Japan men's national ice hockey team





















































































Japan
Shirt badge/Association crest
Association Japan Ice Hockey Federation
Head coach Yuji Iwamoto
Assistants
Masahito Haruna
Teruhiko Okita
Tomohito Okubo
Captain Tetsuya Saito
Most games Masahito Nishiwaki (94)
Most points Norio Suzuki (85)
Team colors
              
IIHF code JPN
Ranking
Current IIHF 23 Decrease 1
Highest IIHF 15 (first in 2003)
Lowest IIHF 23 (first in 2017)
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 8 (first in 1986)
Best result
Gold medal with cup.svgGold (2003, 2007) Silver medal with cup.svgSilver (1986, 1990, 1996, 1999, 2011) Bronze medal with cup.svgBronze (2017)
Olympics
Appearances 8 (first in 1936)
International record (W–L–T)
238–364–47

The Japanese national ice hockey team (Japanese: アイスホッケー男子日本代表 Aisuhokkē Danshi Nippon Daihyō) is the national men's ice hockey of Japan. They are controlled by the Japan Ice Hockey Federation and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Japan is currently ranked 23rd in the rankings and currently compete in the IIHF World Championship Division I. They have competed in eight Olympic Games competitions.




Contents






  • 1 Tournament participation


    • 1.1 Winter Olympics


    • 1.2 World Championship


    • 1.3 Asian Winter Games




  • 2 Roster


  • 3 All-time Record against other nations


  • 4 All-time record against other teams


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Tournament participation



Winter Olympics




  • 1936 – 9th place (tied)


  • 1960 – 8th place


  • 1964 – 11th place


  • 1968 – 10th place


  • 1972 – 9th place


  • 1976 – 9th place


  • 1980 – 12th place


  • 1998 – 13th place



World Championship


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




  • 1930 – Finished tied in 6th place


  • 1957 – Finished in 8th place


  • 1962 – Finished in 9th place (1st in "Pool B")


  • 1967 – Finished in 17th place (1st in "Pool C")


  • 1969 – Finished in 15th place (1st in "Pool C")


  • 1970 – Finished in 11th place (5th in "Pool B")


  • 1971 – Finished in 12th place (6th in "Pool B")


  • 1972 – Finished in 11th place (5th in "Pool B")


  • 1973 – Finished in 12th place (6th in "Pool B")


  • 1974 – Finished in 10th place (4th in "Pool B")


  • 1975 – Finished in 12th place (6th in "Pool B")


  • 1976 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in "Pool B")


  • 1977 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in "Pool B")


  • 1978 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in "Pool B")


  • 1979 – Finished in 14th place (6th in "Pool B")


  • 1981 – Finished in 16th place (8th in "Pool B")


  • 1982 – Finished in 17th place (1st in "Pool C")


  • 1983 – Finished in 13th place (5th in "Pool B")


  • 1985 – Finished in 13th place (5th in "Pool B")


  • 1986 – Finished in 15th place (8th in "Pool B")


  • 1987 – Finished in 17th place (1st in "Pool C")


  • 1989 – Finished in 15th place (7th in "Pool B")


  • 1990 – Finished in 15th place (7th in "Pool B")


  • 1991 – Finished in 16th place (8th in "Pool B")


  • 1992 – Finished in 15th place (3rd in "Pool B")


  • 1993 – Finished in 17th place (5th in "Pool B")


  • 1994 – Finished in 16th place (4th in "Pool B")


  • 1995 – Finished in 18th place (6th in "Pool B")


  • 1996 – Finished in 20th place (8th in "Pool B")


  • 1997 – Finished in 24th place (4th in "Pool C")


  • 1998 – Finished in 14th place


  • 1999 – Finished in 16th place


  • 2000 – Finished in 16th place


  • 2001 – Finished in 16th place


  • 2002 – Finished in 16th place


  • 2003 – Finished in 16th place


  • 2004 – Finished in 15th place


  • 2005 – Finished in 24th place (4th in Division I, Group A)


