Japan men's national ice hockey team

Japan
Association Japan Ice Hockey Federation
Head coach Greg Thomson
Assistants Takahito Suzuki
Takeshi Yamanaka
Captain Go Tanaka
Most games Toshiyuli Saki (84)
Most points Norio Suzuki (85)
IIHF code JPN
Ranking
Current IIHF 21 Decrease1
Highest IIHF 15 (first in 2003)
Lowest IIHF 22 (first in 2007)
First international
 Czechoslovakia 12–2 Japan 
(Davos, Switzerland; 24 January 1930)
Biggest win
 Japan 44–1 Kuwait 
(Gangneung, South Korea; 30 January 1999)
Biggest defeat
 Czechoslovakia 25–1 Japan 
(Moscow, Soviet Union; 4 March 1957)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances 43 (first in 1930)
Best result 8th (1930, 1957)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances 7 (first in 1986)
Best result Gold (2003, 2007)
Olympics
Appearances 8 (first in 1936)
International record (W–L–T)
238–342–47

The Japanese national ice hockey team (Japanese: アイスホッケー日本代表 Aisuhokkē nihondaihyō) is the national men's ice hockey of Japan. They are currently ranked 20th in the IIHF World Ranking and currently compete in IIHF World Championship Division I. They have competed in nine Olympic Games competitions.

Tournament participation

Winter Olympics

World Championship

Note: Years in Bold denote participation in the top-level tournament

Asian Winter Games

Roster

Roster for the 2016 IIHF World Championship.[1]

Goaltenders
# Player Catches Height Weight Date of birth Club
30 Shun Hitomi L 184 cm 85 kg 1 June 1993 Japan Kansai University
1 Takuto Onoda L 178 cm 73 kg 2 May 1992 Japan Oji Eagles
Defencemen
# Player Shoots Height Weight Date of birth Club
23 Yosuke Haga R 174 cm 78 kg 5 September 1986 Japan Oji Eagles
5 Ryo Hashiba R 179 cm 80 kg 6 May 1986 Japan Oji Eagles
4 Shun Sakata L 182 cm 88 kg 13 June 1987 Japan Nippon Paper Cranes
3 Kazumasa Sasaki R 179 cm 80 kg 12 November 1989 Japan Oji Eagles
6 Kotaru Yamada L 185 cm 85 kg 6 January 1992 Japan Oji Eagles
20 Takafumi Yamashita R 178 cm 84 kg 11 November 1987 Japan Oji Eagles
22 Shinya Yanadori L 179 cm 80 kg 15 December 1986 Japan Nippon Paper Cranes
Forwards
# Player Shoots Height Weight Date of birth Club
26 Yushiroh Hirano R 185 cm 92 kg 18 August 1995 United States Youngstown Phantoms
10 Takuma Kawai L 181 cm 95 kg 10 August 1988 Japan Tohoku Free Blades
21 Shuhei Kuji R 170 cm 77 kg 27 April 1987 Germany Eisbären Berlin
15 Kohei Mitamura L 175 cm 83 kg 19 February 1992 Japan Oji Eagles
11 Masahito Nishiwaki R 178 cm 80 kg 6 October 1982 Japan Nippon Paper Cranes
16 Daisuke Obara L 170 cm 75 kg 4 June 1981 Japan Oji Eagles
24 Yuto Osawa R 181 cm 90 kg 3 October 1993 Japan Oji Eagles
9 Kenta Takagi R 184 cm 96 kg 14 December 1993 Japan Nippon Paper Cranes
8 Seiji Takahashi R 174 cm 78 kg 24 February 1993 Japan Oji Eagles
14 Go Tanaka R 172 cm 74 kg 6 October 1983 Japan Tohoku Free Blades
13 Hiromichi Terao L 173 cm 79 kg 15 June 1989 Japan Oji Eagles
27 Hiroki Ueno L 178 cm 84 kg 8 April 1986 Japan Nippon Paper Cranes
28 Takuro Yamashita R 183 cm 83 kg 22 May 1988 Japan Tohoku Free Blades

All-time Record against other nations

As of June 6, 2009

Team GP W T L GF GA
 China 29 23 2 4 200 70
 Denmark 30 19 1 10 143 95
 South Korea 16 15 1 0 150 23
 Yugoslavia 30 14 2 14 118 128
 Norway 36 13 7 16 123 151
 Netherlands 25 13 4 8 138 82
 Romania 23 12 1 10 106 98
 Austria 32 11 4 17 111 130
 France 26 11 1 14 93 105
 North Korea 11 11 0 0 93 19
 Hungary 17 11 0 6 75 47
  Switzerland 31 9 3 19 93 141
 Bulgaria 11 8 0 3 66 29
 Italy 26 7 3 16 75 106
 Australia 7 7 0 0 93 17
 Poland 34 4 2 28 77 184
 Great Britain 9 4 1 4 27 28
 Lithuania 4 4 0 0 19 3
 Canada 40 3 3 34 76 218
 East Germany 16 3 1 12 45 89
 Kazakhstan 11 2 2 7 26 39
 Croatia 2 2 0 0 10 1
 West Germany 9 2 0 7 27 54
 Estonia 2 1 1 0 9 5
 Slovenia 6 1 1 4 14 24
 Kuwait 1 1 0 0 44 1
 Thailand 1 1 0 0 39 0
 Belgium 1 1 0 0 24 0
 Spain 1 1 0 0 11 2
 Israel 1 1 0 0 7 1
 Ukraine 6 0 2 4 7 23
 Belarus 5 0 1 4 10 22
 Finland 7 0 1 6 15 57
 Russia 1 0 0 1 1 6
 Czech Republic 4 0 0 4 10 31
 Sweden 4 0 0 4 1 44
 Slovakia 6 0 0 6 12 47
 Germany 8 0 0 8 14 43
 Latvia 8 0 0 8 14 58
 United States 8 0 0 8 20 77
 Soviet Union 9 0 0 9 23 111
 Czechoslovakia 9 0 0 9 12 108

References

  1. ↑ "2016 World Championships Division 1A Team Japan. (Men)". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
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