Hiroshima Maple Reds

Hiroshima Maple Reds
Full name	Hiroshima Maple Reds
Short name	Maple Reds
Founded	1994
Arena	Hiroshima Green Arena
Capacity	10,000
President	Yonｇ-Ki Oh
Head coach	Mituhiro Yoshichika
League	Japan Handball League
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Hiroshima Maple Reds is a women's handball team based in Hiroshima, Japan.

It plays in Japan Handball League.

The club was founded in 1994 and belonged to IZUMI, a supermarket company in Hiroshima. The club was dissolved in 2001, then reinstated as HIROSHIMA MAPLE REDS by the Hiroshima Women's Sports Club(NPO).

From 1994 to 2006, the club has won the championships of Japan Handball League and others for 24 times in Japan.

They won the 1st prize at the 2nd East Asian Handball Club Championship in 2005 in Suzhou, China. And the 3rd prize at the 1st in Seongnam, Korea and the 4th prize at the 3rd in Kyoto, Japan.

Won the 2nd prize at the 12th Hiroshima International Handball Games in 2007.^[1]

2009 Roster

No	Player	Position
1	Taeko Doumen	GK
2	Tomomi Tsuchiya	CP
3	Erina Murayama	CP
5	Noriko Oomae	CP
6	Akie Uegaki	CP
7	Kyung-min Lee	CP
8	Yosie Kanno	CP
9	Aika Kurimoto	CP
10	Hitomi Ito	CP
11	Miyo Saotome	CP
12	Chiemi Yokota	GK
13	Chihiro Anzai	CP
14	Akiko Ishiyama	CP
15	Chie Takayama	CP
17	Akina Shinjou	CP
-	Ayako Enami	Trainer

Former players

• O-Kyung Lim - Head Coach, CP
• Akane Aoto - Coach
• Aimi Kiyama - CP
• Miho Tsuboi -CP
• Emi Sakaguchi -CP
• Jin-Soon Kim - CP
• Sung-Ok Oh - CP
• Emiko Egashira - GK
• Tone Hashizume
• Emi Sugimoto
• Miho Iwamoto
• Yukari Asai

References