Okayama Seagulls
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| Club Name | 岡山シーガルズ |
| Arena | Okayama city, Okayama Okayama, Okayama is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan.The city was founded on June 1, 1889. As of August 2010, the city has an estimated population of 705,224 and a population density of 893 persons per km². The total area is 789.88 km².... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... . |
| Manager |  Seiji Ichihara |
| Head Coach | Akiyoshi Kawamoto |
| League | V.Premier League V.League (Japan) The V.Premier League is the top-level volleyball league for both men and women in Japan. The league started in 1994.The competitions are organized by the Japan Volleyball Association.... |
| Position 2010-11 | Bottom |
| Team Colors | Blue |
| Website | v-seagulls.co.jp |
Okayama Seagulls is a women's volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
team based in Okayama city, Okayama
Okayama, Okayama
is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan.The city was founded on June 1, 1889. As of August 2010, the city has an estimated population of 705,224 and a population density of 893 persons per km². The total area is 789.88 km²....
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It plays in V.premier League
V.League (Japan)
The V.Premier League is the top-level volleyball league for both men and women in Japan. The league started in 1994.The competitions are organized by the Japan Volleyball Association....
. The club was founded in 1999. It is only a team without the owner enterprise in V.premier League.
Honours
Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship- Runners-up (1): 2005
Domestic Sports Festival (Volleyball)
National Sports Festival of Japan
is the national premier sports event of Japan. The abbreviated name is Kokutai . The 65th National Sports Festival of Japan was held in October 2010 in Chiba Prefecture.- Emperor's Cup and Empress Cup Champions :...
- Champions (8): 2002-2006, 2008-2011
League Results
| League | Position | Teams | Matches | Win | Lose | |
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| V.League | 6th (1999-2000) | 9th | 10 | 18 | 4 | 14 |
| 7th (2000-01) | 10th | 10 | 18 | 3 | 15 | |
| 8th (2001-02) | 5th | 9 | 16 | 10 | 6 | |
| 9th (2002-03) | 6th | 8 | 21 | 8 | 13 | |
| 10th (2003-04) | 5th | 10 | 18 | 10 | 8 | |
| 11th (2004-05) | 5th | 10 | 27 | 14 | 13 | |
| 12th (2005-06) | 5th | 10 | 27 | 15 | 12 | |
| V・Premier | 2006-07 | 8th | 10 | 27 | 10 | 17 |
| 2007-08 | 4th | 10 | 27 | 14 | 13 | |
| 2008-09 | 7th | 10 | 27 | 13 | 14 | |
| 2009-10 | 6th | 8 | 28 | 10 | 18 | |
| 2010-11 | 8th | 8 | 26 | 1 | 25 | |
Current squad
As of November 2011- 1 Minami Yoshida
- 2 Mai YamaguchiMai YamaguchiMai Yamaguchi is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Okayama Seagulls.-Profiles:Her nickname is "yume" which means a dream in Japanese...
- 4 Rika Seki
- 5 Mai Fukuda
- 6 Natsumi Horiguchi
- 8 Aki Kawabata
- 2 Mai Takeda
- 11 Midori Kitamura
- 12 Natsumi Murata
- 13 Hidemi Takamatsu
- 14 Haruka Miyashita
- 15 Hiroko Okano (Captain)
- 16 Ayaka Noguchi
- 17 Arisa Kobayashi
- 18 Junko Kanamori
- 19 Aki Kurokawa
- 20 Aki Maruyama
- 21 Kazuyo Mori
- 22 Rina Urabe
- 28 Aimi Kawashima
- 29 Aya Seo
- 33 Takako Wakaura (Sub captain)
Former players
- Mari Nomura
- Yumiko Ono
- Umeka Kawai
- Nobuko Yonemura
- Chie Kanda
- Sachiko HIgashitani
- Mayumi Kosuge
- Rie Hotta