Japan women's national handball team

Japan
Japan
Information
Nickname	おりひめJAPAN
Association	Japan Handball Association
Coach	Shigeo Kusumoto
Assistant coach	Kenji Kitabayashi; Roland Nemes
Captain	Shiori Nagata
Colours
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	2 (First in 1976)
Best result	5th (1976)
World Championship
Appearances	20 (First in 1962)
Best result	7th (1965)
Asian Championship
Appearances	19 (First in 1987)
Best result	Winner (2004)
	Last updated on Unknown.

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

ResultsEdit

Summer OlympicsEdit

1976 – 5th
2020 – 12th

World ChampionshipEdit

1962 – 9th
1965 – 7th
1971 – 9th
1973 – 10th
1975 – 10th
1986 – 14th
1995 – 13–16th
1997 – 17th
1999 – 17th
2001 – 20th
2003 – 16th
2005 – 18th
2007 – 19th
2009 – 16th
2011 – 14th
2013 – 14th
2015 – 19th
2017 – 16th
2019 – 10th
2021 – 11th
2023 – Qualified

Asian ChampionshipEdit

1987 – 3rd
1989 – 3rd
1991 – 2nd
1993 – 4th
1995 – 3rd
1997 – 3rd
1999 – 3rd
2000 – 2nd
2002 – 4th
2004 – 1st
2006 – 3rd
2008 – 3rd
2010 – 4th
2012 – 3rd
2015 – 2nd
2017 – 2nd
2018 – 2nd
2021 – 2nd
2022 – 2nd

Other CompetitionsEdit

Carpathian TrophyEdit

2019 – 3rd

Current squadEdit

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

Head coach: Shigeo Kusumoto

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
2	P	Mika Nagata	(1994-05-28) 28 May 1994 (age 28)	1.80 m	43	18	Hokkoku Bank
7	RW	Asuka Fujita	(1996-02-14) 14 February 1996 (age 26)	1.66 m	55	149	CS Minaur Baia Mare
17	P	Clare Gray	(1997-06-03) 3 June 1997 (age 25)	1.71 m	0	0	Omron
20	RW	Natsumi Akiyama	(1994-07-23) 23 July 1994 (age 28)	1.62 m	33	89	Hokkoku Bank
25	CB	Mana Ohyama	(1992-12-07) 7 December 1992 (age 30)	1.64 m	58	127	Alba Fehérvár KC
26	CB	Natsuki Aizawa	(1999-01-06) 6 January 1999 (age 24)	1.60 m	0	0	Hokkoku Bank
30	GK	Sakura Hauge	(1987-01-07) 7 January 1987 (age 36)	1.74 m	62	8	ESBF Besançon
32	LW	Hikaru Matsumoro	(1995-02-25) 25 February 1995 (age 27)	1.67 m	0	0	Hokkoku Bank
33	RB	Ikumi Iwabuchi	(1995-12-14) 14 December 1995 (age 27)	1.70 m	8	20	Omron
34	CB	Maharu Kondo	(1996-01-24) 24 January 1996 (age 26)	1.58 m	7	17	Izumi Maple Reds
36	RB	Kaho Nakayama	(1998-10-23) 23 October 1998 (age 24)	1.72 m	5	6	Hokkoku Bank
42	LB	Mana Yamamoto	(1997-03-22) 22 March 1997 (age 25)	1.75 m	7	24	HC Nagoya
44	LB	Yumi Kitahara	(1995-07-08) 8 July 1995 (age 27)	1.71 m	3	3	Sony Semiconductor
45	GK	Abinaomi Osawa	(1997-07-31) 31 July 1997 (age 25)	1.70 m	0	0	Sony Semiconductor
46	GK	Atsuko Baba	(1995-06-13) 13 June 1995 (age 27)	1.64 m	0	0	Hokkoku Bank
47	P	Naoko Sahara	(1996-01-18) 18 January 1996 (age 26)	1.80 m	0	0	Hokkoku Bank
48	RW	Saki Hattori	(1996-12-22) 22 December 1996 (age 26)	1.60 m	0	0	Sony Semiconductor
49	LW	Yuki Yoshidome	(1998-08-02) 2 August 1998 (age 24)	1.64 m	0	0	Hokkoku Bank
50	LB	Shizuka Akiyama	(1997-12-05) 5 December 1997 (age 25)	1.74 m	0	0	Izumi Maple Reds
51	LB	Ayaka Ohmatsuzawa	(1998-08-07) 7 August 1998 (age 24)	1.73 m	0	0	Prestige International Aranamre

ReferencesEdit

^ "おりひめJAPAN　新メンバー決定！". Japan Handball Association (in Japanese). 4 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
^ "Team Roster Japan" (PDF). ihf.info. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.

External linksEdit

[1] "おりひめJAPAN　新メンバー決定！". Japan Handball Association (in Japanese). 4 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.

[2] "Team Roster Japan" (PDF). ihf.info. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.

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