Oriental Witches

Oriental Witches (東洋の魔女, Tōyō no Majo) is the well-known nickname of Nichibo Kaizuka, a factory volleyball team of Dai Nippon Spinning Co., Ltd. (later, Nichibo, thereafter, Unitika) in Kaizuka, Osaka given by the reports of European media when they achieved 24 consecutive victories against other national teams on the expedition to Europe.[1]

Nichibo Kaizuka
Masae Kasai standing in the center of podium as the team leader, Volleyball at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Full nameWomen's Volleyball Team at Kaizuka factory of Dai Nippon Spinning Co., Ltd.
NicknameOriental Witches
CaptainMasae Kasai
Uniforms
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Championships
1st place, gold medalist(s) at 1964 Summer Olympics
1st place, gold medalist(s) at 1962 World Championship
2nd place, silver medalist(s) at 1960 World Championship

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