Japan women's national volleyball team

Japan

Association	Japan Volleyball Association
Confederation	AVC
FIVB ranking	8 (as of 2008-01-05)
Olympics
Appearances	9

The Japan women's national volleyball team, or All-Japan women's volleyball team, is the volleyball national team of Japan, currently ranked 8th^[1] by the FIVB. The current head coach is Masayoshi Manabe.

Their greatest success was at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, when they defeated the heavily favored Soviet Union on the way to the gold medal.

Japan qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by winning the Women's Olympic Qualifier, from May 8 to May 16 in Tokyo, Japan. In Athens, Greece the team ended up in fifth place in the overall-rankings.

6 times World Champions

Year	Games	Host	Runner-up	2nd Runner-up
1962 #	4th World Championship	USSR	USSR	Poland
1964 #	Tokyo Olympics Games	Japan	USSR	Poland
1967 #	5th World Championship	Japan	USSR	South Korea
1974 &	7th World Championship	Mexico	USSR	South Korea
1976 &	Montreal Olympic Games	Canada	USSR	South Korea
1977 &	2nd World Cup	Japan	Cuba	South Korea

#, & - Twice 3 Straight Major titles in 1960s and 1970s (World Women's Volleyball Championship, World Cup, Olympic Games)

Results

Olympic Games

World Championship

World Cup

FIVB World Grand Prix

Asian Games

Squads

• 1996 Olympic Games — 9th place (tied)

  Kaiyo Hoshini, Aki Nagatomi, Kazumi Nakamura, Chieko Nakanishi, Motoko Ohbayashi, Ikumi Ogake, Mika Saiki, Kiyomi Sakamoto, Asako Tajimi, Chiho Torii, Mika Yamauchi, and Tomoko Yoshihara. Head Coach: Kuniaki Yoshida.

• 1999 FIVB World Cup — 6th place

  Naomi Eto, Megumi Itabashi, Chikako Kumamae, Hitomi Mitsunaga, Junko Moriyama, Ikumi Ogake, Minako Onuki, Yuka Sakurai, Miki Sasaki, Hiromi Suzuki, Asako Tajimi, and Hiroko Tsukumo. Head Coach: Nobushika Kuzuwa.

• 2002 World Championship — 14th place

  Makiko Horai, Sachiko Kodama, Chikako Kumamae, Hisako Mukai, Kanako Naito, Minako Onuki, Ai Otomo, Kana Oyama, Yuko Sano, Sachiko Sugiyama, Miyuki Takahashi, and Shinako Tanaka. Head Coach: Masahiro Yoshikawa.

• 2003 FIVB World Cup — 5th place

  Tomoko Yoshihara, Chie Tsuji, Miki Sasaki, Kanako Omura, Yoshie Takeshita, Miyuki Takahashi, Makiko Horai, Yuko Sano, Sachiko Sugiyama, Saori Kimura, Kana Oyama, and Megumi Kurihara. Head Coach: Shoichi Yanagimoto.

• 2004 Olympic Qualification Tournament — 1st place (qualified)

  Tomoko Yoshihara, Chie Tsuji, Ikumi Narita, Miki Sasaki, Kanako Omura, Yoshie Takeshita, Miyuki Takahashi, Sachiko Sugiyama, Ai Otomo, Kana Oyama, Megumi Kurihara, and Saori Kimura. Head Coach: Shoichi Yanagimoto.

• 2004 Olympic Games — 5th place (tied)

  Tomoko Yoshihara, Chie Tsuji, Ikumi Narita, Miki Sasaki, Kanako Omura, Yoshie Takeshita, Miyuki Takahashi, Sachiko Sugiyama, Ai Otomo, Kana Oyama, Megumi Kurihara, and Saori Kimura. Head Coach: Shoichi Yanagimoto.

• 2005 FIVB World Grand Prix — 5th place

  Erika Araki, Makiko Horai, Megumi Itabashi, Ayako Onuma, Ai Otomo, Yuka Sakurai, Miki Shimada, Kaoru Sugayama, Sachiko Sugiyama, Yoshie Takeshita, Miyuki Takahashi, and Chie Yoshizawa. Head Coach: Shoichi Yanagimoto.

• 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament — 3rd place (qualified)

  Erika Araki, Miyuki Kano, Yuki Kawai, Saori Kimura, Megumi Kurihara, Kanako Omura, Yuka Sakurai, Yuko Sano, Miyuki Takahashi, Sachiko Sugiyama, Yoshie Takeshita, and Asako Tajimi. Head Coach: Shoichi Yanagimoto.

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