Japan men's national ice hockey team

Japan
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 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 (2003, 2007) Silver (1986, 1990, 1996, 1999, 2011) Bronze (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.

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)	Nikko Ice Bucks
1	Yuta Narisawa	L	1.79 m	75 kg	(1987-04-14)14 April 1987 (aged 31)	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)	Oji Eagles
7	Ryo Hashimoto (A)	L	1.77 m	76 kg	(1992-10-23)23 October 1992 (aged 25)	Oji Eagles
20	Seiya Hayata	L	1.80 m	80 kg	(1995-12-04)4 December 1995 (aged 22)	Tohoku Free Blades
24	Goshi Ito	R	1.70 m	85 kg	(1992-07-09)9 July 1992 (aged 25)	Nikko Ice Bucks
6	Ryuichi Kawai	L	1.80 m	90 kg	(1983-09-26)26 September 1983 (aged 34)	Nikko Ice Bucks
12	Hiroto Sato	L	1.71 m	76 kg	(1993-11-15)15 November 1993 (aged 24)	Nikko Ice Bucks
2	Mei Ushu	L	1.81 m	85 kg	(1991-05-02)2 May 1991 (aged 26)	Nippon Paper Cranes
3	Kotaro Yamada	L	1.85 m	93 kg	(1992-01-06)6 January 1992 (aged 26)	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)	Oji Eagles
18	Makuru Furuhashi	L	1.72 m	82 kg	(1993-09-30)30 September 1993 (aged 24)	Nikko Ice Bucks
15	Taiga Irikura	R	1.79 m	81 kg	(1996-09-04)4 September 1996 (aged 21)	Nippon Paper Cranes
10	Takuma Kawai (A)	L	1.81 m	92 kg	(1988-08-10)10 August 1988 (aged 29)	Tohoku Free Blades
17	Yuki Miura	R	1.76 m	72 kg	(1996-07-19)19 July 1996 (aged 21)	Lake Superior State Lakers
19	Shogo Nakajima	R	1.75 m	78 kg	(1993-10-26)26 October 1993 (aged 24)	Nippon Paper Cranes
23	Yushi Nakayashiki	L	1.93 m	93 kg	(1997-06-29)29 June 1997 (aged 20)	Oji Eagles
16	Tetsuya Saito (C)	R	1.76 m	77 kg	(1983-12-14)14 December 1983 (aged 34)	Nikko Ice Bucks
9	Kenta Takagi	R	1.82 m	87 kg	(1993-12-14)14 December 1993 (aged 24)	Nippon Paper Cranes
14	Go Tanaka	L	1.71 m	76 kg	(1983-10-06)6 October 1983 (aged 34)	Tohoku Free Blades
13	Hiromichi Terao	L	1.73 m	80 kg	(1989-06-15)15 June 1989 (aged 28)	Nikko Ice Bucks
21	Junya Yamada	L	1.73 m	75 kg	(1991-11-07)7 November 1991 (aged 26)	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
Battleford Millers	2	0	0	2	2	33
Victoria Navy	1	0	0	1	1	9
Pacific Coast Amateur League All Stars	1	0	0	1	9	10
Nanaimo Labatts	1	0	0	1	5	10
Chilliwack Volvos	1	0	0	1	4	9
Powell River Regals	4	1	0	3	3	31
Kamloops Cariboos	1	0	0	1	1	6
Central Alberta Hockey League All Stars	1	0	0	1	2	17
Lethbridge Maple Leafs	1	0	1	0	4	4
Regina Caps	1	0	0	1	5	9
Brandon Wheat Kings	1	1	0	0	8	6
Winnipeg Maroons	1	0	0	1	4	11
Kenora Thistles	2	1	0	1	9	16
Thunder Bay Junior League All Stars	2	0	0	2	8	12
Minnesota Golden Gophers	1	0	0	1	3	7
New Westminster Royals	2	2	0	0	18	6
Chilliwack Steelheads	1	0	0	1	4	10
Victoria Commercial League All Stars	1	1	0	0	8	5
Nanaimo Clippers	1	0	0	1	5	7
Portland Royals	1	1	0	0	11	4
Victoria Intermediate All Stars	1	1	0	0	6	5
Lethbridge Sugar Kings	1	1	0	0	5	2
Yorkton Terriers	1	0	0	1	3	12
Saskatchewan Junior League All Stars	1	1	0	0	12	4
Manitoba South Junior All Stars	1	0	0	1	2	7
Kingston Merchants	1	1	0	0	7	6
Halifax Canadiens	1	1	0	0	7	4
Grand Falls Cataracts	1	0	0	1	3	7
Bathurst Papermakers	1	1	0	0	4	3
Manitoba North Junior All Stars	1	1	0	0	8	6
North Peace River League All Stars	1	1	0	0	7	4
Prince George Mohawks	1	1	0	0	8	7
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
Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs	1	0	0	1	4	5
Western Michigan Broncos	1	0	0	1	4	9
Spartak Moscow	1	0	0	1	2	13
Saskatchewan Huskies	1	0	0	1	2	7
Michigan Tech Huskies	1	0	0	1	4	6
Alaska Gold Kings	1	1	0	0	4	1
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 All Stars	1	0	0	1	5	6
Tappara	1	0	0	1	3	6
TPS Turku	1	0	0	1	4	5
Malmö Redhawks	1	0	0	1	2	3
Schwenninger Wild Wings	1	0	0	1	2	5
EV Zug	1	1	0	0	5	2
Krefeld Pinguine	1	0	0	1	2	7
MODO Hockey	1	0	0	1	3	4
Augsburger Panther	2	0	0	2	3	6
HC Lugano	1	1	0	0	5	2
Switzerland B	2	1	0	1	4	9
Qiqihar	2	0	0	2	5	22
Khabarovsk	1	0	0	1	3	5
HC Pardubice	1	0	0	1	2	5
Saint Georges Garaga	1	0	0	1	2	3
Île-des-Chênes North Stars	1	1	0	0	4	1
Salavat Yulaev Ufa	2	1	0	1	3	6
Mid-West Islanders	2	2	0	0	13	3
HKm Zvolen	1	0	1	0	3	3
Frankfurt Lions	1	0	1	0	2	2
Amurskie Tigry	1	1	0	0	4	3
PSK Sakhalin	1	1	0	0	4	1
Straubing Tigers	1	0	0	1	1	3
Kölner Haie	1	0	0	1	1	5
Düsseldorf EG	1	0	0	1	1	2
Total	106	30	5	71	347	608

