Ice Hockey - Team Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest

Ice Hockey

Number	Name	Height	Date of Birth
1	FUJIMOTO NFUJIMOTO Nana	163 cm	3 Mar 1989
2	KOIKE SKOIKE Shiori	159 cm	21 Mar 1993
3	SHIGA ASHIGA Aoi	165 cm	4 Jul 1999
4	TOKO ATOKO Ayaka	161 cm	22 Aug 1994
6	SUZUKI SSUZUKI Sena	167 cm	4 Aug 1991
7	KAWASHIMA YKAWASHIMA Yukiko	163 cm	16 Nov 1996
8	HOSOYAMADA AHOSOYAMADA Akane	163 cm	9 Mar 1992
10	YONEYAMA HYONEYAMA Haruna	160 cm	7 Nov 1991
11	MIURA MMIURA Mei	162 cm	16 Nov 1998
12	OSAWA COSAWA Chiho	162 cm	10 Feb 1992
13	FUJIMOTO MFUJIMOTO Moeko	156 cm	5 Aug 1992
14	TOKO HTOKO Haruka	167 cm	16 Mar 1997
15	UKITA RUKITA Rui	169 cm	6 Jun 1996
16	SHIGA ASHIGA Akane	165 cm	3 Mar 2001
18	TAKA STAKA Suzuka	161 cm	16 Oct 1996
19	OTAKI COTAKI Chika	160 cm	14 Dec 1998
20	MASUHARA MMASUHARA Miyuu	157 cm	4 Oct 2001
21	KUBO HKUBO Hanae	168 cm	10 Dec 1982
22	SHISHIUCHI MSHISHIUCHI Miho	165 cm	21 Aug 1992
23	YAMASHITA HYAMASHITA Hikaru	157 cm	23 Sep 2000
27	KOYAMA RKOYAMA Remi	146 cm	17 Jul 2000
28	YAMASHITA SYAMASHITA Shiori	159 cm	28 Apr 2002
30	KONISHI AKONISHI Akane	167 cm	14 Aug 1995

Team Officials

Function	Name
Head Coach	IIZUKA YIIZUKA Yuji
Assistant Coach	HARUNA MHARUNA Masahito
Assistant Coach	NAKAJIMAYA YNAKAJIMAYA Yujiro
Technical Official	JPN HOSOYA THOSOYA Taeko
Equipment Manager	YOSHIDA TYOSHIDA Toshinobu
Doctor	HATTORI MHATTORI Mikihiko
Physiotherapist	WAKO TWAKO Tsutomu
Physiotherapist	HIRABAYASHI FHIRABAYASHI Fumie

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Ice Hockey	Women	6

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Wukesong Sports Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group B #3 SWE Sweden 1 JPN Japan 3	Finished
Wukesong Sports Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group B #8 JPN Japan 6 DEN Denmark 2	Finished
Wukesong Sports Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group B #11 CHN China 2 JPN Japan 1	Finished
Wukesong Sports Centre	Women's Preliminary Round - Group B #18 JPN Japan 3 CZE Czech Republic 2	Finished
Wukesong Sports Centre	Women's Play-offs Quarterfinals #24 FIN Finland 7 JPN Japan 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Year	Location
6	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
6	1998	Nagano, JPN
7	2014	Sochi, RUS

U18 Women's World Championship Division I - Group A
Rank	Year	Location
1	2018	Asiago, ITA
2	2020	Fussen, GER

Women's World Championship Division I - Group A
Rank	Year	Location
1	2017	Graz, AUT
1	2013	Stavanger, NOR
3	2012	Ventspils, LAT

U18 Women's World Championship Division I
Rank	Year	Location
1	2016	Miskolc, HUN
1	2013	Romanshorn, SUI
1	2009	Chambery, FRA
3	2012	Tromso, NOR

Women's World Championship Division I
Rank	Year	Location
1	2007	Nikko, JPN
1	2003	Ventspils, LAT
2	2005	Romanshorn, SUI
2	2001	Briancon, FRA

Women's World Championship Pool B
Rank	Year	Location
1	1999	Colmar, FRA

Women's World Championship Qualification Series
Rank	Year	Location
3	2015	Yokohama, JPN

Women's World Championship
Rank	Year	Location
6	2021	Calgary, AB, CAN
7	2015	Malmo, SWE
7	2008	Harbin, CHN
8	2019	Espoo, FIN
8	2016	Kamloops, BC, CAN
8	2009	Hameenlinna, FIN
8	2000	Mississauga, ON, CAN
8	1990	Ottawa, ON, CAN
9	2004	Halifax, NS, CAN

U18 Women's World Championship
Rank	Year	Location
6	2010	Chicago, IL, USA
7	2014	Budapest, HUN
8	2019	Obihiro, JPN
8	2017	CZE
8	2015	Buffalo, NY, USA
8	2011	Stockholm, SWE

Nickname:

Smile Japan

General Interest

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Competed at the first Olympic women’s ice hockey tournament, as the host nation, at Nagano 1998. Lost all five matches, conceded 45 goals, but scored one goal against Finland and China. Failed to qualify for the next three Olympic Winter Games, finishing second in the Pre-Olympic Qualification Tournament twice (2004, 2008).

Qualified for Sochi 2014 through the qualification tournament, but again failed to win a match, finishing eighth. At PyeongChang 2018, they had losses to Sweden (2-1) and Switzerland (3-1) in the preliminary round, before defeating a unified Korea team (COR) 4-1 and to record Japan's first Olympic victory. Backed it up with an overtime win against Sweden (2-1) in the classification round, before losing 1-0 to Switzerland in the fifth-place playoff. The only goal scored was by Evelina Raselli (SUI), 3:19 into the match.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Competed in the top division at the world championships seven times, finishing a best of seventh twice (2008, 2015). Finished first in Division IA in 2017, earning promotion for the 2019 World Championships in Espoo. Defeated France (3-0) and Sweden (3-2) in the preliminary round to avoid relegation. Ayaka Toko (JPN) scored the winning goal against Sweden with 75 seconds remaining. Lost 4-0 against the United States in the quarterfinals.

Finished second in pool B at the 2021 World Championships in Calgary, only losing to Czech Republic 4-0. After a 10-2 defeat to the United States in the quarterfinals, Japan bounced back in the classification games with a 3-2 with against Czech Republic, before losing 2-0 to the Russian Olympic Committee in the playoff for fifth.

ASIAN WINTER GAMES
After five straight silver medals, Japan won gold at the 2017 Games in Sapporo. Undefeated, they only conceded one goal (to PR China), and had dominating wins against Hong Kong (46-0) and Thailand (37-0).

QUALIFICATION
Qualified for Beijing 2022 after finishing sixth in qualification seeding, following the cancelled 2020 World Championships in Canada.

World Ranking: 6th (2840 pts)

OLYMPIC RECORD
3 wins, 1 overtime win, 11 losses
vs. Canada (0 wins, 1 loss)
vs. Czech Republic (Olympic debut)
vs. Denmark (Olympic debut)
vs. Finland (0 wins, 1 loss)
vs. People's Republic of China (0 wins, 1 loss)
vs. Russian Federation (2 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Switzerland (0 wins, 2 losses)
vs. Sweden (1 win, 3 losses)
vs. United States (0 wins, 1 loss)

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