2020) Transferred to Himeji Victorina
Sarina Koga (2015-2024)
Haruyo Shimamura (2010-2025)
Foreign players
Ana Paula Ferreira (2008–2010)
Fernanda Garay Rodrigues (2010–2011)
Lorrayna Marys da Silva (2024-)
Emiliya Dimitrova (2016–2017)
Hana Čutura (2013–14)
Riikka Lehtonen (2006–2007)
Berenika Tomsia (2019–2020)
Elena Tyurina (1990–1994)
Elizaveta Tishchenko (1995–1997)
Yelena Godina (1998–1999)
Brižitka Molnar (2011–2012)
Ajcharaporn Kongyot (2023–2025)
Yeliz Başa (2012–13, 2014–2016)
Neriman Özsoy (2020–2021)
Erin Aldrich (2007–2008)
Rhamat Alhassan (2018–19)
Sarah Wilhite-Parsons (2020-2022)
Dani Drews (2023-2024)
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