Wear born from the desire of all Japanese women's volleyball players! What is the top model that Mizuno is proud of.
Mizuno Corporation (President: Akito Mizuno) has been in charge of the official wear of the All Japan Women's Volleyball Team since 1989. This time I asked Mr. Kashiwagi who is in charge of the planning and development of wear which is the 23rd generation model, focusing on the functionality required for volleyball wear.
Hidemi Sakuma
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2018/03/09
Mizuno Corporation
Global apparel product headquarters
Planning and Design Department
Diamond · Competition Apparel Planning Division
Nagisa Kashiwagi
--About the uniforms worn by the Japan Women's Volleyball Team
Kashiwagi: As well as volleyball shoes are developing as a story "fire bird", the model worn by all Japanese women's volleyball team players at this time is here. Unified team sportswear has three color patterns. It is a red, white, blue base. The blue base was the color we struck out of our company, so I took the attention the first time I adopted blue that I have never seen before at the time of the Rio Olympic Games.
- Three points on wear
Kashiwagi: ① Material · · · Mizuno began to be in charge of the wear of the All Japan Women's Volleyball Team from 1989 and cotton was adopted as a fabric so that it will be hard to break even when the fabric jumped at the time of receiving .In the late 1990s, the sleeves were shortened to allow for greater freedom of movement, and in the 2000s, the cap sleeve style was adopted, which is the prototype for the current uniform and is designed to hide armpits even when the player raises their arms.
The current model adopts a sleeveless type which does not disturb the main range of motion range. The material is not cotton, but it is made of material that is excellent in wear-resistant meltability called Techno spark stretch which was processed so that it can not be melted even when slipped. Also, we have a deodorant function attached to the armpit and the neck.
② Pattern · · · The wear is slimmer, the fitting feeling is increased, the armpits etc. are made into a three-dimensional shape. Pants improve stretch feeling, making it more fit and easy to move.
③ Design · Although we used dyeing fabrics in the past, the current model became a sublimation print, and the number of stitches became fewer and the weight was reduced. By putting the crystallite line vertically in the armpit of the wear it is supposed to make the waist look thinner. Pants are reproducing the denim pattern by sublimation.
- On request from women to wear
Kashiwagi: If you make it too thin to make your body look beautiful, you listen to the voice from the players that the wear goes up as you wear a spike and you are wearing a balanced wear design so that it does not become so.
- Future Prospects
Kashiwagi：I will do my best to support the volleyball world and liven up the sport. I think we need to create clothing that allows each player to concentrate on their game. I hope that the results will lead to the Tokyo Olympics. (End)
Mizuno volleyball
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Interview photograph / Hidemi Sakuma
