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PFU BlueCats

Founded	1980
Ground	Kahoku, Ishikawa Japan
Manager Head Coach	Haisuke Manabu Baba Daitaku
League	V.League Division 1
2020-21	9th Place
Website	Club home page
Uniforms
Home Away
Championships
2009 V.Challenge League

PFU BlueCats (PFUブルーキャッツ, PFU Burūkyattsu) is a women's volleyball team based in Kahoku city, Ishikawa, Japan. It plays in the V.League Division 1 having been promoted for the first time for the 2018–2019 season. The club was founded in 1980. The owner of the team is PFU Limited.

History

• Founded in 1980.
• Promoted to V.Challenge League in 2002.
• Won the V.Challenge League in 2009.
• Promoted to V.Premier League in 2016.

Honors

Team

League results

Current roster

2024-2025 Squad as of December 2024 for V.League Division 1 Women

• Head coach: Baba Daitaku

PFU BlueCats
No.	Name	Position	Date of birth	Height
1	Natthanicha Jaisaen	Setter	(1998-05-21) 21 May 1998 (age 26)	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
3	Yuki Fujikura	Setter	(1999-08-27) 27 August 1999 (age 25)	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
4	Reina Kawasaki	Outside Hitter	(2001-10-25) 25 October 2001 (age 23)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
5	Kiiro Omura	Outside Hitter	(2000-09-26) 26 September 2000 (age 24)	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
6	Aya Hosonuma	Middle Blocker	(2000-05-25) 25 May 2000 (age 24)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
7	Ririka Funada	Libero	(2001-05-25) 25 May 2001 (age 23)	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
8	Kisa Okuma	Outside Hitter	(2004-03-07) 7 March 2004 (age 20)	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
9	Miyu Kawazoe	Outside Hitter	(2001-09-22) 22 September 2001 (age 23)	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
10	Mayu Nagatomo	Middle Blocker	(2001-10-01) 1 October 2001 (age 23)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
11	Yuka Ikeya	Libero	(1997-12-27) 27 December 1997 (age 27)	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
12	Anna Uemura	Outside Hitter	(2006-03-23) 23 March 2006 (age 18)	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
13	Miku Taniuchi	Middle Blocker	(1999-07-28) 28 July 1999 (age 25)	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
15	Thatdao Nuekjang	Middle Blocker	(1994-02-03) 3 February 1994 (age 30)	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
22	Kashauna Williams	Outside Hitter	(1999-01-12) 12 January 1999 (age 25)	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
23	Melissa Valdes	Outside Hitter	(2002-10-08) 8 October 2002 (age 22)	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)

Imports

Year	Number	Player	Country
2012	9	Yuranny Romanna	Colombia
2013	2	Jennifer Doris	United States
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
	19	Chatchu-on Moksri	Thailand
2019	2	Jennifer Doris	United States
	19	Thanacha Sooksod	Thailand
2020	4	Hathairat Jarat	Thailand
	18	Roslandy Acosta	Venezuela
2021	12	Trần Thị Thanh Thúy	Vietnam
2022	12	Trần Thị Thanh Thúy	Vietnam
	18	Roslandy Acosta	Venezuela
2023	12	Trần Thị Thanh Thúy	Vietnam
	33	Daly Santana	Puerto Rico
2024	1	Natthanicha Jaisaen	Thailand
	15	Thatdao Nuekjang	Thailand
	22	Kashauna Williams	United States

Team Staffs

2024 Edition

Job	Name	Country
Representative	Haisuke Manabu	Japan
General Manager	Futoshi Teramawari	Japan
Assistant General Manager	Kentaro Kaneko	Japan
Head Coach	Baba Daitaku	Japan
Coach	Koji Iwai	Japan
Trainer	Hiroyuki Watanabe	Japan
Trainer	Yuki Maezawa	Japan
Analyst	Toma Sugaya	Japan
Manager	Aki Nakahara	Japan
Interpreter	Machiho Tachibana	Japan
Team Doctor	Taisuke Hasegawa	Japan

Former players

References

1. JVL. "Team Profile". Retrieved 2015-10-22.
2. "PFU Bluecats Women's Volleyball V League Official Site". JVL Official Web site. Japan Volleyball League. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
3. "Player Staff Introduction PFU BlueCats". PFU BlueCats Official web site. PFU Limited. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
4. "PFU Blue Cats Japan V.League Women Volleyball". Japan Women's Indoor Volleyball. sitenoise.com. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
5. "Notice of Thanacha Sooksod players join". PFU Bluecats Official site. PFU Limited. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
6. "Players - Staff". PFU BlueCats. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
7. "Staff". PFU Blue Cats - V-League Official Site.

External links

• Official website

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