Osaka Marvelous

JT Marvelous
Founded	1956
Ground	Nishinomiya, Hyogo ; Japan
Manager; Head Coach	Hiroyuki Tohma; Tomoko Yoshihara
Captain	Mako Kobata
League	V.League 1
2019-20	Champion
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home	Away

JT Marvelous (JTマーヴェラス, JT Māvuerasu) is a women's volleyball team owned by Japan Tobacco Ltd., and based in Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan. The team is the reigning champion of the V.League 1 after winning the 2019-20 season.^[1]

Honours

Domestic competitions

Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League

Champion (2): 2010-11, 2019-20
Runners-up (3): 2006-07, 2009–10, 2017–18

Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League - Star Conference

Champion (1): 2019-20

Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship

Champion (5): 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018
Runners-up (5): 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010

International competitions

Asian Championship 1 appearance
- 2010 — Third place

League Results

League		Position	Teams	Matches	Win	Lose
V.League (V・Premier)	3rd (1996–97)	8th	8	21	1	20
	6th (2000–01)	7th	10	18	6	12
	7th (2000–01)	8th	10	18	6	12
	8th (2001–02)	9th	9	16	2	14
	10th (2003–04)	7th	10	18	6	12
	11th (2004–05)	4th	10	27	15	12
	12th (2005–06)	7th	10	27	12	15
V・Premier	2006-07	Runner-up	10	27	20	7
	2007-08	8th	10	27	12	15
	2008-09	9th	10	27	10	17
	2009-10	Runner-up	8	28	26	2
	2010-11	Champion	8	26	20	6
	2011-12	5th	8	21	11	10
	2012-13	6th	8	28	9	19
	2013-14	7th	8	28	12	16
V・Challenge	2014-15	Champion	10	18	17	1
V・Challenge 1	2015-16	Champion	8	21	21	0
V・Premier	2016-17	4th	8	21	13	8
V・Premier	2017–18	Runner-up	8	21	13	8
V.League Division 1 (V1)	2018–19	3rd	11	20	14	6
V.League Division 1 (V1)	2019-20	Champion	11	26	21	5

Results and fixtures

2018–19

Kurowashiki Tournament

3 May 2018 (2018-05-03) 16:00 UTC+9	JT Marvelous	3–0	Hitachi Rivale	Osaka Central Gymnasium, Osaka Attendance: 10,000
	(25–15, 25–17, 25–20) Report

4 May 2018 (2018-05-04) 12:00 UTC+9	Okayama Seagulls	2–3	JT Marvelous	Osaka Central Gymnasium, Osaka Attendance: 10,000
	(25–23, 25–21, 20–25, 22–25, 21–23) Report

5 May 2018 (2018-05-05) 11:00 UTC+9	Hisamitsu Springs	0–3	JT Marvelous	Osaka Central Gymnasium, Osaka Attendance: 10,000
	(21–25, 23–25, 19–25) Report

Western Conference

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 13:00 UTC+9	JT Marvelous	3–1	Okayama Seagulls	Osaka Central Gymnasium, Osaka Attendance: 10,000
	(27–25, 23–25, 25–20, 25–23) Report

4 November 2018 (2018-11-04) 13:00 UTC+9	JT Marvelous	2–3	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Osaka Central Gymnasium, Osaka Attendance: 10,000
	(19–25, 25–20, 25–20, 23–25, 13–15) Report

17 November 2018 (2018-11-17) 13:00 UTC+9	JT Marvelous	3–2	Hisamitsu Springs	Beikomu Total Gymnastics, Amagasaki
	(25–20, 21–25, 14–25, 25–19, 15–10) Report

10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 13:00 UTC+9	JT Marvelous	3–1	Toray Arrows	Kanazawa City General Gymnasium, Kanazawa
	(16–25, 25–17, 25–19, 28–26) Report

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 15:00 UTC+9	JT Marvelous	3–0	Okayama Seagulls	Saga Prefecture General Gymnasium, Saga
	(25–22, 25–22, 25–18) Report

13 January 2019 (2019-01-13) 14:00 UTC+9	Hisamitsu Springs	3–0	JT Marvelous	Kakogawa Municipal General Gymnasium, Kakogawa
	(33–31, 25–19, 25–17) Report

26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) 15:25 UTC+9	JT Marvelous	3–1	Toray Arrows	Momotaro Arena, Okayama
	(25–16, 25–19, 24–26, 25–22) Report

9 February 2018 (2018-02-09) 13:00 UTC+9	JT Marvelous	3–0	Toyota Auto Body Queenseis	Kurobe-shi General Physical Education Center, Kurobe
	(27–25, 25–22, 25–19) Report

Exchange Game

18 November 2018 (2018-11-18) 13:00 UTC+9	JT Marvelous	2–3	Hitachi Rivale	Kanazawa City General Gymnasium, Kanazawa
	(18–25, 28–26, 21–25, 25–21, 11–15) Report

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 12:00 UTC+9	PFU BlueCats	1–3	JT Marvelous	Ishikawa Sports Center, Kanazawa
	(25–19, 24–26, 16–25, 12–25) Report

1 December 2018 (2018-12-01) 13:00 UTC+9	NEC Red Rockets	2–3	JT Marvelous	Kawasaki City Todoroki Arena, Kawasaki
	(22–25, 25–18, 18–25, 25–22, 16–18) Report

2 December 2018 (2018-12-02) 13:50 UTC+9	Saitama Ageo Medics	1–3	JT Marvelous	Fukaya City General Stadium, Fukaya
	(26–24, 24–26, 22–25, 21–25) Report

5 January 2019 (2019-01-05) 15:45 UTC+9	Kurobe AquaFairies	0–3	JT Marvelous	Kurobe-shi General Physical Education Center, Kurobe
	(9–25, 16–25, 23–25) Report

Current squad

2020-2021 Squad as of 8 August 2020 ^[2]^[3]^[4]

Head coach: Tomoko Yoshihara

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth	Height (m)
1	Aika Akutagawa	Middle Blocker	(1991-04-03) 3 April 1991 (age 33)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
2	Kotona Hayashi	Outside Hitter	(1999-11-13) 13 November 1999 (age 25)	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
3	Anna Ogawa	Middle Blocker	(1995-10-06) 6 October 1995 (age 29)	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
4	Thatdao Nuekjang	Middel Block	(1997-01-15) 15 January 1997 (age 27)	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
5	Mika Shibata	Setter	(1994-06-07) 7 June 1994 (age 30)	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
6	Mizuki Tanaka	Outside Hitter	(1996-01-28) 28 January 1996 (age 28)	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
8	Aki Momii	Setter	(2000-10-07) 7 October 2000 (age 24)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
9	Nana Sakakibara	Middle Blocker	(2002-03-07) 7 March 2002 (age 22)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
10	Andrea Carrie Drews	Opposite	(1993-12-25) 25 December 1993 (age 31)	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
11	Yuka Meguro	Outside Hitter	(1996-01-06) 6 January 1996 (age 28)	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
12	Tomoyo Fukagaya	Libero	(1996-08-26) 26 August 1996 (age 28)	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
13	Yuki Nishikawa	Outside Hitter	(2000-09-04) 4 September 2000 (age 24)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
14	Hickman Justice	Outside Hitter	(1999-10-09) 9 October 1999 (age 25)	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
15	Mako Kobata	Libero	(1992-08-15) 15 August 1992 (age 32)	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
16	Yukiko Wada	Setter	(2002-01-08) 8 January 2002 (age 22)	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
17	Sakura Kanda	Middle Blocker	(2000-04-27) 27 April 2000 (age 24)	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
18	Risa Hashimoto	Middle Blocker	(1997-06-09) 9 June 1997 (age 27)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)

Notable players

Domestic players

Japan

Naomi Eto
Junko Moriyama
Chikako Kumamae
Kaoru Sugayama
Makiko Horai
Seiko Kawamura
Yoko Senno
Miyabi Kubo
Shoko Kosake
Ritsuko Endo
Chika Kamimoto
Yuki Nishiyama
Rie Takaki (2003–2011)
Asami Kawahara
Yuki Kawai (2008–2011)
Maiko Sakashita
Chihiro Kato
Yoshie Takeshita (2002–2012)
Masami Taniguchi
Ai Yamamoto/Ai Ōtomo (2009–2013)
Chie Yoshizawa
Keiki Nishiyama
Yuki Ishikawa
Naoko Hashimoto
Mai Okumura (ja) (2012–2018)
Megumi Kurihara (2018-2019)
Misaki Tanaka (2013–2020)

Foreign players

Brazil

Tatiana Alves Dos Santos (2008–2009)

Bulgaria

Eva Yaneva (2012–2013)

Colombia

Kenny Moreno Pino (2006–2008)

Serbia

Jovana Brakočević (2011–2012)
Brankica Mihajlović (2017–2019)

South Korea

Yeon-Koung Kim (2009–2011)

Thailand

Onuma Sittirak (2014–2017)
Kaewkalaya Kamulthala (2018–2020)

Turkey

Dilara Bilge (2013-2014)

United States

Andrea Drews (2019-)

References

^ "JT Marvelous". V.League Official Site. Japan Volleyball League Organization. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
^ "Players/Staff - JT Marvelous - JT Website". www.jti.co.jp. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
^ "Notice of JT Marvelous 2019 fiscal year subscription plans players". JT Marvelous Official Web Site. Japan Tobacco Inc. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
^ "JT Marvelous - Women - Volleyball V. League Official Site". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

[1] "JT Marvelous". V.League Official Site. Japan Volleyball League Organization. Retrieved 1 February 2019.

[2] "Players/Staff - JT Marvelous - JT Website". www.jti.co.jp. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

[3] "Notice of JT Marvelous 2019 fiscal year subscription plans players". JT Marvelous Official Web Site. Japan Tobacco Inc. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

[4] "JT Marvelous - Women - Volleyball V. League Official Site". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

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