JT Marvelous
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Club Name JTマーヴェラス
Arena
Nishinomiya, Hyogo
Nishinomiya, Hyogo
is a city located in Hyōgo, Japan, between the cities of Ōsaka and Kōbe. On April 1, 2005, the city of Nishinomiya celebrated its 80th anniversary. It is best known as the home of Kōshien Stadium, where the Hanshin Tigers baseball team plays home games and where Japan's annual high school baseball...

 
Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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Manager   Yuji Takeda
Head Coach   Akihisa Ishihara
League V.Premier League
V.League (Japan)
The V.Premier League is the top-level volleyball league for both men and women in Japan. The league started in 1994.The competitions are organized by the Japan Volleyball Association....

Position 2010-11 Champion
Team Colors Green
Website jti.co.jp


JT Marvelous is a women's volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 team owned by Japan Tobacco Ltd.
Japan Tobacco
, abbreviated JT, is a cigarette manufacturing company. It is part of the Nikkei 225 index. In 2009 the company was listed at number 312 on the Fortune 500 list. The company is headquartered in Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo. The international headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland.-History:The company...

, and based in Nishinomiya, Hyogo
Nishinomiya, Hyogo
is a city located in Hyōgo, Japan, between the cities of Ōsaka and Kōbe. On April 1, 2005, the city of Nishinomiya celebrated its 80th anniversary. It is best known as the home of Kōshien Stadium, where the Hanshin Tigers baseball team plays home games and where Japan's annual high school baseball...

, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. It plays in V.Premier League
V.League (Japan)
The V.Premier League is the top-level volleyball league for both men and women in Japan. The league started in 1994.The competitions are organized by the Japan Volleyball Association....

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Honours

Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League
V.League (Japan)
The V.Premier League is the top-level volleyball league for both men and women in Japan. The league started in 1994.The competitions are organized by the Japan Volleyball Association....

  • Champion (1):2010-11
  • Runners-up (2): 2006-2007, 2009–10

Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship
  • Champion (1):2011
  • Runners-up (4): 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2010

League Results

League Position Teams Matches Win Lose
V.League 3rd (1996–97) 8th 8 21 1 20
6th (2000–01) 7th 10 18 6 12
7th (2000–01) 8th 10 18 6 12
8th (2001–02) 9th 9 16 2 14
10th (2003–04) 7th 10 18 6 12
11th (2004–05) 4th 10 27 15 12
12th (2005–06) 7th 10 27 12 15
V・Premier 2006-07 Runner-up 10 27 20 7
2007-08 8th 10 27 12 15
2008-09 9th 10 27 10 17
2009-10 Runner-up 8 28 26 2
2010-11 Champion 8 26 20 6

Current squad

As of November 2011
  • 1     Maiko Sakashita (Captain)
  • 2     Masami Taniguchi
    Masami Taniguchi
    Masami Taniguchi is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for JT Marvelous.-Profiles:*She became a volleyball player at 10 years old.*She served as the captain until 2006....

  • 3     Ai Yamamoto
  • 4     Chie Yoshizawa
  • 5     Ai Inden
    Ai Inden
    Ai Inden is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for JT Marvelous.- Profile :*She became a volleyball player at 12 years old.*She served as captain of the team between 2009 and 2010.- Team :...

  • 6     Jovana Brakočević
    Jovana Brakocevic
    Jovana Brakočević is a female professional volleyball player from Serbia, who was a member of the Serbia women's national volleyball team that won the silver medal at the 2007 European Championship in Belgium and Luxembourg. There she was named Best Server of the tournament...

  • 7     Yoshie Takeshita
    Yoshie Takeshita
    Yoshie Takeshita is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for JT Marvelous.She plays for the All-Japan women's volleyball team and was a participant at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Her nickname is World's smallest and strongest setter...

