Japan women's national handball team

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

Japan
Information
NicknameおりひめJAPAN
AssociationJapan Handball Association
CoachShigeo Kusumoto
Assistant coachKenji Kitabayashi
Roland Nemes
CaptainShiori Nagata
Colours
Team colours
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1st
Team colours
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances2 (First in 1976)
Best result5th (1976)
World Championship
Appearances20 (First in 1962)
Best result7th (1965)
Asian Championship
Appearances19 (First in 1987)
Best resultWinner (2004)
Last updated on Unknown.

Results

Summer Olympics

World Championship

Asian Championship

Carpathian Trophy

Current squad

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 1.80 m 43 18 Japan Hokkoku Bank
7 RW Asuka Fujita (1996-02-14) 14 February 1996 1.66 m 55 149 Romania CS Minaur Baia Mare
17 P Clare Gray (1997-06-03) 3 June 1997 1.71 m 0 0 Japan Omron
20 RW Natsumi Akiyama (1994-07-23) 23 July 1994 1.62 m 33 89 Japan Hokkoku Bank
25 CB Mana Ohyama (1992-12-07) 7 December 1992 1.64 m 58 127 Hungary Alba Fehérvár KC
26 CB Natsuki Aizawa (1999-01-06) 6 January 1999 1.60 m 0 0 Japan Hokkoku Bank
30 GK Sakura Hauge (1987-01-07) 7 January 1987 1.74 m 62 8 France ESBF Besançon
32 LW Hikaru Matsumoro (1995-02-25) 25 February 1995 1.67 m 0 0 Japan Hokkoku Bank
33 RB Ikumi Iwabuchi (1995-12-14) 14 December 1995 1.70 m 8 20 Japan Omron
34 CB Maharu Kondo (1996-01-24) 24 January 1996 1.58 m 7 17 Japan Izumi Maple Reds
36 RB Kaho Nakayama (1998-10-23) 23 October 1998 1.72 m 5 6 Japan Hokkoku Bank
42 LB Mana Yamamoto (1997-03-22) 22 March 1997 1.75 m 7 24 Japan HC Nagoya
44 LB Yumi Kitahara (1995-07-08) 8 July 1995 1.71 m 3 3 Japan Sony Semiconductor
45 GK Abinaomi Osawa (1997-07-31) 31 July 1997 1.70 m 0 0 Japan Sony Semiconductor
46 GK Atsuko Baba (1995-06-13) 13 June 1995 1.64 m 0 0 Japan Hokkoku Bank
47 P Naoko Sahara (1996-01-18) 18 January 1996 1.80 m 0 0 Japan Hokkoku Bank
48 RW Saki Hattori (1996-12-22) 22 December 1996 1.60 m 0 0 Japan Sony Semiconductor
49 LW Yuki Yoshidome (1998-08-02) 2 August 1998 1.64 m 0 0 Japan Hokkoku Bank
50 LB Shizuka Akiyama (1997-12-05) 5 December 1997 1.74 m 0 0 Japan Izumi Maple Reds
51 LB Ayaka Ohmatsuzawa (1998-08-07) 7 August 1998 1.73 m 0 0 Japan Prestige International Aranamre

References
  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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