Mana Nishizaki (西崎 愛菜, Nishizaki Mana; born 1 May 2002) is a Japanese professional volleyball player. She plays in the…Mana Nishizaki (西崎 愛菜, Nishizaki Mana; born 1 May 2002) is a Japanese professional volleyball player. She plays in the SV.League for Osaka Marvelous.
Mayu Ishikawa (石川 真佑, Ishikawa Mayu; born 14 May 2000) is a Japanese professional volleyball player. She's a member of…Mayu Ishikawa (石川 真佑, Ishikawa Mayu; born 14 May 2000) is a Japanese professional volleyball player. She's a member of the Japan Women's National Volleyball Team, as one of its outside hitters. In 2025, she is assigned as the national team's captain, and currently plays for the club Igor Gorgonzola Novara. She won the title of 2024–25 Women's CEV Cup for the first time of the club's history. Ishikawa competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Women's volleyball. She used to be the captain of Japan U-18 and U-20 national volleyball team.
Nichika Yamada (山田 二千華, Yamada Nichika; born 24 February 2000) is a Japanese volleyball player. She plays for the Japan…Nichika Yamada (山田 二千華, Yamada Nichika; born 24 February 2000) is a Japanese volleyball player. She plays for the Japan women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's volleyball.
Miyu Nakagawa (中川 美柚, Nakagawa Miyu; born 8 January 2000) is a Japanese professional volleyball player. She plays in…Miyu Nakagawa (中川 美柚, Nakagawa Miyu; born 8 January 2000) is a Japanese professional volleyball player. She plays in the SV.League for Kurobe AquaFairies.
Mami Yokota (横田 真未, Yokota Mami; born 10 December 1997) is a Japanese professional volleyball player. She plays in the…Mami Yokota (横田 真未, Yokota Mami; born 10 December 1997) is a Japanese professional volleyball player. She plays in the SV.League for PFU BlueCats Ishikawa Kahoku.
Yūki Ishikawa (石川祐希, Ishikawa Yūki; born 11 December 1995) is a Japanese professional volleyball player who plays as an…Yūki Ishikawa (石川祐希, Ishikawa Yūki; born 11 December 1995) is a Japanese professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Efeler Ligi club Ziraat Bankkart and the Japan national team, which he captains. Ishikawa is the first volleyball player to have a wax figure in Japan. His wax figure is currently on display at Madame Tussauds Tokyo. He is also the first Japanese male player to win 2 gold medals at the CEV Champions League (2024–2025, 2025–2026) and 1 gold medal the FIVB Club World Championship (2025). Ishikawa was named as the "Best outside spiker" at the FIVB World Cup (2015, 2019), FIVB Nations League (2023, 2024), Asian Championship (2017, 2019, 2021), as well as the "Most valuable player" at the Asian Championship (2017, 2023). He is Powervolley Milano's all-time top scorer, with 1837 points for the club to his name.
Akihiro Yamauchi (山内 晶大, Yamauchi Akihiro) (born 30 November 1993) is a Japanese male volleyball player. He is part of…Akihiro Yamauchi (山内 晶大, Yamauchi Akihiro) (born 30 November 1993) is a Japanese male volleyball player. He is part of the Japan men's national volleyball team. On a college club level he played for Aichi Gakuin University. He is captain of the Panasonic Panthers team, with the jersey number 10.
Hideomi Fukatsu (深津 英臣, Fukatsu Hideomi; born (1990-06-01)1 June 1990) is a Japanese male volleyball player. With his…Hideomi Fukatsu (深津 英臣, Fukatsu Hideomi; born (1990-06-01)1 June 1990) is a Japanese male volleyball player. With his club Panasonic Panthers he competed at the 2013 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship.
Akihiro Fukatsu (深津 旭弘, Fukatsu Akihiro; born (1987-07-23)23 July 1987) is a Japanese male volleyball player. He was…Akihiro Fukatsu (深津 旭弘, Fukatsu Akihiro; born (1987-07-23)23 July 1987) is a Japanese male volleyball player. He was part of the Japan men's national volleyball team. On club level, he plays for Tokyo Great Bears.
Yumiko Tsuzuki (都築有美子 Tsuzuki Yumiko born May 11, 1983, in Okazaki, Aichi) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays…Yumiko Tsuzuki (都築有美子 Tsuzuki Yumiko born May 11, 1983, in Okazaki, Aichi) is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for NEC Red Rockets. She served as captain of Toyota Auto Body Queenseis between 2007 and 2009. On 27 June 2013 NEC Red Rockets announced her joining.
Nobutaka Hirano (born December 5, 1972) is a former volleyball player from Ama, Aichi, Japan, who played for the Men's…Nobutaka Hirano (born December 5, 1972) is a former volleyball player from Ama, Aichi, Japan, who played for the Men's National Team in the 1990s. Nicknamed Heita he ended up in sixteenth place at the 1998 World Championship.
Shigeru Aoyama (born 27 April 1969) is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics in…Shigeru Aoyama (born 27 April 1969) is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
Norie Hiro (Japanese: 廣 紀江; born 26 July 1965) is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1984 Summer…Norie Hiro (Japanese: 廣 紀江; born 26 July 1965) is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. In 1984, she was a member of the Japanese team that won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament. Four years later, she finished fourth with the Japanese team in the 1988 Olympic tournament.
Setsuko Yoshida (吉田 節子, Yoshida Setsuko) (born November 4, 1942) is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in…Setsuko Yoshida (吉田 節子, Yoshida Setsuko) (born November 4, 1942) is a Japanese former volleyball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics. She was born in Aichi Prefecture. In 1968 she was part of the Japanese team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. She played six matches.