NEC Red Rockets

NEC Red Rockets
Founded1978
GroundTokyo and Kawasaki,
Japan
Manager
Head Coach		Japan Okada Rie
Japan Kodai Nakaya
CaptainNichika Yamada
LeagueSV.League
2025-26Third place
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NEC Red Rockets (NECレッドロケッツ, NEC Reddo Rokettsu) is a women's volleyball team based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It plays in SV.League. The owner of the team is NEC.

The club was founded in April 1978 as NEC's corporate team, participating the same year in the 10th V.Challenge League tournament. The club advanced to membership in the Japan Volleyball League in 1979, securing 3rd place in the league rankings by the end of the season. The club has subsequently been league champions nine times, and marked its 200th victory in 2008.

In 2021, the team rebranded to further evolve while preserving its history, and relocated its hometown to the Kawasaki area of Kanagawa Prefecture and the Tokyo area.

The three-layered lines on the rocket body, which is the team's emblem, represent the team, supporters, and community aboard the rocket. The team

Honours

Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League
  • Champions (9): 1987–1988, 1996–1997, 1999–2000, 2002–2003, 2004–2005, 2014–2015, 2016–2017, 2022–2023, 2023–2024.
  • Runners-up (4): 1986–1987, 1995–1996, 1997–1998, 2001-2002.
Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship
  • Champions (2): 1997, 2001.
  • Runners-up (7): 1985, 1987, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2011, 2013.

League results

League Position Teams Matches Wins Loss(es)
Japan League 13th (1979–80) 3rd 6 10 7 3
14th (1980–81) 4th 8 14 7 7
15th (1981–82) 5th 8 21 7 14
16th (1982–83) 6th 8 21 7 14
17th (1983–84) 6th 8 21 8 13
18th (1984–85) 3rd 8 21 14 7
19th (1985–86) 3rd 8 21 12 9
20th (1986–87) Runners-up 8 21 17 4
21st (1987–88) Champions 8 14 12 2
22nd (1988–89) 4th 8 17 9 8
23rd (1989–90) 3rd 8 17 13 4
24th (1990–91) 3rd 8 17 9 8
25th (1991–92) 7th 8 14 3 11
26th (1992–93) 4th 8 14 8 6
27th (1993–94) 4th 8 14 9 5
V・League 1st (1994–95) 5th 8 21 11 10
2nd (1995–96) Runners-up 8 21 14 7
3rd (1996–97) Champions 8 21 16 5
4th (1997–98) Runners-up 8 21 18 3
5th (1998–99) 3rd 10 18 13 5
6th (1999-2000) Champions 10 18 18 0
7th (2000–01) 3rd 10 18 17 1
8th (2001–02) Runners-up 9 16 10 6
9th (2002–03) Champions 8 21 17 4
10th (2003–04) 4th 10 18 12 6
11th (2004–05) Champions 10 27 20 7
12th (2005–06) 6th 10 27 13 14
V・Premier 2006-07 5th 10 27 15 12
2007-08 6th 10 27 13 14
2008-09 3rd 10 27 18 9
2009-10 5th 8 28 10 18
2010-11 4th 8 26 15 11
2011-12 8th 8 21 3 18
2012-13 4th 8 28 23 5
2013-14 5th 8 28 12 16
2014-15 Champions 8 21 13 8
2015-16 5th 8 21 8 13
2016-17 Champions 8 21 15 6
2017-18 5th 8 21 8 13
V.League Division 1 (V1) 2018–19 6th 11 20 11 9
2019–20 8th 12 21 11 10
2020–21 3rd 12 20 15 5
2021–22 4th 12 33 23 10
2022–23 Champions
2023–24 Champions
SV.League 2024-25 Runners-up 14 51 34 17
2025-26 3rd 14 48 38 10

Current squad

2025-2026 Squad, as of November 2025[1][2]

  • Head coach: Japan Kodai Nakaya
No. Name Position Date of birth Height (m)
1 Japan Nichika Yamada (c) Middle Blocker (2000-02-24) 24 February 2000 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
2 Japan Yoshino Sato Outside Hitter (2001-11-12) 12 November 2001 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
3 Japan Sayaka Daikuzono Libero (2000-08-03) 3 August 2000 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
4 Japan Ai Hirota Outside Hitter (2003-08-23) 23 August 2003 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
6 Japan Yuka Sawada Setter (1996-08-14) 14 August 1996 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
7 Japan Moeka Kinoe Middle Blocker (1997-12-24) 24 December 1997 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
8 Japan Kasumi Nojima Middle Blocker (1997-05-09) 9 May 1997 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
9 Japan Natsumi Kodama Libero (2002-05-16) 16 May 2002 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
10 Japan Tsukasa Nakagawa Setter (2000-08-13) 13 August 2000 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
11 Japan Chinami Furuya Outside Hitter (1996-04-20) 20 April 1996 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
12 Japan Haruko Sasaki Outside Hitter (2002-03-09) 9 March 2002 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
13 Japan Yukiko Wada Outside Hitter (2002-01-08) 8 January 2002 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
14 Japan Ayumu Harashima Middle Blocker (2004-07-12) 12 July 2004 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
15 Italy Sylvia Chinelo Nwakalor Opposite Hitter (1999-08-12) 12 August 1999 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
17 Japan Ichiyo Ito Middle Blocker (2006-01-16) 16 January 2006 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
18 Japan Haruka Hosokawa Setter (2002-04-07) 7 April 2002 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
23 Japan Misuzu Takahashi Outside Hitter (2002-11-05) 5 November 2002 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
24 Japan Naka Hasebe Middle Blocker (2003-01-25) 25 January 2003 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
77 United States Giovanna Milana Day Outside Hitter (1998-06-13) 13 June 1998 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Former players

References

  1. ^ "NEC Red Rockets". Volleyball V-League Official Site. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  2. ^ "選手・スタッフ一覧". NECレッドロケッツ川崎公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-11-17.
  3. ^ "Announcement of players joining the 2020-21 season". Himeji Victorina Official Web site. Victorina Himeji. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Interview with Mio Sato". NEC SPORTS NET. NEC Corporation. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
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