PFU BlueCats

PFU BlueCats (PFUブルーキャッツ, PFU Burūkyattsu) is a women's volleyball team based in Kahoku city, Ishikawa, Japan. It plays in the V.League Division 1 having been promoted for the first time for the 2018–2019 season. The club was founded in 1980. The owner of the team is PFU Limited.^[1]

PFU BlueCats

Founded	1980
Ground	Kahoku, Ishikawa Japan
Manager Head Coach	Haisuke Manabu Baba Daitaku
League	V.League Division 1
2020-21	9th Place
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home Away
Championships
2009 V.Challenge League

History

• Founded in 1980.
• Promoted to V.Challenge League in 2002.
• Won the V.Challenge League in 2009.
• Promoted to V.Premier League in 2016.

Honors

Team

Season	Conference	Title	Source
2004	V1• League	Runners Up
2006	V1• League	Runners Up
2007	V• Challenge	Runners Up
2008	V• Challenge	Runners Up
2009	V• Challenge	Champions
2015	V• Challenge	Runners Up
2016	V• Challenge 1	Runners Up
2017	V• Challenge 1	Runners Up

League results

League		Position	Teams	Matches	Win	Lose
V1.League	5th (2002–03)	7th	8	14	2	12
	6th (2003–04)	Runner-up	7	12	9	3
	7th (2004–05)	4th	8	14	9	5
	8th (2005–06)	Runner-up	8	14	12	2
V・challenge	2006-07	Runner-up	8	14	13	1
	2007-08	Runner-up	8	14	10	4
	2008-09	Champion	10	18	15	3
	2009-10	7th	12	16	9	7
	2010-11	3rd	12	18	14	4
	2011-12	5th	12	22	13	9
	2012-13	4th	10	18	10	8
	2013-14	3rd	10	18	13	5
	2014-15	Runner-up	10	18	15	3
V.Challenge 1	2015-16	Runner-up	8	21	17	4
V.Premier	2016-17	8th	8	21	3	18
V.Challenge 1	2017-18	Runner-Up	8	18	16	2
V.League Division 1 (V1)	2018–19	11th	11	20	0	20
	2019-20	11th	12	21	4	17
	2020-21	9th	12	17	4	13

Current roster

2024-2025 Squad as of December 2024^[2][3][4]

• Head coach: Baba Daitaku

PFU BlueCats
No.	Name	Position	Date of birth	Height
1	Natthanicha Jaisaen	Setter	(1998-05-21) 21 May 1998 (age 27)	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
3	Yuki Fujikura	Setter	(1999-08-27) 27 August 1999 (age 26)	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
4	Reina Kawasaki	Outside Hitter	(2001-10-25) 25 October 2001 (age 23)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
5	Kiiro Omura	Outside Hitter	(2000-09-26) 26 September 2000 (age 25)	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
6	Aya Hosonuma	Middle Blocker	(2000-05-25) 25 May 2000 (age 25)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
7	Ririka Funada	Libero	(2001-05-25) 25 May 2001 (age 24)	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
8	Kisa Okuma	Outside Hitter	(2004-03-07) 7 March 2004 (age 21)	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
9	Miyu Kawazoe	Outside Hitter	(2001-09-22) 22 September 2001 (age 24)	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
10	Mayu Nagatomo	Middle Blocker	(2001-10-01) 1 October 2001 (age 24)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
11	Yuka Ikeya	Libero	(1997-12-27) 27 December 1997 (age 27)	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
12	Anna Uemura	Outside Hitter	(2006-03-23) 23 March 2006 (age 19)	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
13	Miku Taniuchi	Middle Blocker	(1999-07-28) 28 July 1999 (age 26)	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
15	Thatdao Nuekjang	Middle Blocker	(1994-02-03) 3 February 1994 (age 31)	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
22	Kashauna Williams	Outside Hitter	(1999-01-12) 12 January 1999 (age 26)	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
23	Melissa Valdes	Outside Hitter	(2002-10-08) 8 October 2002 (age 23)	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)

Imports

Year	Number	Player	Country
2012	9	Yuranny Romanna	Colombia
2013	2	Jennifer Doris	United States
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
	19	Chatchu-on Moksri	Thailand
2019	2	Jennifer Doris	United States
	19	Thanacha Sooksod[5]	Thailand
2020	4	Hathairat Jarat	Thailand
	18	Roslandy Acosta	Venezuela
2021	12	Trần Thị Thanh Thúy	Vietnam
2022	12	Trần Thị Thanh Thúy	Vietnam
	18	Roslandy Acosta	Venezuela
2023	12	Trần Thị Thanh Thúy	Vietnam
	33	Daly Santana	Puerto Rico
2024	1	Natthanicha Jaisaen	Thailand
	15	Thatdao Nuekjang	Thailand
	22	Kashauna Williams	United States

Team staffs

2024 Edition^[6][7]

Job	Name	Country
Representative	Haisuke Manabu	Japan
General Manager	Futoshi Teramawari	Japan
Assistant General Manager	Kentaro Kaneko	Japan
Head Coach	Baba Daitaku	Japan
Coach	Koji Iwai	Japan
Trainer	Hiroyuki Watanabe	Japan
Trainer	Yuki Maezawa	Japan
Analyst	Toma Sugaya	Japan
Manager	Aki Nakahara	Japan
Interpreter	Machiho Tachibana	Japan
Team Doctor	Taisuke Hasegawa	Japan

Former players

See also: Category:PFU BlueCats players

Local players  Japan Yuki Sasaki Chizuru Kotō (2001–2009) Haruka Sunada (2009–2014) Maiko Kano (2015–2018) Amiyu Ikeda Yuna Miyajima Mami Matsunaga Risa Ohkubo Mana Tokinaga Kayoko Tsukahara Kotomi Matsushita Miku Suzuki Seina Kato Azusa Shimizu Megumi Funasaki Chika Mochida Mao Kawakami Eri Iyonaga Maiko Sakashita Yoshiko Kano Sayaka Ohbo Chiaki Takahashi Rino Makita Rina Sho (2017–2019) Aimi Akiyami (2016–2019) Saori Uda (2015–2020) Mai Shimizu (2014–2020) Minori Wada (2018–2020) Sayaka Tsutsui (2019–2020) Yukiko Ebata (2015–2021) Nao Tsuga (2017–2021) Naoko Shimahata (2016–2021)

Foreign Player  Colombia Yurrany Romana  Thailand Chatchu-on Moksri (2018-2019) Thanacha Sooksod (2019-2020) Thatdao Nuekjang (2024-) Natthanicha Jaisaen (2024-)  United States Jennifer Doris (2013–2020) Kashauna Williams (2024-)  Vietnam Trần Thị Thanh Thúy (2021-2024)  Venezuela Roslandy Acosta (2020–2021)