NEC Red Rockets
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| Founded | 1978 | ||
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| Ground | Tokyo and Kawasaki, Japan | ||
| Manager Head Coach | Template:Flagicon Okada Rie Template:Flagicon Kodai Nakaya | ||
| Captain | Nichika Yamada | ||
| League | SV.League | ||
| 2025-26 | Third place | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
| Uniforms | |||
Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 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
- 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.
- Champions (2): 1997, 2001.
- Runners-up (7): 1985, 1987, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2011, 2013.
League results
| League | Position | Teams | Matches | Wins | Loss(es) | |
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| 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) | File:Silver medal with cup.svg Runners-up | 8 | 21 | 17 | 4 | |
| 21st (1987–88) | File:Gold medal with cup.svg 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) | File:Silver medal with cup.svg Runners-up | 8 | 21 | 14 | 7 | |
| 3rd (1996–97) | File:Gold medal with cup.svg Champions | 8 | 21 | 16 | 5 | |
| 4th (1997–98) | File:Silver medal with cup.svg Runners-up | 8 | 21 | 18 | 3 | |
| 5th (1998–99) | 3rd | 10 | 18 | 13 | 5 | |
| 6th (1999-2000) | File:Gold medal with cup.svg Champions | 10 | 18 | 18 | 0 | |
| 7th (2000–01) | 3rd | 10 | 18 | 17 | 1 | |
| 8th (2001–02) | File:Silver medal with cup.svg Runners-up | 9 | 16 | 10 | 6 | |
| 9th (2002–03) | File:Gold medal with cup.svg Champions | 8 | 21 | 17 | 4 | |
| 10th (2003–04) | 4th | 10 | 18 | 12 | 6 | |
| 11th (2004–05) | File:Gold medal with cup.svg 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 | File:Gold medal with cup.svg Champions | 8 | 21 | 13 | 8 | |
| 2015-16 | 5th | 8 | 21 | 8 | 13 | |
| 2016-17 | File:Gold medal with cup.svg 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 | File:Gold medal with cup.svg Champions | |||||
| 2023–24 | File:Gold medal with cup.svg Champions | |||||
| SV.League | 2024-25 | File:Silver medal with cup.svg 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: Template:Flagicon Kodai Nakaya
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth | Height (m) |
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| 1 | Template:Flagicon Nichika Yamada (c) | Middle Blocker | 24 February 2000 | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Yoshino Sato | Outside Hitter | 12 November 2001 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Sayaka Daikuzono | Libero | 3 August 2000 | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Ai Hirota | Outside Hitter | 23 August 2003 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Yuka Sawada | Setter | 14 August 1996 | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Moeka Kinoe | Middle Blocker | 24 December 1997 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Kasumi Nojima | Middle Blocker | 9 May 1997 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| 9 | Template:Flagicon Natsumi Kodama | Libero | 16 May 2002 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| 10 | Template:Flagicon Tsukasa Nakagawa | Setter | 13 August 2000 | 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| 11 | Template:Flagicon Chinami Furuya | Outside Hitter | 20 April 1996 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| 12 | Template:Flagicon Haruko Sasaki | Outside Hitter | 9 March 2002 | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| 13 | Template:Flagicon Yukiko Wada | Outside Hitter | 8 January 2002 | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| 14 | Template:Flagicon Ayumu Harashima | Middle Blocker | 12 July 2004 | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| 15 | Template:Flagicon Sylvia Chinelo Nwakalor | Opposite Hitter | 12 August 1999 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| 17 | Template:Flagicon Ichiyo Ito | Middle Blocker | 16 January 2006 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| 18 | Template:Flagicon Haruka Hosokawa | Setter | 7 April 2002 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| 23 | Template:Flagicon Misuzu Takahashi | Outside Hitter | 5 November 2002 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| 24 | Template:Flagicon Naka Hasebe | Middle Blocker | 25 January 2003 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| 77 | Template:Flagicon Giovanna Milana Day | Outside Hitter | 13 June 1998 | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Former players
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Domestic players
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."NEC Red Rockets". Volleyball V-League Official Site. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."選手・スタッフ一覧". NECレッドロケッツ川崎公式サイト (in 日本語). Retrieved 2025-11-17.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Announcement of players joining the 2020-21 season". Himeji Victorina Official Web site. Victorina Himeji. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."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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