Denso Airybees

Denso Airybees (デンソー・エアリービーズ, Densō Earībīzu) is a women's volleyball team based in Nishio city, Aichi, Japan. It plays in V.League 1. The club was founded in 1972.

Denso Airybees

Founded	1972
Ground	Nishio, Aichi, Japan
Manager Head Coach	Hiroyuki Yamaguchi^[1] Gen Kawakita
Captain	Fumika Moriya
League	V.League 1
2020-21	4th place
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home Away

The owner of the team is Denso.

Honours

Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League

• Runners-up (1): 2007-2008
• Regular Season Champion (Premier Conference) 2019-2020

Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship

• Champion (1): 2008

Empress's Cup

• Champion (1): 2010
• Runners-up (1): 2009
• Runners-up (1): 2017

League results

League		Position	Teams	Matches	Win	Lose
Japan League	20th (1986–87)	6th	8	21	6	15
	21st (1987–88)	6th	8	14	5	9
	22nd (1988–89)	7th	8	14	3	11
V・League	1st (1994–95)	7th	8	21	10	11
	3rd (1996–97)	3rd	8	21	11	10
	4th (1997–98)	5th	8	21	9	12
	5th (1998–99)	4th	10	18	14	4
	6th (1999-2000)	6th	10	18	10	8
	7th (2000–01)	9th	10	18	4	14
	8th (2001–02)	8th	9	16	4	12
	9th (2002–03)	7th	8	21	7	14
	10th (2003–04)	9th	10	18	6	12
	11th (2004–05)	3rd	10	27	15	12
	12th (2005–06)	9th	10	27	5	22
V・Premier	2006-07	7th	10	27	11	16
	2007-08	Runner-up	10	27	20	7
	2008-09	4th	10	27	16	11
	2009-10	3rd	8	28	15	13
	2010-11	6th	8	26	12	14
	2011-12	3rd	8	21	14	7
	2012-13	7th	8	28	7	21
V・Challenge League	2013-14	Champion	10	18	17	1
V・Premier	2014-15	7th	8	21	6	15
	2015-16	7th	8	21	8	13
V・Challenge League	2016-17	1st	8	21	19	2
V・Premier	2017-18	4th	8	21	11	10
V.League Division 1 (V1)	2018–19	5th	11	20	10	10
	2019-20	4th	12	21	18	3
	2020-21	4th	12	19	12	7

Players

Current squad

2021–2022 Squad as of 04 June - 2021 ^[2][3][4]

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth	Height (m)	Weight (kg)	Spike (cm)	Block (cm)
1	Minami Nakamoto	Outside Hitter	(1997-05-14) 14 May 1997 (age 25)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	305
2	Haruka Sekiyama	Middle Blocker	(1998-12-21) 21 December 1998 (age 24)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	292
9	Mikiha Oguchi	Libero	(1993-05-01) 1 May 1993 (age 29)	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	58 kg (128 lb)	275
10	Fumika Moriya (C)	Middle Blocker	(1992-04-07) 7 April 1992 (age 30)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	302
11	Airi Takahashi	Setter	(1998-04-04) 4 April 1998 (age 24)	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	0 kg (0 lb)
12	Momoko Ishibashi	Libero	(1998-06-05) 5 June 1998 (age 24)	1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)	52 kg (115 lb)	268
14	Tamaki Matsui	Setter	(1998-01-10) 10 January 1998 (age 25)	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	280	265
16	Mami Yokota	Middle Blocker	(1997-12-10) 10 December 1997 (age 25)	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	298
17	Nanami Asano	Middle Blocker	(2002-12-13) 13 December 2002 (age 20)	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	300
18	Yoshino Sato	Outside Hitter	(2002-06-30) 30 June 2002 (age 20)	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	295
19	Satomi Fukudome	Libero	(1997-11-23) 23 November 1997 (age 25)	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	275
20	Reina Toukoku	Outside Hitter	(1999-04-28) 28 April 1999 (age 23)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	303
21	Rei Kudo	Outside Hitter	(1997-12-05) 5 December 1997 (age 25)	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	300
24	Yuki Hyodo	Outside Hitter	(1998-10-19) 19 October 1998 (age 24)	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	295

Former players

Domestic players   Japan Ayako Sana (2004-2009) Mai Fukuda (2006-2009) Tomoko Okano (2000-2009) Junko Takahashi (2005-2009) Mai Uemura (2006-2009) Keiko Kuroha (2009-2010) Eri Hosoda (2003-2011) Masami Yokoyama (2002-2010) Rika Seki (2006-2010) Maya Ohtsuki (2006-2010) Furudate Ayumi (2003-2007) Kyoko Katashita (2008-2010) Sayaka Ishida (2003-2008) Tsubasa Honda (2008-2011) Shoko Ohmura (2008-2011) Yoshiko Yano (2004-2012) Yuka Sakurai (1993-2012) Nanami Inoue (-2013) Yuko Sano (2014–2015) Kaori Inoue (2001–2015) Risa Ishii (2009-2018) Mizuho Ishida (2015-2019) Nanaka Sakamoto (ja) (2014-2020) Yui Asahi (ja) (2016–2020) Asuka Nomura (2018-2020) Riho Ōtake (2012–2021) Transferred to Hisamitsu Springs Airi Tahara (ja) (2015–2021) Transferred to PFU BlueCats Kanami Tashiro (2019–2021) Kotoe Inoue (2019–2021) Transferred to NEC Red Rockets Mai Okumura (2019–2021) Yurie Nabeya (2012–2021) Transferred to PFU BlueCats Foreign players   Croatia Barbara Jelic (1994-1999)   Dominican Republic Kenia Moreta (2006-2007) Cindy Rondón (2007-2009) Lisvel Elisa Eve (2010-2011) Bethania de la Cruz　(2011-2012)   Italy Indre Sorokaite (it)   Netherlands Chaïne Staelens (2009-2010)   Serbia Ivana Nešović (2012-2013)   Trinidad and Tobago Sinéad Jack (2018–2020)   United States Kathryn Plummer (2020–2021)   Vietnam Trần Thị Thanh Thúy (2019–2020)   Thailand Jarasporn Bundasak (2021–2022) Coaching staff Head coach 2006 - ??? : Minoru Tatsukawa current : Gen Kawakita References "Denso Airybees". Volleyball V League Official Site. Retrieved 13 November 2018. "Denso Airybees". Volleyball V League Official Site. Retrieved 8 August 2020. "Players - Denso Airybees". vleague.jp. VLeague. Retrieved 4 October 2020. "Transfer Announcement - Registration Addition List". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 4 June 2021. External links Airybees Official Website JVL