Astemo Rivale Ibaraki

Astemo Rivale Ibaraki
Founded	1980
Ground	Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, ; Japan
Manager; Head Coach	Koji Yamanokawa; Asako Tajimi
Captain	Kanako Saito
League	V.League 1 Women
2020-21	8th place
Website	Club home page

Hitachi Rivale (日立リヴァーレ, Hitachi Rivuāre) is a women's volleyball team based in Hitachinaka city, Ibaraki, Japan. It plays in V.League 1. The owner is Hitachi Automotive Systems.

History

It was founded in November 1980 as Hitachi Sawa Rivale.
It was promoted to the V.League in 1998.
In April 2009, it lost the V.challenge match, so it was demoted to the V.challenge League for the next season.
In April 2010, the team name was changed to Hitachi Rivale.
In April 2013, It was re-promoted to V. Premier League after beating Denso Airybees.

League		Position	Teams	Matches	Win	Lose
V.League	5th (1998–99)	8th	10	18	7	11
	6th (1999–2000)	10th	10	18	3	15
	9th (2002–03)	8th	8	21	3	18
	10th (2003–04)	6th	10	18	7	11
	11th (2004–05)	9th	10	27	7	20
	12th (2005–06)	8th	10	27	10	17
V・Premier	2006-07	9th	10	27	6	21
	2007-08	10th	10	27	1	26
	2008-09	10th	10	27	0	27
V・Challenge	2009-10	Champion	12	16	15	1
	2010-11	Runner-up	12	18	17	1
	2011-12	Champion	12	22	21	1
	2012-13	Runner-up	10	18	17	1
V・Premier	2013-14	6th	8	28	12	16
	2014-15	4th	8	21	7	14
	2015-16	Runner-up	8	21	13	8
	2016-17	3rd	8	21	14	7
	2017–18	8th	8	21	5	16
V.League Division 1 (V1)	2018–19	8th	11	20	8	12
	2019-20	9th	12	21	6	15
	2020–21	8th	12	21	6	15

2021-2022 Squad as of 25 August - 2021 ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth	Height (m)	Weight (kg)	Spike (cm)	Block (cm)
1	Ruriko Uesaka	Outside Hitter	(1999-09-07) 7 September 1999 (age 25)	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	293
2	Keito Saiga	Setter	(2002-01-15) 15 January 2002 (age 22)	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	290
3	Miwako Osanai	Outside Hitter	(1997-07-19) 19 July 1997 (age 27)	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	292
4	Saori Kamizawa	Middle Blocker	(2001-12-18) 18 December 2001 (age 22)	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	295
5	Hannah Tapp	Middle Blocker	(1995-06-21) 21 June 1995 (age 29)	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	297	290
6	Anna Koike	Libero	(1996-12-16) 16 December 1996 (age 27)	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	261
7	Kanako Saito	Libero	(1994-06-03) 3 June 1994 (age 30)	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)	59 kg (130 lb)	269
9	Aya Watanabe	Middle Blocker	(1991-04-23) 23 April 1991 (age 33)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	299
10	Sarina Sakai	Setter	(1997-09-11) 11 September 1997 (age 27)	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)	58 kg (128 lb)	280
11	Anri Nakamura	Middle Blocker	(1997-03-02) 2 March 1997 (age 27)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	295
13	Rui Nonaka	Outside Hitter	(2001-08-03) 3 August 2001 (age 23)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	295	279
14	Mai Irisawa	Middle Blocker	(1999-06-02) 2 June 1999 (age 25)	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	309
16	Rino Murooka	Outside Hitter	(2002-06-16) 16 June 2002 (age 22)	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)	55 kg (121 lb)	300
17	/ Hawi Okumu Oba	Outside Hitter	(1998-06-27) 27 June 1998 (age 26)	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	304

Domestic Players

Yuki Sugawara Tanaka (2006-2008)
Akiko Ino (2005-2007)
Keiko Kuroha (2005–2009)
Megumi Itabashi (2003–2009)
Mariko Futakawa (2007–2009)
Ayano Inishi (2006–2009)
Kaori Iida (1998–2009)
Miki Shimada (2006–2009)
Narumi Takashima (2007–2009)
Saori Ishida (2007–2009)
Makoto Matsuura (2009–2010)
Sae Ishida (2008-2015)
Akari Fujisaki (2007-2010)
Yurie Yamamoto (2009-2010)
Ai Yoshida (2008-2011)
Airi Kawahara (2009-2011)
Kaori Nakamura (2007-2011)
Kotomi Tosaki (2008-2011)
Midori Miyakozawa (2001–2006, 2011–2012)
Asako Tajimi (2011–2012)
Momoka Minami (2011–14)
Yukiko Ebata (2007–14)
Yukino Nagamatsu (2011–2014)
Saori Takahashi (2011–2014)
Marie Wada (2013–2015)
Arisa Satō (2012–2018)
Megumi Kurihara (2014–2018)
Mami Uchiseto (2013–2017)
Kana Shimohira (2016–2018)
Kaori Mabashi (2016-2019) [1] Transfer to Kurobe AquaFairies
Moemi Toi (2006-2019)[2]
Hisae Watanabe (ja) (2013–2020)
Sakura Doi (2016–2020)
Yuka Onodera (2015–2021)
Uran Horii (2017–2021)
Miyu Kubota (ja) (2017–2021)
Maiha Haga (2015–2021)
Miya Sato (2011–2021)

Foreign Players

^ "Player list". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
^ "Hitachi Rivale - Japan V.League Women - Volleyball". Japan Women's Indoor Volleyball. sitenoise.com. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
^ "Transfer Announcement - Registration Addition List". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
^ "About the 2021 "Hitachi Rivale" system" (PDF). Hitachi Rivale. 日立Astemo株式会社. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
^ "Player - Staff Introduction: Hitachi Astemo Rivale". Hitachi Astemo Rivale. Hitachi Astemo, Ltd (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 August 2021.