Prestige International Aranmare Yamagata

Prestige International Aranmare Yamagata (プレステージ・インターナショナルアランマーレ (バレーボール), Puresutēji Intānashonaru Aranmare (Barēbōru)) is a women's volleyball team based in Sakata, Yamagata, Japan. It plays in V.League Division 2.[7] The club was founded in 2015, and the owner of the team is Shinichi Tamagami of the Prestige International.[8][9]Prestige also runs basketball and handball teams in Akita and Toyama. Their home arena is Kokutai Gymnasium in Sakata. [10]

Prestige International Aranmare

Short name	Aranmare
Founded	2015
Ground	Sakata City Kokutaikinen Gymnasium Sakata, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan[1] (Capacity: 1,040[2])
Chairman	Shinichi Tamagami
Manager Head Coach	Tsutomu Kitahara[3][4][5][6]
Captain	Sumiko Mori
League	V.League Division 2
2019-20	5th place (V2)
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home Away

Aranmare is a coined word combining arancia and mare ("orange and sea" in Italian).[11]

History

• 2015 - Founded as Prestige International Aranmare Volleyball Club[12]
• 2016-17 - Aya Sato won the scoring leader of the league.[13]
• 2018 - Promoted to V.League Women Division 2
• 2018-19 - Aranmare placed 4th

League Results

Official Record[14]

V・challenge 2

League	Year	Position	Teams	Regular round				PS
				Position	G	W	L	G	W	L
challenge II	2015/16	5th	5	5th	16	2	14	-
	2016/17	4th	6	4th	15	8	7	-
	2017/18	5th	6	5th	15	6	9	-

V.LEAGUE

League	Year	Position	Teams	Regular round				PS
				Position	G	W	L	G	W	L
DIVISION2	2018-19	4th	10	4th	18	10	8	5	1	4
	2019-20	5th	8	5th	21	11	10	-
	2020-21		9					-

Current squad

2020-21 Squad as of 19 August - 2020[15]

• Head coach: Tsutomu Kitahara (北原勉)[3][4][5][6]

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth	Height (m)	Nation/Prefecture	Nickname
1	Kaho Kitamura	Outside Hitter/Libero	15 March 2000	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	Kanagawa	Kaho[16]
3	Yuri Kimura	Outside Hitter	30 September 1995	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	Tokyo	Yuri[17]
7	Kaho Kusajima	Outside Hitter	29 July 1997	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)	Toyama	Saku[18]
8	Megumi Tamura	Setter	10 July 1993	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	Saitama	Megu[19]
10	Shiiko Yanagisawa	Middle Blocker	8 February 1995	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	Tokyo	Shiiko[20]
11	Sumiko Mori (C)	Libero	26 October 1992	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)	Kagoshima	Sumiko[21]
12	Riho Enomoto	Outside Hitter	30 March 1998	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Kanagawa	Kei[22]
14	Ruka Hosoda	Libero	16 November 1998	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)	Nagano	Ruka[23]
15	Hikaru Nagino	Setter	13 April 1996	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	Chiba	Nagi[24]
16	Natsuki Miyamoto	Opposite	30 August 1996	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Kanagawa	Natsuki[25]
17	Maya Ito	Middle Blocker	9 February 1997	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Miyagi	Maya[26]
19	Rina Sugawara	Middle Blocker	24 March 1997	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Akita	Rina[27]
20	Haruki Koizumi	Outside Hitter	20 May 1997	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Saitama	Haruki[28]

Former players

• Nozomi Asakawa[29]
• Yuki Egawa[29]
• Mariko Fujiwara[29]
• Yuri Fukuda[30]
• Yuki Honma[29]
• Serena Ito[31]
• Yukiko Matsuo[32]
• Miyu Misawa[33]
• Kasumi Nakada[33]
• Juri Sakurai[34]
• Aya Sato[35]
• Chisaki Sato[31]
• Nashika Sato[33]
• Tsubura Satō
• Mizuki Tanno[30]
• Sayaka Toda[32]

Arenas and practice facilities

• Sakata City Kokutaikinen Gymnasium[10]
• Komagihara Park Gymnasium[10]
• Yamagata Prefectural General Sports Park Gymnasium[10]

The team mostly practice at the small arena of Kokutai Gymnasium.[36]

Gallery

• 
  Nozomi Asakawa
• 
  Sayaka Toda
• 
  Yuki Egawa
• 
• 
  Megumi Tamura
• 
  Nozomi Asakawa
• 
  Nozomi Asakawa

See also

• Prestige International Aranmare Akita
• Prestige International Aranmare Toyama

References

1. "酒田市国体記念体育館". TOKYO 2020 - PRE-GAMES TRAINING CAMPS ONLINE GUIDE.
2. "施設の紹介". facilities.city.sakata.lg.jp.
3. "プレステージ・インターナショナル アランマーレ監督 北原 勉". ショウナイズカン.
4. "【2019-20シーズン終了後インタビュー】北原 勉監督". March 27, 2020.
5. "【2018-19シーズン振り返りインタビュー】監督 北原 勉". April 19, 2019.
6. "アランマーレが新体制発表会見 躍進へ意気込み".
7. "TEAM - Women V-League Official Site". V.League Official site. JVL. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
8. "Prestige International ::: Company Profile ::: Together with Society". www.prestigein.com.
9. "Prestige International ::: Company Profile ::: Message from CEO". www.prestigein.com.
10. "試合日程・結果".
11. "チームについて | アランマーレ 山形バレーボールチーム公式サイト".
12. プレステージ・インターナショナル. "企業スポーツ活動". Retrieved 2015-01-02.
13. "2016/17 Ｖ・チャレンジリーグⅡ 最終結果・個人賞受賞選手決定のお知らせ". Vリーグ機構. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
14. "Official record - RECORD / RANKING Volleyball V-League Official Site". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
15. "選手・スタッフ紹介 | アランマーレ 山形バレーボールチーム公式サイト".
16. "KAHO KITAMURA".
17. "YURI KIMURA".
18. "KAHO KUSAJIMA".
19. "MEGUMI TAMURA".
20. "SHIIKO YANAGISAWA".
21. "SUMIKO MORI".
22. "RIHO ENOMOTO".
23. "RUKA HOSODA".
24. "HIKARU NAGINO".
25. "NATSUKI MIYAMOTO".
26. "MAYA ITO".
27. "RINA SUGAWARA".
28. "HARUKI KOIZUMI".
29. "退団選手のお知らせ". March 19, 2020.
30. "退団選手のお知らせ". April 10, 2019.
31. "退団選手のお知らせ". March 29, 2017.
32. "退団選手・スタッフのお知らせ". April 4, 2019.
33. "退団選手のお知らせ". March 29, 2018.
34. "退団選手のお知らせ". August 24, 2018.
35. "退団選手のお知らせ". September 1, 2017.
36. "練習【見学可能】".

External links

• Official Website
• Prestige International Aranmare Yamagata on Twitter