PFU BlueCats

Japanese volleyball club

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PFU BlueCats

Founded| 1980
Ground| Kahoku, Ishikawa
Japan
Manager
Head Coach|  Haisuke Manabu
Baba Daitaku
League| V.League Division 1
2020-21| 9th Place
Website| Club home page
Uniforms

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Championships
2009 V.Challenge League

PFU BlueCats (PFUブルーキャッツ, PFU Burūkyattsu) is a women's volleyball team based in Kahoku city, Ishikawa, Japan. It plays in the V.League Division 1 having been promoted for the first time for the 2018–2019 season. The club was founded in 1980. The owner of the team is PFU Limited.[1]

## History

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* Founded in 1980.
* Promoted to V.Challenge League in 2002.
* Won the V.Challenge League in 2009.
* Promoted to V.Premier League in 2016.

## Honors

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### Team

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Season  | Conference  | Title  | Source

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2004  | V1• League  | Runners Up  |
2006  | V1• League  | Runners Up  |
2007  | V• Challenge  | Runners Up  |
2008  | V• Challenge  | Runners Up  |
2009  | V• Challenge  | Champions  |
2015  | V• Challenge  | Runners Up  |
2016  | V• Challenge 1  | Runners Up  |
2017  | V• Challenge 1  | Runners Up

## League results

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League  | Position  | Teams  | Matches  | Win  | Lose

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V1.League | 5th (2002–03) | 7th | 8 | 14 | 2 | 12
6th (2003–04) | Runner-up | 7 | 12 | 9 | 3
7th (2004–05) | 4th | 8 | 14 | 9 | 5
8th (2005–06) | Runner-up | 8 | 14 | 12 | 2
V・challenge | 2006-07 | Runner-up | 8 | 14 | 13 | 1
2007-08 | Runner-up | 8 | 14 | 10 | 4
2008-09 | Champion | 10 | 18 | 15 | 3
2009-10 | 7th | 12 | 16 | 9 | 7
2010-11 | 3rd | 12 | 18 | 14 | 4
2011-12 | 5th | 12 | 22 | 13 | 9
2012-13 | 4th | 10 | 18 | 10 | 8
2013-14 | 3rd | 10 | 18 | 13 | 5
2014-15 | Runner-up | 10 | 18 | 15 | 3
V.Challenge 1 | 2015-16 | Runner-up | 8 | 21 | 17 | 4
V.Premier | 2016-17 | 8th | 8 | 21 | 3 | 18
V.Challenge 1 | 2017-18 | Runner-Up | 8 | 18 | 16 | 2
V.League Division 1 (V1) | 2018–19 | 11th | 11 | 20 | 0 | 20
2019-20 | 11th | 12 | 21 | 4 | 17
2020-21 | 9th | 12 | 17 | 4 | 13

## Current roster

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2024-2025 Squad as of December 2024[2][3][4]

* Head coach:  Baba Daitaku

PFU BlueCats

No.  | Name  | Position  | Date of birth  | Height
1  |  Natthanicha Jaisaen | Setter  |  (1998-05-21) 21 May 1998 (age 26) | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
3  |  Yuki Fujikura | Setter  |  (1999-08-27) 27 August 1999 (age 25) | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
4  |  Reina Kawasaki | Outside Hitter  |  (2001-10-25) 25 October 2001 (age 23) | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
5  |  Kiiro Omura | Outside Hitter  |  (2000-09-26) 26 September 2000 (age 24) | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
6  |  Aya Hosonuma | Middle Blocker  |  (2000-05-25) 25 May 2000 (age 24) | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
7  |  Ririka Funada | Libero  |  (2001-05-25) 25 May 2001 (age 23) | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
8  |  Kisa Okuma | Outside Hitter  |  (2004-03-07) 7 March 2004 (age 21) | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
9  |  Miyu Kawazoe | Outside Hitter  |  (2001-09-22) 22 September 2001 (age 23) | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
10  |  Mayu Nagatomo | Middle Blocker  |  (2001-10-01) 1 October 2001 (age 23) | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
11  |  Yuka Ikeya | Libero  |  (1997-12-27) 27 December 1997 (age 27) | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
12  |  Anna Uemura | Outside Hitter  |  (2006-03-23) 23 March 2006 (age 19) | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
13  |  Miku Taniuchi | Middle Blocker  |  (1999-07-28) 28 July 1999 (age 25) | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
15  |  Thatdao Nuekjang | Middle Blocker  |  (1994-02-03) 3 February 1994 (age 31) | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
22  |  Kashauna Williams | Outside Hitter  |  (1999-01-12) 12 January 1999 (age 26) | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
23  |  Melissa Valdes | Outside Hitter  |  (2002-10-08) 8 October 2002 (age 22) | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)

## Imports

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Year  | Number  | Player  | Country