  • 2006 – Finished in 22nd place (3rd in Division I, Group A)


  • 2007 – Finished in 22nd place (3rd in Division I, Group B)


  • 2008 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group B)


  • 2009 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group A)


  • 2010 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group A)


  • 2011 – Withdrew from tournament citing the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake; remained in Group A


  • 2012 – Finished in 20th place (4th in Division I, Group A)


  • 2013 – Finished in 20th place (4th in Division I, Group A)


  • 2014 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in Division I, Group A)


  • 2015 – Finished in 20th place (4th in Division I, Group A)


  • 2016 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division I, Group A)


  • 2017 – Finished in 24th place (2nd in Division I, Group B)


  • 2018 – Finished in 24th place (2nd in Division I, Group B)



Asian Winter Games




  • 1986 – Finished in 2nd place


  • 1990 – Finished in 2nd place


  • 1996 – Finished in 2nd place


  • 1999 – Finished in 2nd place


  • 2003 – Finished in 1st place


  • 2007 – Finished in 1st place


  • 2011 – Finished in 2nd place


  • 2017 – Finished in 3rd place



Roster


Roster for the 2018 IIHF World Championship Division I Group B.[1]


Head coach: Yuji Iwamoto







































































































































































































































Goaltenders
#
Player
Catches
Height
Weight
Date of birth
Club

29

Yutaka Fukufuji
L
1.85 m
83 kg

(1982-09-17)17 September 1982 (aged 35)

Japan Nikko Ice Bucks

1

Yuta Narisawa
L
1.79 m
75 kg

(1987-04-14)14 April 1987 (aged 31)

Japan Oji Eagles
Defencemen
#
Player
Shoots
Height
Weight
Date of birth
Club

5

Ryo Hashiba
R
1.79 m
80 kg

(1986-05-06)6 May 1986 (aged 31)

Japan Oji Eagles

7

Ryo Hashimoto (A)
L
1.77 m
76 kg

(1992-10-23)23 October 1992 (aged 25)

Japan Oji Eagles

20

Seiya Hayata
L
1.80 m
80 kg

(1995-12-04)4 December 1995 (aged 22)

Japan Tohoku Free Blades

24

Goshi Ito
R
1.70 m
85 kg

(1992-07-09)9 July 1992 (aged 25)

Japan Nikko Ice Bucks

6

Ryuichi Kawai
L
1.80 m
90 kg

(1983-09-26)26 September 1983 (aged 34)

Japan Nikko Ice Bucks

12

Hiroto Sato
L
1.71 m
76 kg

(1993-11-15)15 November 1993 (aged 24)

Japan Nikko Ice Bucks

2

Mei Ushu
L
1.81 m
85 kg

(1991-05-02)2 May 1991 (aged 26)

Japan Nippon Paper Cranes

3

Kotaro Yamada
L
1.85 m
93 kg

(1992-01-06)6 January 1992 (aged 26)

Japan Oji Eagles
Forwards
#
Player
Shoots
Height
Weight
Date of birth
Club

25

Tomoya Echigo
L
1.60 m
70 kg

(1992-08-18)18 August 1992 (aged 25)

Japan Oji Eagles

18

Makuru Furuhashi
L
1.72 m
82 kg

(1993-09-30)30 September 1993 (aged 24)

Japan Nikko Ice Bucks

15

Taiga Irikura
R
1.79 m
81 kg

(1996-09-04)4 September 1996 (aged 21)

Japan Nippon Paper Cranes

10

Takuma Kawai (A)
L
1.81 m
92 kg

(1988-08-10)10 August 1988 (aged 29)

Japan Tohoku Free Blades

17

Yuki Miura
R
1.76 m
72 kg

(1996-07-19)19 July 1996 (aged 21)

United States Lake Superior State Lakers

19

Shogo Nakajima
R
1.75 m
78 kg

(1993-10-26)26 October 1993 (aged 24)

Japan Nippon Paper Cranes

23

Yushi Nakayashiki
L
1.93 m
93 kg

(1997-06-29)29 June 1997 (aged 20)