References

↑ "2018 World Championships Division 1B Team Japan. (Men)" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
1 2 "Japan-Men-All-Time-Results-1.pdf" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 2017-12-30.

External links

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[1] "2018 World Championships Division 1B Team Japan. (Men)" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2018-04-27.

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

National sports teams of Japan
Women's teams	Association Football FU-23 FU-20 FU-17 Futsal Baseball Basketball FU-19 FU-17 F-3x3 Beach handball Boxing Cricket Field hockey Gymnastics Handball Ice hockey F U-18 Roller Hockey Rugby Union F7 Softball Squash Tennis Volleyball FU-18 FU-20 FU-23 Water Polo
Men's teams	American football Association Football MU-23 MU-20 MU-17 Futsal Beach Soccer Cerebral Palsy Australian rules football Badminton Bandy Baseball Basketball MU-17 MU-19 3x3 Boxing Cricket Field hockey Handball Ice hockey M Junior M U18 Kabaddi Korfball Lacrosse Roller Hockey Rugby Union M7 MU-20 Rugby league Squash Tennis Volleyball Water Polo
Olympics Paralympics Asian Games

Men's national ice hockey teams
Africa	Algeria^N Morocco* South Africa Tunisia^N
Americas	Argentina* Brazil* Canada Chile** Colombia^N Mexico United States Multinational North America
Asia and Oceania	Australia Bahrain^N China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong India Indonesia* Iran^N Israel Japan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan* Lebanon^N Macau* Malaysia* Mongolia New Zealand Oman* Philippines* Qatar Saudi Arabia^N Singapore* Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan^N
Europe	Andorra* Armenia* Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece* Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein* Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia* Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal* Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Multinational Europe
Former teams	Basque Country Bohemia Catalonia Commonwealth of Independent States Czechoslovakia East Germany England Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union West Germany Yugoslavia
: IIHF associate members *: IIHF affiliate members ^N: Non-IIHF members