Pioneer Red Wings
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| Founded | 1979 | ||
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| Dissolved | 2014 | ||
| Ground | Yamagata Prefectural General Sports Park Gymnasium, Tendo, Yamagata and Kawagoe, Saitama Japan. | ||
| Manager & Head Coach |  Mitsuo Shimazu Tsutomu Tozawa | ||
| League | V.Premier League | ||
| 2013-14 | 8th place (V.Premier League) | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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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
History[edit]
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[edit]
- Champions (2): 2003-2004 and 2005-2006
- Runner-up (1): 2004-2005
- Champions (2): 2003 and 2005
- Runner-up (1): 2008
League results[edit]
| League | Position | Teams | Matches | Win | Lose | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V.League | 7th (2000–01) | 7th | 10 | 18 | 8 | 10 |
| 8th (2001–02) | 3rd | 9 | 16 | 11 | 5 | |
| 9th (2002–03) | 5th | 8 | 21 | 11 | 10 | |
| 10th (2003–04) | Champion | 10 | 18 | 14 | 4 | |
| 11th (2004–05) | Runner-up | 10 | 27 | 22 | 5 | |
| 12th (2005–06) | Champion | 10 | 27 | 21 | 6 | |
| V・Premier | 2006-07 | 3rd | 10 | 27 | 18 | 9 |
| 2007-08 | 5th | 10 | 27 | 14 | 13 | |
| 2008-09 | 6th | 10 | 27 | 13 | 14 | |
| 2009-10 | 8th | 8 | 28 | 3 | 25 | |
| 2010-11 | 7th | 8 | 26 | 9 | 17 | |
| 2011-12 | 6th | 8 | 21 | 7 | 14 | |
| 2012-13 | 8th | 8 | 28 | 5 | 23 | |
| 2013-14 | 8th | 8 | 28 | 3 | 25 | |
Current squad[edit]
As of April 2014[3]
- 1
Aleksandra Crnčević (fr) - 2
Akiko Kōno - 3 Chisato Yokota
- 5 Akika Hattori
- 6 Yōko Hayashi
- 8 Kanako Konno
- 9 Satoe Mitsuhashi
- 10 Yūko Asazu (Sub captain)
- 11 Yukiko Arai
- 12 Rika Hattori
- 13 Shōko Tamura
- 14 Ryōko Atago
- 15 Fumika Moriya
- 16 Yumiko Mochimaru
- 17 Akari Watanabe
- 18 Tsubura Satō
- 19 Mami Ashino
- 20 Mami Yoshida (Captain)
- 21 Natsuno Kurami
- 22 Yuki Araki
- 24 Koyomi Tominaga (Sub captain)
Retired players[edit]
Tayyiba Haneef-Park (2008–09)
Senna Usic (2007–08)
Francien Huurman (2003-2006)- Danielle Scott-Arruda (2001-2003)
- Chaïne Staelens (2010-2013)
- Megumi Kurihara (2004-2011)
- Ikumi Narita (2009-2011)
- Megumi Itabashi (2009-2011)
- Saki Sugimoto (2005-2011)
- Asako Tajimi (2001-2011)
- Miki Sasaki (2001-2011)
- Satsuki Minami (2006-2009)
- Nanae Takizawa(2006-2009)
- Yumi Kohama (2005-2009)
- Mami Hosokawa(2004-2009)
- Yuki Shoji (2000-2009)
- Yukiko Uchida(1999-2007)・(2008-2009)
- Ikumi Nishibori (2007-2008)
- Masayo Eguchi (2005-2008)
- Wakana Uneta (2004-2008)
- Tomoko Yoshihara (2002-2006)
- Mayumi Saito (1999-2004)
- Eiko Koizumi (1999-2002)
- Sanae Tsubakimoto (1999-2002)
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ V.League(Japan). チーム登録選手 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-11-28.