Astemo Rivale Ibaraki

Astemo Rivale Ibaraki
Founded	1980
Ground	Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, ; Japan
Manager; Head Coach	Kazuhiro Tamura; Noboru Aihara
Captain	Miwako Osanai
League	SV.League
2024-25	8th place
Website	Club home page

Japanese women's volleyball team

Hitachi Rivale (日立リヴァーレ, Hitachi Rivuāre) is a women's volleyball team based in Hitachinaka city, Ibaraki, Japan. It plays in SV.League. The owner is Hitachi Automotive Systems.

History

It was founded in November 1980 as Hitachi Sawa Rivale.
It was promoted to the V.League in 1998.
In April 2009, it lost the V.challenge match, so it was demoted to the V.challenge League for the next season.
In April 2010, the team name was changed to Hitachi Rivale.
In April 2013, It was re-promoted to V. Premier League after beating Denso Airybees.

League		Position	Teams	Matches	Win	Lose
V.League	5th (1998–99)	8th	10	18	7	11
	6th (1999–2000)	10th	10	18	3	15
	9th (2002–03)	8th	8	21	3	18
	10th (2003–04)	6th	10	18	7	11
	11th (2004–05)	9th	10	27	7	20
	12th (2005–06)	8th	10	27	10	17
V・Premier	2006-07	9th	10	27	6	21
	2007-08	10th	10	27	1	26
	2008-09	10th	10	27	0	27
V・Challenge	2009-10	Champion	12	16	15	1
	2010-11	Runner-up	12	18	17	1
	2011-12	Champion	12	22	21	1
	2012-13	Runner-up	10	18	17	1
V・Premier	2013-14	6th	8	28	12	16
	2014-15	4th	8	21	7	14
	2015-16	Runner-up	8	21	13	8
	2016-17	3rd	8	21	14	7
	2017–18	8th	8	21	5	16
V.League Division 1 (V1)	2018–19	8th	11	20	8	12
	2019-20	9th	12	21	6	15
	2020–21	8th	12	21	6	15
SV.League	2024-25	8th	14	44	23	21

2025-2026 Squad as of November 2025 ^[1]^[2]

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth	Height (m)
1	Ruriko Uesaka	Outside Hitter	(1999-09-07) 7 September 1999 (age 26)	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
2	Keito Saiga	Setter	(2002-01-15) 15 January 2002 (age 23)	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
3	Miwako Osanai (C)	Outside Hitter	(1997-07-19) 19 July 1997 (age 28)	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
5	Reika Sato	Middle Blocker	(2001-01-10) 10 January 2001 (age 25)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
6	Rin Takahashi	Libero	(2001-07-31) 31 July 2001 (age 24)	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
7	Amika Tokumoto	Libero	(2004-06-13) 13 June 2004 (age 21)	1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
9	Brionne Butler	Middle Blocker	(1999-01-29) 29 January 1999 (age 26)	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
10	Sarina Sakai	Setter	(1997-09-11) 11 September 1997 (age 28)	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
11	Shion Okabe	Outside Hitter	(2005-11-25) 25 November 2005 (age 20)	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
14	Mackenzie May	Outside Hitter	(1999-01-12) 12 January 1999 (age 27)	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
15	Kurumi Takama	Outside Hitter	(1999-08-24) 24 August 1999 (age 26)	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
17	Aya Watanabe	Middle Blocker	(1991-04-23) 23 April 1991 (age 34)	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
18	Ayaka Eto	Middle Blocker	(2000-06-22) 22 June 2000 (age 25)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
19	Shuri Kurata	Setter	(2000-11-22) 22 November 2000 (age 25)	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
20	Mion Hirose	Outside Hitter	(2002-10-08) 8 October 2002 (age 23)	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
21	Mimika Namaizawa	Outside Hitter	(2005-02-18) 18 February 2005 (age 20)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
22	Kaera Chuganji	Middle Blocker	(2006-11-13) 13 November 2006 (age 19)	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
23	Niji Sato	Middle Blocker	(2007-02-09) 9 February 2007 (age 18)	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)

Domestic Players

Yuki Sugawara Tanaka (2006-2008)
Akiko Ino (2005-2007)
Keiko Kuroha (2005–2009)
Megumi Itabashi (2003–2009)
Mariko Futakawa (2007–2009)
Ayano Inishi (2006–2009)
Kaori Iida (1998–2009)
Miki Shimada (2006–2009)
Narumi Takashima (2007–2009)
Saori Ishida (2007–2009)
Makoto Matsuura (2009–2010)
Sae Ishida (2008-2015)
Akari Fujisaki (2007-2010)
Yurie Yamamoto (2009-2010)
Ai Yoshida (2008-2011)
Airi Kawahara (2009-2011)
Kaori Nakamura (2007-2011)
Kotomi Tosaki (2008-2011)
Midori Miyakozawa (2001–2006, 2011–2012)
Asako Tajimi (2011–2012)
Momoka Minami (2011–14)
Yukiko Ebata (2007–14)
Yukino Nagamatsu (2011–2014)
Saori Takahashi (2011–2014)
Marie Wada (2013–2015)
Arisa Satō (2012–2018)
Megumi Kurihara (2014–2018)
Mami Uchiseto (2013–2017)
Kana Shimohira (2016–2018)
Kaori Mabashi (2016-2019) [1] Transfer to Kurobe AquaFairies
Moemi Toi (2006-2019)[2]
Hisae Watanabe (ja) (2013–2020)
Sakura Doi (2016–2020)
Yuka Onodera (2015–2021)
Uran Horii (2017–2021)
Miyu Kubota (ja) (2017–2021)
Maiha Haga (2015–2021)
Miya Sato (2011–2021)

Foreign Players

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^ "Astemo Rivale Ibaraki Teams / Players". SV League/Japan Volleyball League SVL Official website WOMEN (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-11-17.