is a women's volleyball team based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It plays in SV.League. The owner of the team is NEC.
The club was founded in April 1978 as NEC's corporate team, participating the same year in the 10th V.Challenge League tournament. The club advanced to membership in the Japan Volleyball League in 1979, securing 3rd place in the league rankings by the end of the season. The club has subsequently been league champions nine times, and marked its 200th victory in 2008.
In 2021, the team rebranded to further evolve while preserving its history, and relocated its hometown to the Kawasaki area of Kanagawa Prefecture and the Tokyo area.
The three-layered lines on the rocket body, which is the team's emblem, represent the team, supporters, and community aboard the rocket. The team
Honours Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League Champions (9): 1987–1988, 1996–1997, 1999–2000, 2002–2003, 2004–2005, 2014–2015, 2016–2017, 2022–2023, 2023–2024. Runners-up (4): 1986–1987, 1995–1996, 1997–1998, 2001-2002. Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Championship Champions (2): 1997, 2001. Runners-up (7): 1985, 1987, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2011, 2013.
League results LeaguePosition TeamsMatchesWinsLoss(es)Japan League13th (1979–80) 3rd 6 1073 14th (1980–81) 4th 8 1477 15th (1981–82) 5th 8 21714 16th (1982–83) 6th 8 21714 17th (1983–84) 6th 8 21813 18th (1984–85) 3rd 8 21147 19th (1985–86) 3rd 8 21129 20th (1986–87) Runners-up 8 21174 21st (1987–88) Champions 8 1412222nd (1988–89)4th 8 1798 23rd (1989–90) 3rd 8 17134 24th (1990–91) 3rd 8 1798 25th (1991–92) 7th 8 14311 26th (1992–93) 4th 8 1486 27th (1993–94) 4th 8 1495 V・League1st (1994–95)5th 8 211110 2nd (1995–96) Runners-up 8 21147 3rd (1996–97) Champions 8 21165 4th (1997–98) Runners-up 8 21183 5th (1998–99) 3rd 10 18135 6th (1999-2000) Champions 10 18180 7th (2000–01) 3rd 10 18171 8th (2001–02) Runners-up 9 16106 9th (2002–03) Champions 8 21174 10th (2003–04)4th 10 18126 11th (2004–05) Champions 10 27207 12th (2005–06)6th 10 271314 V・Premier2006-075th 10 271512 2007-086th 10 271314 2008-093rd 10 27189 2009-105th 8 281018 2010-114th 8 261511 2011-128th 8 21318 2012-134th 8 28235 2013-145th 8 2812162014-15 Champions 8 211382015-165th 8 218132016-17 Champions 8 211562017-185th 8 21813V.League Division 1 (V1)2018–196th 11 20119 2019–208th 12 2111102020–213rd 12 201552021–224th 12 3323102022–23 Champions 2023–24 Champions SV.League2024-25 Runners-up145134172025-26 3rd14483810
Current squad 2025-2026 Squad, as of November 2025
Head coach: Kodai Nakaya
No.NamePositionDate of birthHeight (m)1 Nichika Yamada (c)Middle Blocker2 Yoshino SatoOutside Hitter3 Sayaka DaikuzonoLibero4 Ai HirotaOutside Hitter6 Yuka SawadaSetter7 Moeka KinoeMiddle Blocker8 Kasumi NojimaMiddle Blocker9 Natsumi KodamaLibero10 Tsukasa NakagawaSetter11 Chinami FuruyaOutside Hitter12 Haruko SasakiOutside Hitter13 Yukiko WadaOutside Hitter14 Ayumu HarashimaMiddle Blocker15 Sylvia Chinelo NwakalorOpposite Hitter17 Ichiyo ItoMiddle Blocker18 Haruka HosokawaSetter23 Misuzu TakahashiOutside Hitter24 Naka HasebeMiddle Blocker77 Giovanna Milana DayOutside Hitter
Former players
Domestic players
Hiroko Tsukumo (1993–2004) Shinako Tanaka (2001–2002) Yoshie Takeshita (2002–2004) Megumi Kurihara (2003–2004) Megumi Kawamura (2001–2005) Ai Ōtomo (2000–2006) Miyuki Takahashi (2006–2009) Ikumi Narita (2007–2010) Sayoko Matsuzaki (2001–2010) Saori Arita (2003–2010) Saori Takasaki (2005–2010) Ayako Watanabe (2003–2011) Yuko Maruyama (2008–2011) Sachiko Sugiyama (1998–2013) Kanako Naito (2009–2012) Akari Oumi (2012–2017) Hiroko Matsuura (2009–2012) Akiko Ino (2009–2012) Yumiko Tsuzuki (2013–2014) Akiko Uchida (2008–2014) Makoto Matsuura (2010–2014) Miho Watanabe (2011–2014) Miyuki Akiyama (2007–2015) Nami Sagawa (2014–2017) Kaname Yamaguchi (2014–2019) Sayaka Iwasaki (2013–2019) Kana Ono (2011–2019) Saki Minemura (2018–2020) Yuna Okuyama (2014–2020) Shiori Aratani (ja) (2016–2020) Transferred to Himeji Victorina Mio Sato (2019–2021) (ja) Sarina Koga (2015-2024) Haruyo Shimamura (2010-2025) Foreign players
Ana Paula Ferreira (2008–2010) Fernanda Garay (2010–2011) Lorrayna Marys da Silva (2024-)
Emiliya Nikolova (2016–2017)
Hana Čutura (2013–14)
Riikka Lehtonen (2006–2007)
Berenika Tomsia (2019–2020)
Elena Tyurina (1990–1994) Elizaveta Tishchenko (1995–1997) Yelena Godina (1998–1999)
Brižitka Molnar (2011–2012)
Ajcharaporn Kongyot (2023–2025)
Yeliz Başa (2012–13, 2014–2016) Neriman Özsoy (2020–2021)
Erin Aldrich (2007–2008) Rhamat Alhassan (2018–19) Sarah Wilhite-Parsons (2020-2022) Dani Drews (2023-2024)
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