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
Association	Japan Handball Association
Coach	Ulrik Kirkely
Assistant coach	Ryosuke Kushida Antoni Parecki
Captain	Shiori Nagata
Colours
Home Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	1 (First in 1976)
Best result	5th (1976)
World Championship
Appearances	19 (First in 1962)
Best result	7th (1965)
Asian Championship
Appearances	17 (First in 1987)
Best result	Winner (2004)
Last updated on Unknown.

Results

Summer Olympics

• 1976 – 5th

World Championship

• 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

Asian Championship

• 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

Carpathian Trophy

• 2019 – 3rd

Current squad

Squad for the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship.[1][2]

Head coach: Ulrik Kirkely

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Kimiko Hida 26 September 1977 1.70 m 118 0 Sony Semiconductor 2 P Mika Nagata 28 May 1994 1.80 m 28 15 Hokkoku Bank 3 P Kaho Sunami 5 January 1993 1.66 m 39 69 Sony Semiconductor 4 RB Yui Sunami 7 June 1991 1.62 m 57 155 Hokkoku Bank 5 LB Sayo Shiota 21 March 1989 1.72 m 63 62 Hokkoku Bank 7 RW Asuka Fujita 14 February 1996 1.66 m 38 100 Borussia Dortmund 11 P Mana Horikawa 4 March 1994 1.74 m 13 2 lzumi Maple Reds 13 LW Chie Katsuren 14 April 1989 1.59 m 59 135 Omron 15 RB Hitomi Tada 13 October 1991 1.66 m 31 51 MIE violet' IRIS 16 GK Yumi Miyakawa 2 November 1991 1.72 m 10 0 Omron 18 LW Yuki Tanabe 25 August 1989 1.70 m 67 186 Hokkoku Bank 20 RW Natsumi Akiyama 23 July 1994 1.62 m 25 79 Hokkoku Bank 21 RW Ayaka Ikehara 24 September 1990 1.57 m 37 95 Nykøbing Falster Håndboldklub 25 CB Mana Ohyama 7 December 1992 1.65 m 39 93 Hokkoku Bank 27 LB Haruno Sasaki 26 February 1995 1.72 m 22 77 Hokkoku Bank 28 P Shiori Nagata 24 October 1987 1.72 m 103 88 Omron 30 GK Sakura Hauge 7 January 1987 1.73 m 45 5 ESBF Besançon 41 LB Tomomi Kawata 30 June 1998 1.61 m 27 100 Hokkoku Bank 81 CB Mayuko Ishitate 18 January 1987 1.67 m 94 195 MIE violet' IRIS

References

1. "女子ハンドボールおりひめジャパン 2019世界選手権大会メンバー". 2019女子ハンドボール世界選手権大会 (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 November 2019.
2. 2019 World Women's Handball Championship squad

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile