Pioneer Red Wings

Japanese volleyball club

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
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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

## History

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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

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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

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League  | Position  | Teams  | Matches  | Win  | Lose

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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

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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

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* 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

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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

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* Pioneer Redwings(ja)
* TOHOKU Pioneer Corporation(ja)