Japan Oji Eagles

16

Tetsuya Saito (C)
R
1.76 m
77 kg

(1983-12-14)14 December 1983 (aged 34)

Japan Nikko Ice Bucks

9

Kenta Takagi
R
1.82 m
87 kg

(1993-12-14)14 December 1993 (aged 24)

Japan Nippon Paper Cranes

14

Go Tanaka
L
1.71 m
76 kg

(1983-10-06)6 October 1983 (aged 34)

Japan Tohoku Free Blades

13

Hiromichi Terao
L
1.73 m
80 kg

(1989-06-15)15 June 1989 (aged 28)

Japan Nikko Ice Bucks

21

Junya Yamada
L
1.73 m
75 kg

(1991-11-07)7 November 1991 (aged 26)

Japan Tohoku Free Blades


All-time Record against other nations


As of November 12, 2017[2]





























































































































































































































































































































































































Team GP W T L GF GA

 China
31 25 2 4 221 71

 Denmark
33 19 1 13 146 108

 South Korea
25 20 1 4 174 47

 Serbia/
 Yugoslavia
31 15 2 14 123 128

 Norway
36 13 7 16 123 151

 Netherlands
29 17 4 8 154 87

 Romania
25 14 1 10 115 98

 Austria
39 13 4 22 123 151

 France
27 11 1 15 95 109

 North Korea
11 11 0 0 93 19

 Hungary
26 14 0 12 96 72

  Switzerland
31 9 3 19 93 141

 Bulgaria
11 8 0 3 66 29

 Italy
32 9 3 20 82 121

 Australia
8 7 0 1 94 22

 Poland
38 5 2 32 88 201

 Great Britain
13 6 1 6 34 38

 Lithuania
6 6 0 0 19 3

 Canada
40 1 3 36 76 218
 East Germany 16 3 1 12 45 89

 Kazakhstan
16 2 2 12 32 65

 Croatia
4 4 0 0 17 3

 Estonia
3 2 1 0 15 7

 Slovenia
15 3 1 11 26 51

 Kuwait
1 1 0 0 44 1

 Thailand
1 1 0 0 39 0

 Belgium
1 1 0 0 24 0

 Chinese Taipei
1 1 0 0 18 0

 Spain
1 1 0 0 11 2

 Israel
1 1 0 0 7 1

 Ukraine
13 5 2 6 21 37

 Belarus
7 1 1 5 14 27

 Finland
7 0 1 6 15 57

 Russia/
 Soviet Union
10 0 0 10 24 117

 Czech Republic/
 Czechoslovakia
13 0 0 13 22 139

 Sweden
4 0 0 4 1 44

 Slovakia
6 0 0 6 12 47

 Germany/
 West Germany
18 2 0 16 41 102

 Latvia
10 0 0 10 19 64

 United States
8 0 0 8 20 77
Total 669 238 47 364 2548 2875


All-time record against other teams


As of 27 August 2016[2]






































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Team GP W T L GF GA

Canada Battleford Millers
2 0 0 2 2 33

Canada Victoria Navy
1 0 0 1 1 9
Pacific Coast Amateur League All Stars 1 0 0 1 9 10

