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Oriental Witches (東洋の魔女, Tōyō no Majo) is the well-known nickname of Nichibo Kaizuka, a factory volleyball team of Dai Nippon Spinning Co., Ltd. (later, Nichibo, thereafter, Unitika) in Kaizuka, Osaka given by the reports of European media when they achieved 24 consecutive victories against other national teams on the expedition to Europe.
Hitomi Nakamichi (中道 瞳, Nakamichi Hitomi, born September 18, 1985) is a former Japanese volleyball player who played for Toray Arrows. She was served as captain of the team since 2013. [2] She was also part of the Japanese team that won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. [3] She retired from volleyball in 2015. [4]
Hirofumi Daimatsu (大松 博文, Daimatsu Hirofumi, 12 February 1921 – 24 November 1978) was a Japanese volleyball coach and a Japanese politician. He led Oriental Witches, nickname of "Nichibo Kaizuka", a factory volleyball team of Dai Nippon Spinning Co., Ltd. (later, Nichibo, thereafter, Unitika) in Kaizuka, Osaka given by the reports of European media when they achieved 24 consecutive ...
The tournament was held from 14 to 29 September 2019 in Japan. [1] This was the first time that the FIVB did not distribute Olympics places since 1991 due to Japan hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics, but points for the FIVB World Rankings were given. China won their historic fifth title, following titles from 1981, 1985, 2003, and 2015. China ...
Ai Kurogo (黒後 愛, Kurogo Ai, born () 14 June 1998) is a Japanese volleyball player. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's volleyball. [1]She was part of the Japan women's national volleyball team.
Masae Kasai was born in Minami-Alps, Yamanashi, and started playing volleyball when the sport was still played with nine players a side in Japan (six are used internationally). She joined the Nichibo fiber spinning company right out of high school, first playing for corporation's Ashikaga (Tochigi) team, later for the one from Kaizuka (Osaka).
Nichika Yamada (山田 二千華, Yamada Nichika, born 24 February 2000) is a Japanese volleyball player. She plays for the Japan women's national volleyball team . She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics , in Women's volleyball .
In the same year, she was chosen to join Japan's national youth squad to participate in the Under-17 Asian Youth Championship. In 2006, she was again chosen as a member of the national team to participate in the Under-18 Asian Junior Volleyball Championship. She also played in the FIVB Women's Junior World Championship in the following year.