Moeko Fujimoto

Moeko Fujimoto (藤本 もえこ, Fujimoto Moeko, born 5 August 1992) is a Japanese ice hockey forward and member of the Japan women's national ice hockey team, currently playing with Toyota Cygnus of the Women's Japan Ice Hockey League (WJIHL) and the All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship.

Moeko Fujimoto
Born (1992-08-05) 5 August 1992
Tomakomai, Japan
Height 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight 56 kg (123 lb; 8 st 11 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
WJIHL team
Former teams		 Toyota Cygnus
DK Peregrine
Espoo Blues
National team  Japan
Playing career 2010–present
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  Japan
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place2015 Granada
Asian Winter Games
Gold medal – first place2017 Sapporo
Silver medal – second place2011 Astana-Almaty
Challenge Cup of Asia
Gold medal – first place2012 China
Gold medal – first place2011 Japan
Silver medal – second place2010 China

International career

Fujimoto was selected for the Japan women's national ice hockey team in the 2014 Winter Olympics. She played in all five games, not recording a point.[1] She also played for Japan in the qualifying event.[2]

Fujimoto also competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[3]

As of 2015, Fujimoto has also appeared for Japan at two IIHF Women's World Championships, with the first in 2013.[4]

Fujimoto made two appearances for the Japan women's national under-18 ice hockey team at the IIHF World Women's U18 Championships, with the first in 2009.[4]

As a member of the Espoo Blues Naiset, she won the Finnish Championship in 2015 and a bronze medal at the 2015 IIHF European Women's Champions Cup.

Career statistics

International career

Through 2014–15 season

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
2009 Japan U18 U18 DI 4 1 2 3 8
2010 Japan U18 U18 5 1 1 2 0
2012 Japan WW DIA 5 0 1 1 2
2013 Japan OlyQ 3 0 0 0 0
2013 Japan WW DIA 5 2 0 2 0
2014 Japan Oly 5 0 0 0 0
2015 Japan WW Qual. 3 1 0 1 0

References
  1. "IIHF – Team Japan Stats – 2014 Olympics" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. "IIHF – Team Japan Stats – 2014 Olympic qualifying" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  3. "Moeko Fujimoto". Pyeongchang 2018. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  4. Eurohockey Stats
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