Japan women's national volleyball team

Infobox national volleyball team
name=Japan

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federation=Japan Volleyball Association
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confederation=AVC
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FIVB rank=8
rank date=2008-01-05
Olympic apps=9The Japan women's national volleyball team, or "All-Japan women's volleyball team", is the volleyball national team of Japan, currently ranked 8th [FIVB World Rankings, Senior, Women (updated: 5th January 2008): http://www.fivb.com/EN/Volleyball/Rankings/Rankings.htm] by the FIVB. The current head coach is Shoichi Yanagimoto.

Their greatest success was at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, when they defeated the heavily favored Soviet Union on the way to the gold medal.

Japan qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics by winning the Women's Olympic Qualifier, from May 8 to May 16 in Tokyo, Japan. In Athens, Greece the team ended up in fifth place in the overall-rankings.

6 times World Champions

#, & - Twice 3 Straight Major titles in 1960s and 1970s (World Women's Volleyball Championship, World Cup, Olympic Games)

Results

Olympic Games

* 1964 - Gold Medal
* 1968 - Silver Medal
* 1972 - Silver Medal
* 1976 - Gold Medal
* 1980 - did not compete
* 1984 - Bronze Medal
* 1988 - 4th place
* 1992 - 5th place
* 1996 - 9th place
* 2000 - did not qualify
* 2004 - 5th place (tied)
* 2008 - 5th place (tied)

=World Championship=

*1952 - did not compete
*1956 - did not compete
*1960 - Silver Medal
*1962 - Gold Medal
*1967 - Gold Medal
*1970 - Silver Medal
*1974 - Gold Medal
*1978 - Silver Medal
*1982 - 4th place
*1986 - 7th place
*1990 - 8th place
*1994 - 7th place
*1998 - 8th place
*2002 - 13th place
*2006 - 6th place

=World Cup=

*1973 — 2nd place
*1977 — 1st place
*1981 — 2nd place
*1985 — 4th place
*1989 — 4th place
*1991 — 7th place
*1995 — 6th place
*1999 — 6th place
*2003 — 5th place
*2007 — 7th place

World Grand Prix

*1993 – 6th place
*1994 – 4th place
*1995 – 7th place
*1996 – 8th place
*1997 – 4th place
*1998 – 7th place
*1999 – 7th place
*2000 – 8th place
*2001 – 6th place
*2002 – 5th place
*2003 – 9th place
*2004 – 9th place
*2005 – 5th place
*2006 – 6th place
*2007 – 9th place

=Asian Games=

* 1998 – Bronze Medal
* 2002 – Bronze Medal

quads

* 1996 Olympic Games — 9th place (tied)
*:Kaiyo Hoshini, Aki Nagatomi, Kazumi Nakamura, Chieko Nakanishi, Motoko Ohbayashi, Ikumi Ogake, Mika Saiki, Kiyomi Sakamoto, Asako Tajimi, Chiho Torii, Mika Yamauchi, and Tomoko Yoshihara. Head Coach: Kuniaki Yoshida.
*1999 FIVB World Cup — 6th place
*:Naomi Eto, Megumi Itabashi, Chikako Kumamae, Hitomi Mitsunaga, Junko Moriyama, Ikumi Ogake, Minako Onuki, Yuka Sakurai, Miki Sasaki, Hiromi Suzuki, Asako Tajimi, and Hiroko Tsukumo. Head Coach: Nobushika Kuzuwa.
* 2002 World Championship — 14th place
*:Makiko Horai, Sachiko Kodama, Chikako Kumamae, Hisako Mukai, Kanako Naito, Minako Onuki, Ai Otomo, Kana Oyama, Yuko Sano, Sachiko Sugiyama, Miyuki Takahashi, and Shinako Tanaka. Head Coach: Masahiro Yoshikawa.
* 2003 FIVB World Cup — 5th place
*:Tomoko Yoshihara, Chie Tsuji, Miki Sasaki, Kanako Omura, Yoshie Takeshita, Miyuki Takahashi, Makiko Horai, Yuko Sano, Sachiko Sugiyama, Saori Kimura, Kana Oyama, and Megumi Kurihara. Head Coach: Shoichi Yanagimoto.
* 2004 Olympic Qualification Tournament — 1st place (qualified)
*:Tomoko Yoshihara, Chie Tsuji, Ikumi Narita, Miki Sasaki, Kanako Omura, Yoshie Takeshita, Miyuki Takahashi, Sachiko Sugiyama, Ai Otomo, Kana Oyama, Megumi Kurihara, and Saori Kimura. Head Coach: Shoichi Yanagimoto.
* 2004 Olympic Games — 5th place (tied)
*:Tomoko Yoshihara, Chie Tsuji, Ikumi Narita, Miki Sasaki, Kanako Omura, Yoshie Takeshita, Miyuki Takahashi, Sachiko Sugiyama, Ai Otomo, Kana Oyama, Megumi Kurihara, and Saori Kimura. Head Coach: Shoichi Yanagimoto.
* 2005 FIVB World Grand Prix — 5th place
*:Erika Araki, Makiko Horai, Megumi Itabashi, Ayako Onuma, Ai Otomo, Yuka Sakurai, Miki Shimada, Kaoru Sugayama, Sachiko Sugiyama, Yoshie Takeshita, Miyuki Takahashi, and Chie Yoshizawa. Head Coach: Shoichi Yanagimoto.
* 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament — 3rd place (qualified)
*:Erika Araki, Miyuki Kano, Yuki Kawai, Saori Kimura, Megumi Kurihara, Kanako Omura, Yuka Sakurai, Yuko Sano, Miyuki Takahashi, Sachiko Sugiyama, Yoshie Takeshita, and Asako Tajimi. Head Coach: Shoichi Yanagimoto.

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