Photos from the home season opener (Oct 4) for the Italian club Busto. Wada, Lena Grozer, Miku Akimoto, Nanami Seki, etc. A photo of an Akita Inu appearing on the volleyball court.

Yukiko Wada (175cm, Outside Hitter) and Matilda Munarini (186cm, Middle Blocker, Italy) looking as if they are talking about something.

The photo below shows Lena Grozer (184cm, 19 years old, Outside Hitter, Germany), who scored 26 points, the highest on the team. Wada scored 14 points, the second highest on the team.


The second player from the left is Matilda Munarini (186cm, Middle Blocker, Italy) from the first photo.

The player in the middle is Dalila Marchezzini (187cm, Middle Blocker, Italy)




Wada stretching in her warm-up uniform before the match.

Looking at the warm-up uniform worn by Nanami Seki below, the warm-up uniforms have a looser fit than the match uniforms.

In the photo below, Miku Akimoto (185cm, Outside Hitter) did not start in today's match but came on as a substitute for a short period and scored 1 point. Her original club, Japan's Victorina Himeji, loaned Miku Akimoto to the German club Dresdner SC for the 2025-26 season, and after one year, Miku Akimoto was loaned to the Busto (UYBA) club for the 2026-27 season.

The person in the photo below is Coach Shin Yoshida, who caused controversy in Japan for serving as a data analyst for the Thailand women's national team at this year's Asian Championship, but has joined the Busto (UYBA) club as an assistant coach this season. Some Japanese volleyball fans even resented him, suggesting that Thailand might have been able to beat Japan thanks to Yoshida's analysis of the Japanese team. Coach Yoshida has experience as a data analyst and Italian interpreter when he was with the Japanese women's national team on a one-year contract in 2025.

The owner of the Akita Inu, who appeared wearing a club muffler, is said to be a fan of the Busto (UYBA) club; they likely brought the dog because they thought the Japanese players would enjoy seeing it before the home season opener.


It seems the match against Volley Verona next Sunday at 1:00 AM will also be broadcast live for free on the Lega Volley Femminile YouTube channel, just like yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/@legavolleyfemminile.