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 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, 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.
Honours 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 LeaguePosition TeamsMatchesWinLoseV.League7th (2000–01) 7th 10 18810 8th (2001–02)3rd 9 16115 9th (2002–03)5th 8 211110 10th (2003–04)Champion 10 18144 11th (2004–05)Runner-up 10 27225 12th (2005–06)Champion 10 27216 V・Premier2006-073rd 10 27189 2007-085th 10 271413 2008-096th 10 271314 2009-108th 8 28325 2010-117th 8 26917 2011-126th 8 21714 2012-138th 8 28523 2013-148th 8 28325
Current squad As of April 2014 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 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
External links Pioneer Redwings(ja) TOHOKU Pioneer Corporation(ja)