OIKAWA Shihori

Date of Birth: 12 Mar 1989

Age: 32

Gender: Female

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

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

Oicchi (sonyemcs.co.jp, 19 Feb 2016)

Cooking, travelling. (verdy.club, 2019)

Occupation:

Tenri University , Japan

Languages spoken:

English, Japanese

Tokyo Verdy Club [Japan] since 2019

Xavi Arnau [national], ESP

Position style:

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

She began playing hockey in grade three of primary school. (mykoho.jp, 01 Mar 2020)

She was influenced by her mother who coached hockey. (verdy.club, 2019; ytv.co.jp, 23 Jun 2019)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to establish hockey clinics in Japan. (fih.ch, 31 Mar 2020; International Hockey Federation YouTube channel, 04 Sep 2019)

Her mother. (International Hockey Federation YouTube channel, 04 Sep 2019)

Philosophy:

"Challenge." (verdy.club, 2019)

She was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] for the 2019 Hockey One League in Australia. (Hockey One Twitter profile, 16 Nov 2019; Instagram profile, 16 Nov 2019)

In 2018 she was named Female Player of the Year by the Asian Hockey Federation. (en.hockey.or.jp, 20 Mar 2019)

She was named one of the Best Eleven Players in the 2013 Hockey Japan League. (hjl-hockey.tv, 2020)

General Interest

General
OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE
In 2016 she moved to the Netherlands as she was loaned to HC Oranje-Rood for one year. In 2018 she turned professional after she left Japanese club Sony HC Bravia Ladies, and played for HC Oranje-Rood one more year. In 2019 she returned to Japan and signed for Tokyo Verdy Club in June that year. She also spent time in Australia playing in the Hockey One League for Canberra Chill from September until November 2019. (verdy.club, 2019; number.bunshun.jp, 06 May 2018; ytv.co.jp, 23 Jun 2019; readyfor.jp, 01 Jun 2019)

TURNING PROFESSIONAL
In 2018 she became the first female professional hockey player in Japan. "I played for the Dutch club, HC Oranje-Rood thanks to my company's understanding for the last two years [from 2016 until 2017]. HC Oranje-Rood wanted me to extend my contract, but I wasn't able to make a decision by myself as long as I worked for Sony. However, at the same time, I couldn't give up this opportunity, so I decided to leave the company after I contributed to their fifth title at the All Japan Championships in the 2017/18 season. Although I missed my colleagues who I had worked for seven years, I didn't have an option to reject the offer from HC Oranje-Rood in order to prepare for the best form by competing in the high-level league, ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo." (number.bunshun.jp, 06 May 2018)

Social Media

Legend

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

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