Japan national handball team

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Association Japan Handball Association
Coach Dagur Sigurðsson
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Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances 4 (First in 1972)
Best result 9th (1976)
World Championship
Appearances 14 (First in 1961)
Best result 10th (1970)
Asian Championship
Appearances 18 (First in 1977)
Best result 1st (1977, 1979)
Last updated on Unknown.

The Japan national handball team is the national handball team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Handball Association.

Results

Summer Olympics

  • 1972 – 11th place
  • 1976 – 9th place
  • 1984 – 10th place
  • 1988 – 11th place
  • 2020 – Qualified as hosts

World Championship

Asian Championship

Current squad

Squad for the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship.[1]

Head coach: Antonio Carlos Ortega

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
5 RB Kairi Kochi (1985-01-22) 22 January 1985 1.86 m 73 178 Japan Toyota Auto Body
6 P Takashi Kato (1989-10-30) 30 October 1989 1.88 m 35 34 Japan Daido Steel
8 RW Jin Watanabe (1990-01-17) 17 January 1990 1.83 m 33 116 Japan Toyota Auto Body
10 P Daichi Komuro (1988-06-28) 28 June 1988 1.88 m 25 16 Japan Osaki Osol
12 GK Masatake Kimura (1990-05-01) 1 May 1990 1.84 m 22 0 Japan Osaki Osol
17 CB Kento Uegaki (1990-10-17) 17 October 1990 1.80 m 16 48 Japan Osaki Osol
19 RB Shinnosuke Tokuda (1995-12-06) 6 December 1995 1.78 m 8 20 Japan Univ. of Tsukuba
21 GK Akihito Kai (1987-04-29) 29 April 1987 1.84 m 58 0 Japan Toyota Auto Body
23 LW Goki Koshio (1991-09-18) 18 September 1991 1.82 m 3 7 Japan Toyoda Gosei
24 LB Hiroki Shida (1989-06-24) 24 June 1989 1.89 m 47 141 Japan Osaki Osol
25 RW Hiroki Motoki (1992-02-14) 14 February 1992 1.82 m 29 73 Japan Osaki Osol
27 P Hiroyasu Tamakawa (1995-04-27) 27 April 1995 1.98 m 0 0 Japan Kokushikan Univ.
29 CB Yuto Agarie (1993-07-06) 6 July 1993 1.83 m 9 18 Japan Daido Steel
30 LB Kohei Narita (1989-06-15) 15 June 1989 1.90 m 34 73 Japan Wakunaga Leolic
31 CB Atsushi Mekaru (1985-04-03) 3 April 1985 1.81 m 10 37 Spain Puente Genil
32 LW Remi Anri Doi (1989-09-28) 28 September 1989 1.81 m 8 22 France Chambéry Savoie
33 GK Takayuki Shimuzu (1983-08-27) 27 August 1983 1.86 m 25 0 Japan Wakunaga Leolic

References

  1. ↑ 2017 World Championship roster
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