Japan men's national handball team

Japan
Japan
Information
Nickname	彗星JAPAN
Association	Japan Handball Association
Coach	Antonio Carlos Ortega
Colours
1st	2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	4 (First in 1972)
Best result	9th (1976)
World Championship
Appearances	16 (First in 1961)
Best result	10th (1970)
Asian Championship
Appearances	19 (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 edit

Summer Olympics edit

1972 – 11th place
1976 – 9th place
1984 – 10th place
1988 – 11th place
2020 – 11th place
2024 – Qualified

World Championship edit

1961 – 12th place
1964 – 16th place
1967 – 11th place
1970 – 10th place
1974 – 12th place
1978 – 12th place
1982 – 14th place
1990 – 15th place
1995 – 23rd place
1997 – 15th place
2005 – 16th place
2011 – 16th place
2017 – 22nd place
2019 – 24th place
2021 – 18th place
2025 – Qualified

Asian Championship edit

1977 – 1st place
1979 – 1st place
1983 – 2nd place
1987 – 2nd place
1989 – 2nd place
1991 – 2nd place
1993 – 3rd place
1995 – 4th place
2000 – 3rd place
2002 – 6th place
2004 – 2nd place
2006 – 5th place
2008 – 6th place
2010 – 3rd place
2012 – 4th place
2014 – 9th place
2016 – 3rd place
2018 – 6th place
2020 – 3rd place
2022 – Withdrawn
2024 – 2nd place

Current squad edit

Squad for the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship.^[1]^[2]

Head coach: Dagur Sigurðsson

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
10	LW	Naoki Sugioka	(1994-04-18) 18 April 1994 (age 30)	1.77 m	30	35	Toyota Auto Body
12	GK	Yuta Iwashita	(1991-06-21) 21 June 1991 (age 32)	1.83 m	13	1	Toyota Boshoku Kyushu
13	P	Kenya Kasahara	(1988-05-15) 15 May 1988 (age 35)	1.97 m	69	40	Toyota Auto Body
14	CB	Asumi Kitazume	(1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 (age 27)	1.84 m	12	15	Toyota Auto Body
15	LB	Adam Yuki Baig	(1999-04-12) 12 April 1999 (age 25)	1.94 m	41	72	Zeekstar Tokyo
18	LB	Kohei Narita	(1989-06-15) 15 June 1989 (age 34)	1.99 m	85	126	Wakunaga Pharmaceutical
19	RB	Shinnosuke Tokuda	(1995-12-06) 6 December 1995 (age 28)	1.78 m	56	220	Toyoda Gosei
20	RB	Jin Watanabe	(1990-01-17) 17 January 1990 (age 34)	1.83 m	87	280	Toyota Auto Body
21	LW	Remi Anri Doi	(1989-09-28) 28 September 1989 (age 34)	1.80 m	53	127	Osaki Osol
22	GK	Motoki Sakai	(1995-11-10) 10 November 1995 (age 28)	1.92 m	19	2	Toyoda Gosei
25	RW	Hiroki Motoki	(1992-02-14) 14 February 1992 (age 32)	1.82 m	79	208	Osaki Osol
27	P	Hiroyasu Tamakawa	(1995-04-27) 27 April 1995 (age 29)	2.00 m	50	40	Osaki Osol
31	LB	Tatsuki Yoshino	(1994-07-13) 13 July 1994 (age 29)	1.83 m	38	129	Toyota Auto Body
33	CB	Yuto Agarie	(1993-07-06) 6 July 1993 (age 30)	1.83 m	62	210	Daido Steel
36	RW	Naotsugu Demura	(1988-04-14) 14 April 1988 (age 36)	1.78 m	0	0	Toyoda Gosei
38	CB	Kotaro Mizumachi	(1995-03-13) 13 March 1995 (age 29)	1.83 m	0	0	Toyoda Gosei
39	GK	Takumi Nakamura	(1996-08-02) 2 August 1996 (age 27)	1.90 m	0	0	Toyoda Gosei
40	P	Sota Takano	(1998-08-19) 19 August 1998 (age 25)	1.93 m	0	0	Univ. of Tsukuba
41	RB	Rennosuke Tokuda	(1998-05-15) 15 May 1998 (age 25)	1.80 m	3	4	Grupa Azoty Tarnów
43	P	Shuichi Yoshida	(2001-03-26) 26 March 2001 (age 23)	1.91 m	3	5	Grupa Azoty Tarnów

References edit

^ "男子日本代表　第27回男子世界選手権参加メンバーのお知らせ" (in Japanese). handball.or.jp. 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
^ "Team Roster Japan" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

External links edit

[1] "男子日本代表　第27回男子世界選手権参加メンバーのお知らせ" (in Japanese). handball.or.jp. 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.

[2] "Team Roster Japan" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

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