Ibaraki Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,828,086 and has a geographic area of 6,097.19 square kilometres. Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, Tochigi Prefecture to the northwest, Saitama Prefecture to the southwest, Chiba Prefecture to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the east.
Megumi Kurihara is a Japanese volleyball former player who played for JT Marvelous. She also played for the All-Japan women's volleyball team and participated at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. Her nickname is "Princess Meg" (プリンセス・メグ).
Lyubov Vladimirovna Sokolova is a retired Russian volleyball player, Honored Master of Sports of Russia. She was a member of the national team that won gold medals at the 2006 and 2010 World Championships in Japan, and silver medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Additionally, she’s the only volleyball player who has won 2 World titles in the same year: 2010 World Championship with Russia and 2010 World Club Championship with Fenerbahçe
Manon Nummerdor-Flier is a retired volleyball player from the Netherlands who played as an opposite.
Sidarka de los Milagros Núñez is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who played for the Women's National Team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. There her team ended up in fifth place. She claimed the gold medal at the 2008 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup in Mexico, where she was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament.
Masami Yokoyama is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Igtisadchi Baku.
Asako Tajimi is a Japanese former volleyball player and three-time Olympian. She competed with the Japanese women's national volleyball team at the 1992, 1996, and 2008 Olympics.
Naoko Hashimoto is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Il Bisonte Firenze.
Akiko Ino is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Baki-Azeryol.
Kotomi Tosaki is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Hitachi Sawa Rivale.
Yukiko Ebata is a retired Japanese volleyball player who played for the PFU BlueCats and was a member of the Japan women's national volleyball team. She was a member of Japan's bronze medal-winning 2012 Olympic volleyball team.
Madelein Meppelink is a Dutch beach volleyball player.
Saori Takahashi is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Hitachi Rivale. She also plays for the All-Japan women's volleyball team.
Arisa Satō is a Japanese volleyball player who plays for Hitachi Rivale. She also plays for Japan women's national volleyball team.
Laura Heyrman is a Belgian professional volleyball player. She is a member of the Belgium women's national volleyball team.
Ayako Ōnuma is a Japanese female volleyball player. She was part of the Japan women's national volleyball team.
Godfrey Owese Okumu(born August 11, 1968) is a Kenyan volleyball coach. He is also a former player who has played for the Kenyan national volleyball team. Okumu is a native of Nyanza.
Megumi Itabashi is a Japanese female volleyball player.
Miya Fujii is a retired Japanese female volleyball player. She announced her retirement from Hitachi Rivale club and the national team on 27 May 2021.
Mami Uchiseto is a Japanese volleyball player who currently plays for Saitama Ageo Medics in the V.League 1. She is part of the Japan women's national volleyball team.
