Pioneer Red Wings

Pioneer Red Wings was a women's volleyball team based in Tendo city, Yamagata, Japan. It played in V.Premier League. The club was founded in 1979. The owner of the team is Tohoku Pioneer

Pioneer Red Wings
Founded1979
Dissolved2014
GroundYamagata Prefectural General Sports Park Gymnasium, Tendo, Yamagata and
Kawagoe, Saitama Japan.
Manager &
Head Coach
Japan Mitsuo Shimazu
Japan Tsutomu Tozawa
LeagueV.Premier League
2013-148th place (V.Premier League)
WebsiteClub home page
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History

The club was founded in 1979 as Tohoku Pioneer volleyball team. They joined the Regional League in 1985 and were promoted to the Inter-Company League in 1997. They were promoted to the V.League in 2000. In 2003/2004 season, they won the first V.league title.

On 6 April 2014 Red Wings were beaten by Denso Airybees in the V.Challenge match,[1] so will demote to V.Challenge league next season.

On 23 May 2014 Tohoku Pioneer announced that Red Wings stop the activity in September 2014.[2]

Honours

Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League
  • Champions (2): 2003-2004 and 2005-2006
  • Runner-up (1): 2004-2005
Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament
  • Champions (2): 2003 and 2005

Empress's Cup

  • Runner-up (1): 2008

League results

League Position Teams Matches Win Lose
V.League7th (2000–01)7th1018810
8th (2001–02)3rd916115
9th (2002–03)5th8211110
10th (2003–04)Champion1018144
11th (2004–05)Runner-up1027225
12th (2005–06)Champion1027216
V・Premier2006-073rd1027189
2007-085th10271413
2008-096th10271314
2009-108th828325
2010-117th826917
2011-126th821714
2012-138th828523
2013-148th828325

Current squad

As of April 2014[3]

  • 1   Serbia Aleksandra Crnčević (fr)
  • 2   Japan Akiko Kōno
  • 3   Japan Chisato Yokota
  • 5   Japan Akika Hattori
  • 6   Japan Yōko Hayashi
  • 8   Japan Kanako Konno
  • 9   Japan Satoe Mitsuhashi
  • 10 Japan Yūko Asazu (Sub captain)
  • 11 Japan Yukiko Arai
  • 12 Japan Rika Hattori
  • 13 Japan Shōko Tamura
  • 14 Japan Ryōko Atago
  • 15 Japan Fumika Moriya
  • 16 Japan Yumiko Mochimaru
  • 17 Japan Akari Watanabe
  • 18 Japan Tsubura Satō
  • 19 Japan Mami Ashino
  • 20 Japan Mami Yoshida (Captain)
  • 21 Japan Natsuno Kurami
  • 22 Japan Yuki Araki
  • 24 Japan Koyomi Tominaga (Sub captain)

Retired players

References

  1. Japan Volleyballleague Organization. "2013/14V・チャレンジマッチ(入替戦) 試合結果のお知らせ". Retrieved 2014-04-07.
  2. Tohoku Pioneer. "女子バレーボール部「パイオニアレッドウィングス」の廃部について" (PDF). Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  3. V.League(Japan). チーム登録選手 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-11-28.
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