Japan men's national ice hockey team

Japan
Ranking

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
Current IIHF	21 1
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

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
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)

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

Roster

Roster for the 2016 IIHF World Championship.^[1]

Head coach: Greg Thomson (ice hockey)

Goaltenders
#	Player	Catches	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
30	Shun Hitomi	L	184 cm	85 kg	(1993-06-01) 1 June 1993	Kansai University
1	Takuto Onoda	L	178 cm	73 kg	(1992-05-02) 2 May 1992	Oji Eagles
Defencemen
#	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
23	Yosuke Haga	R	174 cm	78 kg	(1986-09-05) 5 September 1986	Oji Eagles
5	Ryo Hashiba	R	179 cm	80 kg	(1986-05-06) 6 May 1986	Oji Eagles
4	Shun Sakata	L	182 cm	88 kg	(1987-06-13) 13 June 1987	Nippon Paper Cranes
3	Kazumasa Sasaki	R	179 cm	80 kg	(1989-11-12) 12 November 1989	Oji Eagles
6	Kotaru Yamada	L	185 cm	85 kg	(1992-01-06) 6 January 1992	Oji Eagles
20	Takafumi Yamashita	R	178 cm	84 kg	(1987-11-11) 11 November 1987	Oji Eagles
22	Shinya Yanadori	L	179 cm	80 kg	(1986-12-15) 15 December 1986	Nippon Paper Cranes
Forwards
#	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
26	Yushiroh Hirano	R	185 cm	92 kg	(1995-08-18) 18 August 1995	Youngstown Phantoms
10	Takuma Kawai	L	181 cm	95 kg	(1988-08-10) 10 August 1988	Tohoku Free Blades
21	Shuhei Kuji	R	170 cm	77 kg	(1987-04-27) 27 April 1987	Eisbären Berlin
15	Kohei Mitamura	L	175 cm	83 kg	(1992-02-19) 19 February 1992	Oji Eagles
11	Masahito Nishiwaki	R	178 cm	80 kg	(1982-10-06) 6 October 1982	Nippon Paper Cranes
16	Daisuke Obara	L	170 cm	75 kg	(1981-06-04) 4 June 1981	Oji Eagles
24	Yuto Osawa	R	181 cm	90 kg	(1993-10-03) 3 October 1993	Oji Eagles
9	Kenta Takagi	R	184 cm	96 kg	(1993-12-14) 14 December 1993	Nippon Paper Cranes
8	Seiji Takahashi	R	174 cm	78 kg	(1993-02-24) 24 February 1993	Oji Eagles
14	Go Tanaka	R	172 cm	74 kg	(1983-10-06) 6 October 1983	Tohoku Free Blades
13	Hiromichi Terao	L	173 cm	79 kg	(1989-06-15) 15 June 1989	Oji Eagles
27	Hiroki Ueno	L	178 cm	84 kg	(1986-04-08) 8 April 1986	Nippon Paper Cranes
28	Takuro Yamashita	R	183 cm	83 kg	(1988-05-22) 22 May 1988	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

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

External links

National sports teams of Japan

Women's teams	American football Association Football FU-23 FU-20 FU-17 Futsal Baseball Basketball FU-19 FU-17 Boxing Cricket Field hockey Gymnastics Handball Ice hockey F U-18 Roller Hockey Rugby Union F7 Softball Squash Tennis Volleyball Water Polo

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Former teams	Bohemia Czechoslovakia East Germany England Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia Multinational Unified Team

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