HIROSHIMA MAPLE REDS is a women's handball

Team handball

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 team based in Hiroshima

Hiroshima

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Japan

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It plays in Japan Handball League

Japan Handball League

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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

Suzhou

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. And the 3rd prize at the 1st in Seongnam

Seongnam

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 and the 4th prize at the 3rd in Kyoto

Kyoto

is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...

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Japan

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Won the 2nd prize at the 12th Hiroshima International Handball Games in 2007.

2009 Roster

No	Player	Position
1	Taeko Doumen	GK
2	Tomomi Tsuchiya	CP
3	Erina Murayama	CP
5	Noriko Oomae	CP
6	Akie Uegaki Akie Uegaki Akie Uegaki is a Japanese handball player who has played for the Japan women's national handball team and plays for Japanese club Hiroshima Maple Reds. She was listed among the top ten goalscorers at the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship in China, with 48 goals.-References:...	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