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

Founded	1979
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
Home Away

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.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

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

•   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

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.

External links

• TOHOKU Pioneer Corporation(ja)