The head coach of Japan’s women’s national volleyball team, Masayoshi Manabe, has revealed the names of the 40 players he has selected for the upcoming 2023 season. Among these players are 12 newcomers who will be making their debut on the team. The Volleyball Nations League 2023 and the Paris 2024 Olympic qualification tournament are the key events on the team’s agenda this year.
Thirteen of the 14 players who represented Japan at the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship in the Netherlands and Poland last year have been included in the squad. Japan finished fifth in that tournament. The only player missing from the team is Mami Uchiseto, who played as libero.
Japan women’s national team full roster:
Setters: Aki Momii, Koyomi Iwasaki, Mika Shibata, Nanami Seki, Tamaki Matsui, Tsukasa Nakagawa
Opposites / outside hitters: Aimi Okawa, Ameze Miyabe, Amika Saiki, Arisa Inoue, Kotona Hayashi, Mayu Ishikawa, Miku Akimoto, Minami Nakamoto, Miwako Osanai, Miyu Nagaoka, Miyu Nakagawa, Mizuki Tanaka, Sarina Koga (captain), Yoshino Sato, Yuka Sato, Yuki Nishikawa, Yukiko Wada
Middle blockers: Airi Miyabe, AngelinaYuki Kobayashi, Aya Watanabe, Ayaka Araki, Erina Ogawa, Haruyo Shimamura, Kyoko Aoyagi, Mai Irisawa, Mami Yokota, Nichika Yamada, Shion Hirayama
Liberos: Hitomi Fukumoto, Manami Kojima, Miiku Iwasawa, Minami Nishimura, Satomi Fukudome, Yuka Meguro
