Pioneer Red Wings was a women's volleyball team based in Tendo city, Yamagata, Japan. It played in V.Premier League. The club was founded in 1979. The owner of the team is Tohoku Pioneer

Pioneer Red Wings
Founded1979
Dissolved2014
GroundYamagata Prefectural General Sports Park Gymnasium, Tendo, Yamagata and
Kawagoe, Saitama Japan.
Manager &
Head Coach
Japan Mitsuo Shimazu
Japan Tsutomu Tozawa
LeagueV.Premier League
2013-148th place (V.Premier League)
WebsiteClub home page
Uniforms
Home
Away

History edit

The club was founded in 1979 as Tohoku Pioneer volleyball team. They joined the Regional League in 1985 and were promoted to the Inter-Company League in 1997. They were promoted to the V.League in 2000. In 2003/2004 season, they won the first V.league title.

On 6 April 2014 Red Wings were beaten by Denso Airybees in the V.Challenge match,[1] so will demote to V.Challenge league next season.

On 23 May 2014 Tohoku Pioneer announced that Red Wings stop the activity in September 2014.[2]

Honours edit

Japan Volleyball League/V.League/V.Premier League
  • Champions (2): 2003-2004 and 2005-2006
  • Runner-up (1): 2004-2005
Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament
  • Champions (2): 2003 and 2005

Empress's Cup

  • Runner-up (1): 2008

League results edit

League Position Teams Matches Win Lose
V.League 7th (2000–01) 7th 10 18 8 10
8th (2001–02) 3rd 9 16 11 5
9th (2002–03) 5th 8 21 11 10
10th (2003–04) Champion 10 18 14 4
11th (2004–05) Runner-up 10 27 22 5
12th (2005–06) Champion 10 27 21 6
V・Premier 2006-07 3rd 10 27 18 9
2007-08 5th 10 27 14 13
2008-09 6th 10 27 13 14
2009-10 8th 8 28 3 25
2010-11 7th 8 26 9 17
2011-12 6th 8 21 7 14
2012-13 8th 8 28 5 23
2013-14 8th 8 28 3 25

Current squad edit

As of April 2014[3]

Retired players edit

References edit

  1. ^ Japan Volleyballleague Organization. "2013/14V・チャレンジマッチ(入替戦) 試合結果のお知らせ". Retrieved 2014-04-07.
  2. ^ Tohoku Pioneer. "女子バレーボール部「パイオニアレッドウィングス」の廃部について" (PDF). Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  3. ^ V.League(Japan). チーム登録選手 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2013-11-28.

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