Queenseis Kariya

Queenseis Kariya
Founded	1951
Ground	Kariya city, Aichi, ; Japan
Manager; Head coach	; Shingo Sakai
Captain	Hinata Shigihara
League	SV.League
2024-2025	9th Place
Website	Club home page

Queenseis Kariya (クインシーズ刈谷, Kuinshīzu Kariya), formerly the Toyota Auto Body Queenseis (トヨタ車体クインシーズ, Toyotashatai Kuinshīzu) is a women's volleyball team based in Kariya city, Aichi, Japan. It plays in SV.League. The club was founded in 1951. The owner of the team is Toyota Auto Body.

Queenseis is a coined word combining Queen and Seis ("six" in Spanish).

History

It was founded in 1951.
It promoted to V.Challenge League in 1999.
It promoted to V.Premier League in 2006.

Honours

V.Challenge League
- Champion(1) - 2005-06
- Runner-up(1) - 2004-05
Empress's Cup
- Champion (1): 2008
- Runner-up (2): 2011, 2018
- Champion (1): 2017^[1]
Kurowashiki All Japan Volleyball Tournament
- Champion (1): 2014

League results

League		Position	Teams	Matches	Win	Lose
V.Challenge.League	3rd (2000–01)	6th	8	14	4	10
	4th (2001–02)	5th	7	12	4	8
	5th (2002–03)	5th	8	14	5	9
	6th (2003–04)	3rd	7	12	8	4
	7th (2004–05)	Runner-up	8	14	11	3
	8th (2005–06)	Champion	8	14	12	2
V・Premier	2006-07	10th	10	27	5	22
	2007-08	7th	10	27	12	15
	2008-09	5th	10	27	13	14
	2009-10	7th	8	28	7	21
	2010-11	5th	8	26	12	14
	2011-12	7th	8	21	5	16
	2012-13	5th	8	28	12	16
	2013-14	4th	8	28	15	13
	2014-15	8th	8	21	6	15
	2015-16	6th	8	21	8	13
	2016-17	5th	8	21	10	11
	2017-18	3rd	8	21	11	10
V.League Division 1 (V1)	2018-19	4th	11	20	13	7
	2019-20	5th	12	21	14	7
	2020–21	11th	12	21	6	15
SV.League	2024-25	9th	14	44	20	24

Current squad

2025-2026 Squad as of November 2025^[2]^[3]

Head coach: Shingo Sakai

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth	Height (m)
1	Hinata Shigihara (C)	Outside Hitter	(2001-02-25) 25 February 2001	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
3	Furi Kosa	Setter	(2000-09-04) 4 September 2000	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
4	Riri Kasai	Outside Hitter	(2005-04-22) 22 April 2005	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
5	Sayaka Yokota	Middle Blocker	(1999-09-30) 30 September 1999	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
6	Haruka Kaji	Setter	(2003-03-24) 24 March 2003	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
7	Ayana Funane	Opposite Hitter	(2002-05-15) 15 May 2002	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
8	Ayano Sato	Setter	(1999-11-04) 4 November 1999	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
9	Arisa Nagano	Middle Blocker	(1996-09-13) 13 September 1996	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
10	Danielle Cuttino	Opposite Hitter	(1996-06-22) 22 June 1996	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
12	Haruka Nakamura	Libero	(2002-12-05) 5 December 2002	1.49 m (4 ft 11 in)
13	Nootsara Tomkom	Setter	(1985-07-07) 7 July 1985	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
14	Marie Schölzel	Middle Blocker	(1997-08-01) 1 August 1997	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
15	Yuka Tateishi	Libero	(1998-03-21) 21 March 1998	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
16	Yuki Yoshinaga	Outside Hitter	(2001-11-13) 13 November 2001	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
17	Sofya Kuznetsova	Outside Hitter	(1999-10-31) 31 October 1999	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
18	Shiori Mitome	Outside Hitter	(2002-12-02) 2 December 2002	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
19	Yuka Iwashima	Middle Blocker	(2002-09-16) 16 September 2002	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
20	Mio Kitagawa	Middle Blocker	(2006-04-19) 19 April 2006	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
21	Aimi Nakada	Middle Blocker	(2006-07-28) 28 July 2006	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
22	Rin Nishikawa	Libero	(2006-06-07) 7 June 2006	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
23	Shiori Yamauchi	Outside Hitter	(2006-05-28) 28 May 2006	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)