Canada Nanaimo Labatts
1 0 0 1 5 10

Canada Chilliwack Volvos
1 0 0 1 4 9

Canada Powell River Regals
4 1 0 3 3 31

Canada Kamloops Cariboos
1 0 0 1 1 6

Canada Central Alberta Hockey League All Stars
1 0 0 1 2 17

Canada Lethbridge Maple Leafs
1 0 1 0 4 4

Canada Regina Caps
1 0 0 1 5 9

Canada Brandon Wheat Kings
1 1 0 0 8 6

Canada Winnipeg Maroons
1 0 0 1 4 11

Canada Kenora Thistles
2 1 0 1 9 16

Canada Thunder Bay Junior League All Stars
2 0 0 2 8 12

United States Minnesota Golden Gophers
1 0 0 1 3 7

Canada New Westminster Royals
2 2 0 0 18 6

Canada Chilliwack Steelheads
1 0 0 1 4 10

Canada Victoria Commercial League All Stars
1 1 0 0 8 5

Canada Nanaimo Clippers
1 0 0 1 5 7

United States Portland Royals
1 1 0 0 11 4

Canada Victoria Intermediate All Stars
1 1 0 0 6 5

Canada Lethbridge Sugar Kings
1 1 0 0 5 2

Canada Yorkton Terriers
1 0 0 1 3 12

Canada Saskatchewan Junior League All Stars
1 1 0 0 12 4

Canada Manitoba South Junior All Stars
1 0 0 1 2 7

Canada Kingston Merchants
1 1 0 0 7 6

Canada Halifax Canadiens
1 1 0 0 7 4

Canada Grand Falls Cataracts
1 0 0 1 3 7

Canada Bathurst Papermakers
1 1 0 0 4 3

Canada Manitoba North Junior All Stars
1 1 0 0 8 6

Canada North Peace River League All Stars
1 1 0 0 7 4

Canada Prince George Mohawks
1 1 0 0 8 7

Canada Penticton Broncos
1 1 0 0 6 5

 Finland B
4 1 0 3 1 16

 Czechoslovakia B
1 0 0 1 2 9

 USSR B
2 0 0 2 5 16

 West Germany U20
1 1 0 0 4 3

United States Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs
1 0 0 1 4 5

United States Western Michigan Broncos
1 0 0 1 4 9

Russia Spartak Moscow
1 0 0 1 2 13

Canada Saskatchewan Huskies
1 0 0 1 2 7

United States Michigan Tech Huskies
1 0 0 1 4 6

United States Alaska Gold Kings
1 1 0 0 4 1

Russia Amur Khabarovsk
15 1 1 13 13 60

 Sweden B
2 0 0 2 2 17

 Russia B
2 0 0 2 3 13

 Canada B
1 0 1 0 4 4

 Denmark B
1 0 0 1 1 4

Japan Japan All Stars
1 0 0 1 5 6

Finland Tappara
1 0 0 1 3 6

Finland TPS Turku
1 0 0 1 4 5

Sweden Malmö Redhawks
1 0 0 1 2 3

Germany Schwenninger Wild Wings
1 0 0 1 2 5

Switzerland EV Zug
1 1 0 0 5 2

Germany Krefeld Pinguine
1 0 0 1 2 7

Sweden MODO Hockey
1 0 0 1 3 4

Germany Augsburger Panther
2 0 0 2 3 6

Switzerland HC Lugano
1 1 0 0 5 2

  Switzerland B
2 1 0 1 4 9

China Qiqihar
2 0 0 2 5 22

Russia Khabarovsk
1 0 0 1 3 5

Czech Republic HC Pardubice
1 0 0 1 2 5

Canada Saint Georges Garaga
1 0 0 1 2 3

Canada Île-des-Chênes North Stars
1 1 0 0 4 1

Russia Salavat Yulaev Ufa
2 1 0 1 3 6

Canada Mid-West Islanders
2 2 0 0 13 3

Slovakia HKm Zvolen
1 0 1 0 3 3

Germany Frankfurt Lions
1 0 1 0 2 2

Russia Amurskie Tigry
1 1 0 0 4 3

Russia PSK Sakhalin
1 1 0 0 4 1

Germany Straubing Tigers
1 0 0 1 1 3

Germany Kölner Haie
1 0 0 1 1 5

Germany Düsseldorf EG
1 0 0 1 1 2
Total 106 30 5 71 347 608


See also



  • All Japan Ice hockey Championship

  • Japan men's national junior ice hockey team

  • Japan men's national under-18 ice hockey team

  • Japan women's national ice hockey team



References





  1. ^ "2018 World Championships Division 1B Team Japan. (Men)" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2018-04-27..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ ab "Japan-Men-All-Time-Results-1.pdf" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 2017-12-30.




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