# 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 1. The club was founded in 2015, and the owner of the team is Shinichi Tamagami of the Prestige International. Prestige also runs basketball and handball teams in Akita and Toyama. Their home arena is Kokutai Gymnasium in Sakata.
Aranmare is a coined word combining arancia and mare ("orange and sea" in Italian).

## History

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

## League results

Official Record

### V・challenge 2

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

### V.LEAGUE

| League | Year | Position | Teams | Regular round | Regular round | Regular round | Regular round | PS | PS | PS |
| League | Year | Position | Teams | Position | G | W | L | G | W | L |
| DIVISION2 | 2018-19 | 4th | 10 | 4th | 18 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| DIVISION2 | 2019-20 | 5th | 8 | 5th | 21 | 11 | 10 | - | - | - |
| DIVISION2 | 2020-21 | 3rd | 9 | 3rd | 14 | 10 | 4 | - | - | - |

## Current squad

2024-2025 Squad as of December 2024
* Head coach: Tsutomu Kitahara (北原勉)
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth | Height (m) |
| 1 | Oleksandra Bycenko | Outside Hitter | (1995-11-23) 23 November 1995 (age 29) | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| 2 | Miku Maeda | Outside Hitter | (1998-05-05) 5 May 1998 (age 26) | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| 3 | Yuri Kimura (C) | Outside Hitter | (1995-09-30) 30 September 1995 (age 29) | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| 4 | Donphon Sinpho | Outside Hitter | (2004-06-21) 21 June 2004 (age 20) | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| 5 | Nanase Akahoshi | Setter | (1995-01-07) 7 January 1995 (age 29) | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| 7 | Maya Ito | Middle Blocker | (1997-02-09) 9 February 1997 (age 27) | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| 8 | Megumi Tamura | Setter | (1993-07-10) 10 July 1993 (age 31) | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| 9 | Kaho Kusajima | Outside Hitter | (1997-07-29) 29 July 1997 (age 27) | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| 10 | Shiiko Yanagisawa | Middle Blocker | (1995-02-08) 8 February 1995 (age 29) | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| 11 | Natsu Kawatsuri | Middle Blocker | (2001-07-16) 16 July 2001 (age 23) | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| 12 | Merumo Ishimori | Setter | (1998-09-10) 10 September 1998 (age 26) | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| 13 | Nana Okamura | Outside Hitter | (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000 (age 24) | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| 15 | Maho Kudo | Libero | (2004-08-05) 5 August 2004 (age 20) | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| 18 | Nanami Sato | Middle Blocker | (2003-10-13) 13 October 2003 (age 21) | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| 28 | Cindy Ndigwe | Middle Blocker | (2005-08-16) 16 August 2005 (age 19) | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |

## Former players

Japan
* Nozomi Asakawa
* Yuki Egawa Transfer to Ligare Sendai (ja)
* Mariko Fujiwara
* Yuri Fukuda
* Yuki Honma
* Serena Ito
* Yukiko Matsuo
* Miyu Misawa
* Kasumi Nakada
* Juri Sakurai
* Aya Sato (volleyball)
* Chisaki Sato
* Nashika Sato
* Tsubura Satō
* Mizuki Tanno
* Sayaka Toda

## Arenas and practice facilities

* Sakata City Kokutaikinen Gymnasium
* Komagihara Park Gymnasium
* Yamagata Prefectural General Sports Park Gymnasium
The team mostly practice at the small arena of Kokutai Gymnasium.

## Gallery

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