  • 9     Yuki Ishikawa
    Yuki Ishikawa
    Yuki Ishikawa is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for JT Marvelous.She plays for the All-Japan women's volleyball team and was a participant at the 2006 Volleyball Grand Prix....

  • 10   Naoko Hashimoto
    Naoko Hashimoto
    Naoko Hashimoto is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Hisamitsu Springs.-Honours:*Team**Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier Champions : 2006-07 Runners-up : 2005-06...

  • 11   Aya Kamiyashiki
  • 12   Keiki Nishiyama
    Keiki Nishiyama
    Keiki Nishiyama is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for JT Marvelous.-Profile:*She became a volleyball player at 10 years old.*Her elder sister is Yuki Nishiyama.- Team :...

  • 13   Kotoe Inoue
    Kotoe Inoue
    Kotoe Inoue is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for JT Marvelous.-Career:While attending high school, the volleyball team won in the Domestic Sports Festival ....

  • 14   Chihiro Usui
  • 17   Chihiro Kato
    Chihiro Kato
    Chihiro Kato is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for JT Marvelous.- Team :*2009-2010 V.Premier League - Runner-Up, with JT Marvelous....

  • 19   Chiemi Chiba
  • 20   Aika Akutagawa

Former players

Kenny Moreno Pino
Kenny Moreno
Kenny Moreno Pino is a female volleyball player from Colombia, who won with her team the bronze medal at the 2005 Bolivarian Games.-Career:...

 (2006–08) Tatiana Alves Dos Santos
Tatiana Alves dos Santos
Tatiana Alves dos Santos is a Brazilian volleyball player. She is 183 cm. She played for Blumenau , Lupo Nautico, Farça Olimpica, Zaon, sparta Vassauras in Brazil, Zarechie Odintsova in Russia, Beşiktaş J.K., Fenerbahçe Acıbadem and VakıfBank Güneş Sigorta in Turkey and JT Marvelous in Japan...

 (2008–09) Yeon-Koung Kim
Yeon-Koung Kim
Kim Yeon-Koung is a South Korean women's volleyball player. She currently plays for Turkish giants Fenerbahçe.Kim is South Korea’s most decorated player within the last few years and is known as the Asian Gamova.-Career:...

(2009-2011)
  • Naomi Eto
  • Junko Moriyama
  • Chikako Kumamae

  • Kaoru Sugayama
    Kaoru Sugayama
    is a Japanese volleyball player. Although her nickname is "yuu", there was already Ai Otomo with that nickname on the All-Japan women's Team, so her new nickname is "kaoru". Her nickname in television broadcasts is "koushuni kagayaku Kaoru-hime",...

  • Makiko Horai
    Makiko Horai
    Makiko Horai is a former Japanese volleyball player.She also played for Japan National women's volleyball team and participated at the 2006 World Championship...

     (2001–2009)
  • Seiko Kawamura
    Seiko Kawamura
    Seiko Kawamura is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Toyota Auto Body Queenseis.-Profile:*Her mother, Keiko Okushima, was on the national volleyball team.*She became a volleyball player at 6 years old....

     (2003–2009)
  • Yoko Senno (2005–2009)
  • Miyabi Kubo (-2010)
  • Shoko Kosake (-2010)
  • Ritsuko Endo (-2010)
  • Chika Kamimoto (-2010)
  • Yuki Nishiyama(-2011)
  • Rie Takaki
    Rie Takaki
    Rie Takaki is a former Japanese volleyball player who played for JT Marvelous.-Profile:*She became a volleyball player at 10 years old.*While attending junior high, she played as a wing-spiker....

    (-2011)
  • Asami Kawahara(-2011)
  • Yuki Kawai
    Yuki Kawai
    Yuki Kawai is a former Japanese volleyball player who played for JT Marvelous.-CareerYuki became a volleyball player when in a Primary school. At he time when she was in the 3rd grade of Higashikyushu Ryokoku High School she served as a captain of the team...

    (-2011)
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