SV-Women 2025-2026

Team Nichika against Team Yoshino in Japan’s All-Star Game

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Published 09:09, 30 Jan 2026

There will not be any regular season matches in the women’s Daido Life SV.League in Japan this weekend. Instead, a spectacular show, the women’s All-Star Game, is coming up on Saturday, January 31, at the Glion Arena in Kobe. It starts at 13:05 local time (04:05 UTC) and will be available live on VBTV for worldwide viewing, except for Japan. The platform will also stream the men’s All-Star Game on Sunday.

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Half of the stars to take part in the All-Star Game were selected by the fans, who voted back in October and November 2025. The other half were nominated by the SV.League. The athletes were split into two teams – Team Nichika and Team Yoshino – bearing the names of their captains, the players who received the most votes in the poll. The number of votes for the women’s All-Star Game cast by the fans totaled 159,130.

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Team Nichika

Team Nichika, playing in the gold uniforms, will be led by NEC Red Rockets Kawasaki’s 25-year-old middle blocker Nichika Yamada and coached by Saga Hisamitsu Springs’s head Kumi Nakada, a Los Angeles 1984 Olympic bronze medalist as a player and a three-time continental champion (once for clubs and two time for national teams) as a coach.

The team is composed of the following players:

Setters:
Chisato Hanaoka (Toray Arrows Shiga)
Tsukasa Nakagawa (NEC Red Rockets Kawasaki)

Opposites:
Airi Miyabe (Victorina Himeji)
Lise Van Hecke (Belgium, Osaka Marvelous)

Outside hitters:
Ayane Kitamado (Saga Hisamitsu Springs)
Kotona Hayashi (Osaka Marvelous)
Thi Thanh Thuy Tran (Vietnam, Gunma Green Wings)
Yukiko Wada (NEC Red Rockets Kawasaki)

Middle blockers:
Brionne Butler (USA, Astemo Rivale Ibaraki)
Shion Hirayama (Saga Hisamitsu Springs)
Shuna Ohmoto (Aranmare Yamagata)
Nichika Yamada (NEC Red Rockets Kawasaki)

Liberos:
Miiku Iwasawa (Saitama Ageo Medics)
Minami Nishimura (Saga Hisamitsu Springs)

Team Yoshino

Team Yoshino, playing in the black uniforms, will be captained by NEC Red Rockets Kawasaki’s 24-year-old outside hitter Yoshino Sato and guided by NEC Red Rockets’ coach Kodai Nakaya.

The team is composed of the following players:

Setters:
Haruka Yamashita (Gunma Green Wings)
Nootsara Tomkom (Thailand, Queenseis Kariya)

Opposites:
Rinka Komatsubara (Okayama Seagulls)
Rosamaria Montibeller (Brazil, Denso Airybees Koriyama)

Outside hitters:
Minami Kessoku (Toray Arrows Shiga)
Miyu Kawazoe (PFU BlueCats Ishikawa Kahoku)
Rui Nonaka (Victorina Himeji)
Yoshino Sato (NEC Red Rockets Kawasaki)

Middle blockers:
Ayaka Araki (Saga Hisamitsu Springs)
Maki Yamaguchi (Kurobe Aqua Fairies)
Nanami Asano (Denso Airybees Koriyama)
Sachi Minowa (Denso Airybees Koriyama)

Liberos:
Mana Nishizaki (Osaka Marvelous)
Satomi Fukudome (Victorina Himeji)

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Women’s SV.League 2025-2026 All-Star Game and 15th leg:
Jan 31, 13:05 local (04:05 UTC): All-Star Game – Team Nichika v Team Yoshino
Feb 07, 13:05 local (04:05 UTC): Denso Airybees Koriyama v Victorina Himeji
Feb 07, 13:05 local (04:05 UTC): Gunma Green Wings v Osaka Marvelous
Feb 07, 13:05 local (04:05 UTC): PFU BlueCats Ishikawa Kahoku v Saitama Ageo Medics
Feb 07, 13:05 local (04:05 UTC): Queenseis Kariya v Okayama Seagulls
Feb 07, 14:05 local (05:05 UTC): Astemo Rivale Ibaraki v Aranmare Yamagata
Feb 07, 14:05 local (05:05 UTC): Kurobe Aqua Fairies v Toray Arrows Shiga
Feb 07, 14:05 local (05:05 UTC): Saga Hisamitsu Springs v NEC Red Rockets Kawasaki
Feb 08, 13:05 local (04:05 UTC): Denso Airybees Koriyama v Victorina Himeji
Feb 08, 13:05 local (04:05 UTC): Gunma Green Wings v Osaka Marvelous
Feb 08, 13:05 local (04:05 UTC): PFU BlueCats Ishikawa Kahoku v Saitama Ageo Medics
Feb 08, 13:05 local (04:05 UTC): Queenseis Kariya v Okayama Seagulls
Feb 08, 14:05 local (05:05 UTC): Astemo Rivale Ibaraki v Aranmare Yamagata
Feb 08, 14:05 local (05:05 UTC): Kurobe Aqua Fairies v Toray Arrows Shiga
Feb 08, 14:05 local (05:05 UTC): Saga Hisamitsu Springs v NEC Red Rockets Kawasaki