The Japan Volleyball Association announced the lineup for the 2025 World Women's Volleyball League in Hong Kong, and the first match will be against Thailand

On the 17th local time, the Japan Volleyball Association announced the list of 14 players and 2 reserve players for the 2025 World Women's Volleyball League Qualifiers in Hong Kong, China, in the second week of the 2025 World Women's Volleyball League Qualifiers.

Japanese women's volleyball team

In the second week, Hitomi Shioide and Aina Nishizaki, who represented for the first time, entered the 14-man lineup, and Haruna Kawahata and Ayane Kitatsuki, who were also representing for the first time, entered the reserve members. In addition, the representative of the Paris Olympics, Emi Fukuru, became the athletes, and Manami Kojima, Minoru Iwasawa, and Manami Nishimura were excluded from the members.

According to the rules, if the team that plays the tournament requests the person in charge of the tournament to alternate the player, and is recognized, the reserve player can start the match on the second day of the application for recognition. In addition, players who do not participate in the competition can also participate in the competition again through the same procedure.

The match in Hong Kong will start on the 18th, and the Japanese women's volleyball team will play against Thailand on the same day. The Japanese streaming service U-Nex will broadcast live, and the commentary is scheduled to be played by London Olympic bronze medalist Yoshie Takeshita.

The players and reserve players are as follows.

【Players】(The number is the number on the back)

2 Araki Sayaka MB

3 Haruyo Shimamura MB

4 Shinsuke Ishikawa OH ※ Commander

6 off the dish S

11 Yamada 200ka MB

12 Furu Emi L

13 Yukiko Wada OH

15 Miyabe blue pear MB

18 salt out of Hitomi S　

22 Nakagawa Manager S　

26 Shuno Sato OH　

28 Megumi Fukasawa OH　

33 Misora Akimoto OH　

35 Nishizaki Aina L

【Prospects】

23 Haruna Kawahata L

30 North Window Brilliant Sound OH