Japan Women's Hockey team

Japan Women's Hockey team

Japan Women's Hockey Team News

Women's Hockey Asia Cup 2025 Points Table: Updated standings on September 13 Women's Hockey Asia Cup 2025 Points Table: Updated standings on September 13
Women's Hockey Asia Cup 2025 Points Table: Updated standings on September 13
Indian girls advance to women's hockey Asia Cup final following 1-1 draw with Japan in Super 4s game Indian girls advance to women's hockey Asia Cup final following 1-1 draw with Japan in Super 4s game
Indian girls advance to women's hockey Asia Cup final following 1-1 draw with Japan in Super 4s game
Women's Hockey Asia Cup: Super 4s - India vs Japan, where to watch, preview, prediction, and team news Women's Hockey Asia Cup: Super 4s - India vs Japan, where to watch, preview, prediction, and team news
Women's Hockey Asia Cup: Super 4s - India vs Japan, where to watch, preview, prediction, and team news
Women's Hockey Asia Cup 2025 Points Table: Updated standings on September 6 Women's Hockey Asia Cup 2025 Points Table: Updated standings on September 6
Women's Hockey Asia Cup 2025 Points Table: Updated standings on September 6
PC goal at the death helps India hold Japan to 2-2 draw in Women's Hockey Asia Cup PC goal at the death helps India hold Japan to 2-2 draw in Women's Hockey Asia Cup
PC goal at the death helps India hold Japan to 2-2 draw in Women's Hockey Asia Cup

Japan Women's Hockey Team Bio

The Japan Women's hockey team currently ranks 16th in the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Women’s list.

History

The team comes under the tutelage of the Japan Hockey Association and Asian Hockey Federation.

Japan finished sixth in its first major international tournament in the 1978 FIH Women's Hockey World Cup.

Achievements

In its seven world cup appearances before 2018, the Sakura Japan’s best performance was to finish fifth in 2006. It stood seventh in 1981 and moved between the tenth and eleventh position in the other world cups.

2018 World Cup Squad

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1) Megumi Kageyama (GK)

2) Natsuki Naito (C)

3) Mayumi Ono

4) Yuu Asai

5) Hazuki Nagai

6) Yukari Mano

7) Akiko Kato

8) Minami Shimizu

9) Kana Nomura

10) Yuri Nagai

11) Miki Kozuka

12) Maho Segawa

13) Yui Ishibashi

14) Shiori Oikawa

15) Mami Karino

16) Motomi Kawamura

17) Aki Yamada

18) Erika Akaya (GK)

Japan is placed in Pool D with Australia, New Zealand and Belgium in the 2018 World Cup.

Considering its tenth-position finish in 2014, it is unlikely for Japan to proceed to the next round from a tough group.

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