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This article is about the men's hockey team. For women's hockey team, see Japan women's national field hockey team.

Japan
Japan
Nickname(s)Samurai Japan
AssociationJapan Hockey Association
ConfederationAHF (Asia)
Head CoachSiegfried Aikman
Assistant coach(es)Tomoyuki Makimoto
ManagerSatoshi Makimoto
CaptainManabu Yamashita
Home
Away
FIH ranking
Current 16 Decrease 1 (19 December 2024)[1]
Highest11 (2007)
Lowest18 (December 2018 – January 2019)
Olympic Games
Appearances6 (first in 1932)
Best result2nd (1932)
World Cup
Appearances4 (first in 1971)
Best result9th (1971, 2006)
Asian Games
Appearances16 (first in 1958)
Best result1st (2018)
Asia Cup
Appearances9 (first in 1985)
Best result4th (1985, 1989, 2003, 2007)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 0
Asian Games 1 0 2
Asian Champions Trophy 0 1 0
Total 1 2 2
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1932 Los Angeles Team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Team
Bronze medal – third place 1966 Bangkok Team
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Bangkok Team
Asian Champions Trophy
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kakamigahara

The Japan men's national field hockey team represents Japan in men's international field hockey and is operated by the Japan Hockey Association. As of January 2019, they are ranked 18th in the world.[1]

The team participated in the first World Cup in 1971, where they finished 9th. The team is coached by Dutchman Siegfried Aikman.[2][3] At the 2018 Asian Games, they won their first international tournament by claiming the gold medal in the final against Malaysia.

Tournament history

Summer Olympics

World Cup

Asian Games

Asia Cup

Asian Champions Trophy

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Hockey World League

Champions Challenge

Team

Current squad

The following 19 players were named on for the test matches against New Zealand in Stratford, New Zealand.[4]

Head coach: Netherlands Siegfried Aikman

Caps updated as of 15 October 2019, after the match against New Zealand.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) CapsClub
28 GK Yusuke Takano (1996-04-16) 16 April 1996 (age 28) 46 Japan Yamanashi Gakuin
30 GK Takashi Yoshikawa (1994-11-29) 29 November 1994 (age 30) 94 Japan Gifu Asahi
13 DF Manabu Yamashita (Captain) (1989-02-04) 4 February 1989 (age 35) 186 Japan Oyabe RED OX
14 DF Raiki Fujishima (1999-12-29) 29 December 1999 (age 25) 11 Japan Ritsumeikan University
20 DF Masaki Ohashi (1993-05-08) 8 May 1993 (age 31) 94 Japan LIEBE
25 DF Shota Yamada (1994-12-21) 21 December 1994 (age 30) 102 Japan Gifu Asahi
29 DF Hirotaka Zendana (1993-02-14) 14 February 1993 (age 31) 118 Japan Tenri Bears
32 DF Yoshiki Kirishita (1998-12-27) 27 December 1998 (age 26) 55 Japan Tenri University
3 MF Haruki Ochiai (1996-04-18) 18 April 1996 (age 28) 6 Japan Gifu Asahi
4 MF Genki Mitani (Captain) (1990-06-12) 12 June 1990 (age 34) 168 Japan Fukui
5 MF Seren Tanaka (1992-11-09) 9 November 1992 (age 32) 103 Japan Gifu Asahi
6 MF Hiromasa Ochiai (1994-02-09) 9 February 1994 (age 30) 75 Japan LIEBE
8 MF Suguru Hoshi (1992-11-24) 24 November 1992 (age 32) 111 Japan LIEBE
12 MF Yuma Nagai (1996-03-18) 18 March 1996 (age 28) 12 Japan Gifu Asahi
15 MF Ken Nagayoshi (1999-10-26) 26 October 1999 (age 25) 12 Japan Tenri Bears
1 FW Koji Yamasaki (1996-02-27) 27 February 1996 (age 28) 97 Japan Shiga
18 FW Ryosei Kato (1997-08-19) 19 August 1997 (age 27) 12 Japan Ritsumeikan University
21 FW Hirotaka Wakuri (1994-08-31) 31 August 1994 (age 30) 73 Japan Fukui
31 FW Kota Watanabe (1996-10-30) 30 October 1996 (age 28) 74 Japan Fukui

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club Latest call-up
MF Kenji Kitazato (1989-05-19) 19 May 1989 (age 35) 165 Japan ALDER Hanno v.  Canada, 1 July 2019
DF Riku Tamura (1999-09-07) 7 September 1999 (age 25) 23 Japan Yamanashi Gakuin v.  Canada, 1 July 2019
MF Yosuke Takahashi (1999-08-16) 16 August 1999 (age 25) 3 Japan Yamanashi Gakuin v.  Canada, 1 July 2019
MF Kazuki Yoneda (1999-11-10) 10 November 1999 (age 25) 24 Japan Tenri University 2019 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
FW Kenta Tanaka (1988-05-04) 4 May 1988 (age 36) 154 Netherlands HGC Tokyo 2020 Olympics Test Event
FW Kazuma Murata (1991-11-28) 28 November 1991 (age 33) 120 Japan Oyabe RED OX Tokyo 2020 Olympics Test Event
FW Kentaro Fukuda (1995-07-27) 27 July 1995 (age 29) 69 Japan Gifu Asahi Tokyo 2020 Olympics Test Event

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  2. ^ (in Dutch) http://www.nrc.nl/sport/article2162322.ece/Hockeytrainer_Tilburg_wordt_bondscoach_Japan
  3. ^ "Japanese Hockey Federation". Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Team Details Japan". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. p. 1. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
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