Okayama Seagulls

Okayama Seagulls
Founded	1999
Ground	Okayama City, Okayama, ; Japan
Manager; Head Coach	Seiko Nakata ; Akiyoshi Kawamoto
Captain	Sora Nagase
League	SV.League
2024-2025	11th
Website	Club home page

Okayama Seagulls (岡山シーガルズ, Okayama shīgaruzu) is a women's volleyball team based in Okayama city, Okayama, Japan. It plays in SV.League. The club was founded in 1999.

Honours

V.League/V.Premiere League

Champions (0):
Runners-up (2): 2013-14, 2019–20

V.Challenge League

Champions (1): 2017-2018
Runners-up (0)

Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship

Champions (1): 2024
Runners-up (1): 2005

Empress's Cup

Champions (0):
Runners-up (1): 2013

Domestic Sports Festival (Volleyball)

Champions (10): 2002-2006, 2008-2011 and 2014-2015

League results

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League		Position	Teams	Matches	Win	Lose
V.League	6th (1999-2000)	9th	10	18	4	14
	7th (2000–01)	10th	10	18	3	15
	8th (2001–02)	5th	9	16	10	6
	9th (2002–03)	6th	8	21	8	13
	10th (2003–04)	5th	10	18	10	8
	11th (2004–05)	5th	10	27	14	13
	12th (2005–06)	5th	10	27	15	12
V・Premier	2006-07	8th	10	27	10	17
	2007-08	4th	10	27	14	13
	2008-09	7th	10	27	13	14
	2009-10	6th	8	28	10	18
	2010-11	8th	8	26	1	25
	2011-12	4th	8	21	11	10
	2012-13	3rd	8	28	15	13
	2013-14	Runners-up	8	28	17	11
	2014-15	4th	8	21	13	8
	2015-16	4th	8	21	9	12
	2016-17	7th	8	21	5	16
V・Challenge	2017-18	Champions	7	18	17	1
V.League Division 1 (V1)	2018–19	9th	11	20	10	10
	2019-20	Runners-up	12	21	15	6
	2020-21	6th	12	21	11	10
SV.League	2024-25	11th	14	44	15	29

Current squad

2025-2026 Squad as of November 2025^[2]^[3]

Head coach: Akiyoshi Kawamoto

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth	Height (m)
1	Mayu Hamada	Setter	(2003-05-08) 8 May 2003	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
2	Amika Saiki	Outside Hitter	(2003-09-12) 12 September 2003	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
3	Ayaka Taguchi	Middle Blocker	(1998-11-11) 11 November 1998	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
4	Rinka Komatsubara	Outside Hitter	(2001-05-16) 16 May 2001	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
5	Akiho Kurisu	Middle Blocker	(1998-08-08) 8 August 1998	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
6	Kotoha Miyagawa	Opposite Hitter	(2006-12-25) 25 December 2006	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
7	Ami Yamashiro	Outside Hitter	(1998-06-24) 24 June 1998	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
8	Ayaha Miyagawa	Middle Blocker	(2006-12-25) 25 December 2006	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
9	Yuri Takayanagi	Outside Hitter	(2000-04-19) 19 April 2000	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
10	Rikana Kai	Outside Hitter	(2003-09-04) 4 September 2003	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
11	Hina Kido	Libero	(2004-09-11) 11 September 2004	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
12	Sayaka Seo	Setter	(2004-03-20) 20 March 2004	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
14	Nanaka Sahara	Setter	(2009-12-23) 23 December 2009	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
15	Yuuka Niina	Setter	(2004-10-20) 20 October 2004	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
16	Yui Uchiyama	Libero	(2001-09-27) 27 September 2001	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
17	Uran Kido	Outside Hitter	(2001-12-27) 27 December 2001	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
18	Wakana Fujimura	Outside Hitter	(2001-05-27) 27 May 2001	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
20	Junna Fujiwara	Outside Hitter	(2003-04-06) 6 April 2003	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
21	Kokone Nakai	Middle Blocker	(2003-05-24) 24 May 2003	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
22	Mei Funada	Libero	(2001-12-30) 30 December 2001	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
25	Ai Okano	Outside Hitter	(2000-04-17) 17 April 2000	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
26	Sora Nagase (C)	Middle Blocker	(1999-08-18) 18 August 1999	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
27	Trần Thị Bích Thủy	Middle Blocker	(2000-12-11) 11 December 2000	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
28	Miku Wada	Outside Hitter	(2006-04-27) 27 April 2006	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
31	Tomoka Nagai	Middle Blocker	(2002-11-24) 24 November 2002	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
32	Maika Matsumoto	Outside Hitter	(2003-01-15) 15 January 2003	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
33	Yuzu Nakamoto	Outside Hitter	(2002-11-13) 13 November 2002	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Former players

Domestic players

Japan

Mari Nomura (1992–2009)
Yumiko Ono (2003–2009)
Nobuko Yonemura (2002–2011)
Chie Kanda (1990–2010)
Mayumi Kosuge (2000–2011)
Rie Hotta (2008–2011)
Hiroko Okano (1995–2013)
Kazuyo Mori (1995–2012)
Megumi Kurihara (2012–2014)
Yuki Sasaki (2012–2014)
Natsumi Horiguchi (2010–2014)
Mai Fukuda (2009–2014)
Mai Yamaguchi (2002-2019)
Koyuki Okusu (2016-2019)
Moe Sasaki (2012–2020)
Minami Yoshida (2006–2020)
Aki Kawabata (2008–2018)
Mayu Takada (2016–2019) Transferred to 9-person Ibiden Regulus
Hinako Hayashi (2015–2019) Transferred to 9-person Panasonic Bluebells
Sanae Watanabe (2017–2021) Transferred to PFU BlueCats^[4]
Minami Nishimura (2017–2021)
Anna Imura (2014–2021)
Aki Maruyama (2009–2021)
Yurika Kouno (2014–2021)
Haruka Yamashita (2009-2023)

Foreign players

Thailand

Thanacha Sooksod (2022–2023)

References

^ "公式記録 RECORD / RANKING バレーボール Vリーグオフィシャルサイト". V.League Official Site. JVA. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
^ "岡山シーガルズ公式HP". 岡山シーガルズ公式HP. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
^ "OKAYAMA SEAGULLS Teams / Players". SV League/Japan Volleyball League SVL Official website WOMEN (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-11-19.
^ "PFU　デンソーから鍋谷友理枝、岡山から渡邊真恵が加入 (Yurie Nabeya from PFU Denso and Sanae Watanabe from Okayama)". Volleyball Magazine. studio108. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

[1] "公式記録 RECORD / RANKING バレーボール Vリーグオフィシャルサイト". V.League Official Site. JVA. Retrieved 4 March 2019.

[2] "岡山シーガルズ公式HP". 岡山シーガルズ公式HP. Retrieved 2025-11-19.

[3] "OKAYAMA SEAGULLS Teams / Players". SV League/Japan Volleyball League SVL Official website WOMEN (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-11-19.

[4] "PFU　デンソーから鍋谷友理枝、岡山から渡邊真恵が加入 (Yurie Nabeya from PFU Denso and Sanae Watanabe from Okayama)". Volleyball Magazine. studio108. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

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