NAGAI Hazuki

Date of Birth: 15 Aug 1994

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Place of birth: KAKAMIGAHARA

Birth Country:

Japan

Place of residence : KAKAMIGAHARA

Residence Country:

Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Hockey	Women JPN Japan	11

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Pool B #W05 JPN Japan 3 CHN China 4	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Pool B #W11 JPN Japan 1 NZL New Zealand 2	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Pool B #W17 JPN Japan 0 AUS Australia 1	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - North Pitch	Women's Pool B #W21 JPN Japan 1 ARG Argentina 2	Finished
	Oi Hockey Stadium - South Pitch	Women's Pool B #W26 JPN Japan 1 ESP Spain 4	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
10	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
10	Women	2014	The Hague, NED
13	Women	2018	London, GBR

Champions Trophy

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Women	2018	Changzhou, CHN

Asian Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2018	Indonesia

Cooking. (Japan Hockey YouTube channel, 07 May 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Office Worker

Languages spoken:

English, Japanese

Sony HC Bravia Ladies [Japan]

Yuji Nagai [club, father], JPN; Xavi Arnau [national], ESP

Position style:

Midfielder (hockey.or.jp, 18 Jan 2021)

Sporting relatives:

Her father Yuji Nagai was head coach of the Japanese women's hockey team at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and has also coached the Japanese club Sony HC Bravia Ladies. Her mother Rieko is a former hockey player who represented Japan at the 1981 World Cup in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her older sister Yuri and younger brother Yuma has competed in the sport at international level, and Yuri was part of the Japanese national team alongside Hazuki at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (gifu-np.co.jp, 21 Aug 2010; mainichi.jp, 09 Aug 2012; nikkansports.com, 28 Oct 2015; city.inazawa.aichi.jp 29 Jun 2020; hockey.or.jp, 18 Jan 2021; mainichi.jp, 03 Jan 2020; sony-global-mo.co.jp, 07 Dec 2020; honda-logi.com, 13 Feb 2020)

National league:

Hockey Japan League [JPN] (hjl-hockey.tv, 15 Feb 2021)

She began the sport at primary school in 2009 in Kakagamihara, Japan. (47news.jp, 02 Oct 2014; data.hockey.or.jp, 19 Apr 2015; Japan Hockey YouTube channel, 07 May 2020)

She was influenced by her parents. (47news.jp, 02 Oct 2014; plus-blog.sportsnavi.com, 08 Jul 2015)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sponichi.co.jp, 11 Mar 2020)

She was named one of the Best Eleven Players in the 2019 Hockey Japan League. (myhockey.jp, 11 Mar 2020)

She was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] and one of the Best Eleven Players in the 2018 Hockey Japan League. (sony-global-mo.co.jp, 29 Mar 2019)

She was named one of the Best Eleven Players in the 2017 Hockey Japan League. (myhockey.jp, 11 Mar 2020)

In 2016 she was named Asian Female Player of the Year by the Asian Hockey Federation. (Asian Hockey Federation Twitter profile, 03 Apr 2017)

General Interest

General
OVERSEAS EXPERIENCES
In 2017 she moved to Barcelona, Spain after she was loaned to Club Egara from February until May. In September 2017 she relocated to the Netherlands in order to play for HC Oranje Rood on loan before returning to Japan in 2018. "I found that my older sister changed after playing abroad. She became mild-mannered. When I played abroad, I initially kept thinking about my weakness by comparing to other players. But, I began looking for my strength, When I became aware of who I am, my performance was gradually improved. I realised that it was important to have confidence." (toto-growing.com, 2019; chunichi.co.jp, 21 Apr 2020; nikkansports.com, 19 Jan 2020; gifusogo-hc.org, 21 Feb 2017; tokyo2020.org, 24 Sep 2019; jagpp.or.jp, 29 Aug 2020; news.livedoor.com, 26 Nov 2017)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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