Japan women's national field hockey team

The Japan women's national field hockey team represents Japan in the international field hockey competitions.[2]

Japan

Nickname	Sakura 桜 (kanji), 櫻 (old kanji), さくら (hiragana), サクラ (katakana) The Cherry Blossoms
Coach	Anthony Farry
Assistant coach(es)	Keiko Miura
Manager	Mari Nakamrua
Captain	Natsuki Naito
Home Away
FIH ranking
Current	13 (21 December 2020)[1]

Tournament history

Summer Olympics

• 2004 – 8th place
• 2008 – 10th place
• 2012 – 9th place
• 2016 – 10th place
• 2020 – Qualified

World Cup

• 1978 – 6th place
• 1981 – 7th place
• 1990 – 11th place
• 2002 – 10th place
• 2006 – 5th place
• 2010 – 11th place
• 2014 – 10th place
• 2018 – 13th place

World League

• 2012–13 – 9th place
• 2014–15 – 12th place
• 2016–17 – 11th place

Champions Trophy

• 2007 – 5th place
• 2008 – 6th place
• 2012 – 5th place
• 2014 – 8th place
• 2018 – 6th place

Champions Challenge

• 2003 –
• 2005 –
• 2009 –
• 2011 –

Asian Games

• 1982 – 4th place
• 1986 –
• 1990 –
• 1994 –
• 1998 – 4th place
• 2002 –
• 2006 –
• 2010 –
• 2014 – 4th place
• 2018 –

Asia Cup

• 1985 –
• 1989 –
• 1993 – 4th place
• 1999 – 4th place
• 2004 –
• 2007 –
• 2009 – 4th place
• 2013 –
• 2017 – 4th place

Asian Champions Trophy

• 2010 –
• 2011 –
• 2013 –

Current squad

Roster for the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup.[3]

Head coach: Anthony Farry

1. Megumi Kageyama (GK)
2. Natsuki Naito (C)
3. Mayumi Ono
5. Yu Asai
7. Hazuki Nagai
8. Yukari Mano
9. Akiko Kato
10. Minami Shimizu
11. Kana Nomura
12. Yuri Nagai
13. Miki Kozuka
14. Maho Segawa
15. Yui Ishibashi
16. Shihori Oikawa
20. Mami Karino
22. Motomi Kawamura
27. Aki Yamada
30. Erika Akaya (GK)

See also

• Japan men's national field hockey team

References

1. "FIH Men's and Women's World Ranking". FIH. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
2. "Japanese Hockey Federation". Retrieved 21 December 2014.
3. 2018 World Cup roster

External links

• Official website
• FIH probile