Toray Arrows Shiga

For other uses, see Toray Arrows (disambiguation).

Toray Arrows (東レアローズ滋賀) is a women's volleyball team based in Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan. It plays in V.League Division 1. The club was founded in 2000. The owner of the team is Toray Industries. The jersey number of the team is the order of the age (excluding foreigners).^[1]

Toray Arrows Shiga

Ground	Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan
Manager Head Coach	Masaki Morioka Akira Koshiya
Captain	Tsugumi Fukazawa
League	V.League Division 1
2020-21	2nd
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home Away

Honours

V.League/V.Premier

• Champions　(4): 2007-08, 2008–09, 2009–10 and 2011–12
• Runners-up (4): 2003-2004, 2010-11, 2012-13, 2018-2019, 2020–21

Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship

• Champions (4): 2002, 2004, 2009 and 2010
• Runners-up (2): 2012 and 2014

Empress's Cup

• Champions (2): 2007-08, 2011
• Runners-up (2): 2010, 2012

Domestic Sports Festival (Volleyball)

• Champions (2): 2007. 2011
• Runners-up (4): 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012

League results

League		Position	Teams	Matches	Win	Lose
V.League	7th (2000–01)	4th	10	18	9	9
	8th (2001–02)	4th	9	16	14	2
	9th (2002–03)	3rd	8	21	12	9
	10th (2003–04)	Runner-up	10	18	13	5
	11th (2004–05)	8th	10	27	11	16
	12th (2005–06)	4th	10	27	20	7
V・Premier	2006-07	6th	10	27	11	16
	2007-08	Champions	10	27	23	4
	2008-09	Champions	10	27	20	7
	2009-10	Champions	8	28	21	7
	2010-11	Runner-up	8	26	19	7
	2011-12	Champions	8	21	18	3
	2012-13	Runner-up	8	28	20	8
	2013-14	3rd	8	28	18	10
	2014-15	6th	8	21	10	11
	2015-16	3rd	8	21	17	4
	2016-17	6th	8	21	10	11
	2017-18	6th	8	21	8	13
V.League Division 1 (V1)	2018-19	Runner-up	11	20	13	7
	2019-20	6th	12	21	14	7
	2020–21	Runner-up	12	21	21	0

Players

Current squad

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

• Head coach: Akira Koshiya

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth	Height (m)
1	Kanami Tashiro	Setter	(1991-03-25) 25 March 1991 (age 34)	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
2	Tomo Yamashita	Middle Blocker	(2000-07-18) 18 July 2000 (age 25)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
3	Madoka Kashimura	Middle Blocker	(2002-11-06) 6 November 2002 (age 22)	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
5	Mei Matsuoka	Libero	(2001-05-22) 22 May 2001 (age 24)	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
6	Tsugumi Fukazawa (C)	Outside Hitter	(2003-04-17) 17 April 2003 (age 22)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
7	Juliët Lohuis	Middle Blocker	(1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 (age 28)	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
8	Manami Koyama	Outside Hitter	(2002-07-29) 29 July 2002 (age 23)	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
9	Kaede Kawazoe	Setter	(2001-06-03) 3 June 2001 (age 24)	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
10	Risa Yajima	Outside Hitter	(2005-03-08) 8 March 2005 (age 20)	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
11	Kyoko Aoyagi	Middle Blocker	(1991-12-16) 16 December 1991 (age 33)	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
12	Airi Furukawa	Outside Hitter	(2004-04-27) 27 April 2004 (age 21)	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
13	Miku Nakashima	Libero	(1998-03-07) 7 March 1998 (age 27)	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
15	Sylvia Nwakalor	Opposite Hitter	(1999-08-12) 12 August 1999 (age 26)	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
16	Ami Okawa	Outside Hitter	(2002-04-06) 6 April 2002 (age 23)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
17	Mayuka Tobe	Middle Blocker	(1997-07-12) 12 July 1997 (age 28)	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
18	Karin Nojima	Outside Hitter	(1998-11-19) 19 November 1998 (age 26)	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)

Former players

Domestic players  Japan Yuko Sano (2000-2004) Nene Tomita (2001-2008) Hisako Mukai (2000-2008) Erika Araki (2003-2008) Yuka Higashiyama (2005-2009) Kotomi Matsushita (2007-2009) Sayoko Komatsuzaki (2007-2009) Aki Shibata (2000-2010) Kana Oyama (2003-2010) Miki Oyama (2004-2010) Miya Sato (2005-2010) Honami Tsukiji (2008-2011) Mariko Mori (2002-2012) Saori Kimura (2005-2012, 2014–2017) Saori Sakoda (2006–2017) Erika Araki (2009-2013) Kanari Hamaguchi (2004-2013) Marie Wada (2006-2013) Yukari Miyata (2008-2014) Hitomi Nakamichi (2004–2015) Kaori Kodaira (2008–2015) Azusa Futami (2011–2015) Kanami Tashiro (2009-2018) Mari Horikawa (2011–2020) Moe Hidaka (2017–2020) Kaho Ōno (2010–2021) Nozomi Itoh (2012–2021) Misaki Shirai (2014-2022) Yuki Higane (2021-2022)

Foreign players  Azerbaijan Jana Kulan (2021-2022)  Belgium Liesbet Vindevoghel (2010-2011)  China Zhang Yuehong (2008-2009)  Dominican Republic Bethania de la Cruz (2007-2008) Yonkaira Peña (2013-2014)  Italy Sylvia Nwakalor (2023-)  Netherlands Manon Flier (2011-2012) Juliët Lohuis (2024-)  Philippines Aleona Denise Santiago-Manabat (2018-2019)  Puerto Rico Stephanie Enright (2012-2013)  Serbia Jelena Nikolić (2005-2006)  Thailand Wimonrat Thanaphan (2023-2024)  United States Cynthia Barboza (2009-2010)

Coaching staff

Head coach

• 2000 - 2005: Minoru Tatsukawa
• Current: Akira Koshiya