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2012  | 9  | Yuranny Romanna |  Colombia
2013  | 2  | Jennifer Doris |  United States
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
19  | Chatchu-on Moksri |  Thailand
2019  | 2  | Jennifer Doris |  United States
19  | Thanacha Sooksod[5] |  Thailand
2020  | 4  | Hathairat Jarat |  Thailand
18  | Roslandy Acosta |  Venezuela
2021  | 12  | Trần Thị Thanh Thúy |  Vietnam
2022  | 12  | Trần Thị Thanh Thúy |  Vietnam
18  | Roslandy Acosta |  Venezuela
2023  | 12  | Trần Thị Thanh Thúy |  Vietnam
33  | Daly Santana |  Puerto Rico
2024  | 1  | Natthanicha Jaisaen |  Thailand
15  | Thatdao Nuekjang |  Thailand
22  | Kashauna Williams |  United States

## Team Staffs

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2024 Edition[6][7]

Job | Name | Country

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Representative | Haisuke Manabu |  Japan
General Manager | Futoshi Teramawari |  Japan
Assistant General Manager | Kentaro Kaneko |  Japan
Head Coach | Baba Daitaku |  Japan
Coach | Koji Iwai |  Japan
Trainer | Hiroyuki Watanabe |  Japan
Trainer | Yuki Maezawa |  Japan
Analyst | Toma Sugaya |  Japan
Manager | Aki Nakahara |  Japan
Interpreter | Machiho Tachibana |  Japan
Team Doctor | Taisuke Hasegawa |  Japan

## Former players

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See also: Category:PFU BlueCats players

Local players

Japan

* Yuki Sasaki
* Chizuru Kotō (2001–2009)
* Haruka Sunada (2009–2014)
* Maiko Kano (2015–2018)
* Amiyu Ikeda
* Yuna Miyajima
* Mami Matsunaga
* Risa Ohkubo
* Mana Tokinaga
* Kayoko Tsukahara
* Kotomi Matsushita
* Miku Suzuki
* Seina Kato
* Azusa Shimizu
* Megumi Funasaki
* Chika Mochida
* Mao Kawakami
* Eri Iyonaga
* Maiko Sakashita
* Yoshiko Kano
* Sayaka Ohbo
* Chiaki Takahashi
* Rino Makita
* Rina Sho (2017–2019)
* Aimi Akiyami (2016–2019)
* Saori Uda (2015–2020)
* Mai Shimizu (2014–2020)
* Minori Wada (2018–2020)
* Sayaka Tsutsui (2019–2020)
* Yukiko Ebata (2015–2021)
* Nao Tsuga (2017–2021)
* Naoko Shimahata (2016–2021)

Foreign Player

Colombia

* Yurrany Romana

Thailand

* Chatchu-on Moksri (2018-2019)
* Thanacha Sooksod (2019-2020)
* Thatdao Nuekjang (2024-)
* Natthanicha Jaisaen (2024-)

United States

* Jennifer Doris (2013–2020)
* Kashauna Williams (2024-)

Vietnam

* Trần Thị Thanh Thúy (2021-2024)

Venezuela

* Roslandy Acosta (2020–2021)

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## References

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1. ^ JVL. "Team Profile". Retrieved 2015-10-22.
2. ^ "PFU Bluecats Women's Volleyball V League Official Site". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
3. ^ "Player Staff Introduction PFU BlueCats". PFU BlueCats Official web site. PFU Limited. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
4. ^ "PFU Blue Cats Japan V.League Women Volleyball". Japan Women's Indoor Volleyball. sitenoise.com. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
5. ^ "Notice of Thanacha Sooksod players join". PFU Bluecats Official site. PFU Limited. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
6. ^ "Players - Staff". PFU BlueCats. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
7. ^ "Staff". PFU Blue Cats - V-League Official Site.

## External links

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* Amdahl Corporation
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* Fujitsu Computer Products of America
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Former and defunct|

* FANUC4
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* International Computers Limited1
* Nantong Fujitsu Microelectronics3
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Joint ventures and
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* General Airconditioners
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* Denso Ten (14%)

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Former and defunct|

* Fujitsu Siemens Computers2
* Spansion3
* Socionext4

Products, services
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* ALiS
* BCeSIS
* BS2000
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* Global Cloud Platform
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* Macroscope
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* SESAM
* VM2000

* Processors:
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* Corporate Headquarters Office Technology System
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* FM Towns Marty
* FM Towns games
* FM-7
* FM-8
* FM-11
* iPAD
* Micro 16s
* Pocket LOOX
* SINIX
* SPARC Enterprise
* SPARC64
* TurboSPARC
* VP
* VP2000

People|

* David Courtley
* Toshio Ikeda
* Naoki Yokoyama

Places|

* Shiodome City Center

Other|

* Atlas Consortium
* Fujitsu's Application
* Fujitsu Cup
* Fujitsu Ladies
* Furukawa Group
* Kawasaki Frontale
* Fujitsu Frontiers
* Fujitsu Red Wave
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