Aina Takeuchi
Aina Takeuchi | |||
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Born |
Musashino, Japan | August 16, 1991||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | ||
Weight | 139 lb (63 kg; 9 st 13 lb) | ||
Position | Defence | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
CWHL team | Calgary Inferno | ||
National team | Japan | ||
Playing career | 2009–present |
Aina Takeuchi (竹内 愛奈, Takeuchi Aina, born August 16, 1991 in Musashino) is a Japanese ice hockey defender.
International career
Takeuchi was selected for the Japan women's national ice hockey team in the 2014 Winter Olympics. She played in all five games, recording one assist.[1]
Takeuchi also played for Japan in the qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics.[2]
Takeuchi competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[3]
As of 2015, Takeuchi has also appeared for Japan at two IIHF Women's World Championships, with the first in 2012.[4]
Takeuchi made one appearance for the Japan women's national under-18 ice hockey team at the IIHF World Women's U18 Championships, in 2009.[4]
CWHL
Takeuchi was drafted by the Calgary Inferno in the 2015 CWHL Draft. Appearing with the Inferno in the 2016 Clarkson Cup finals, she joined teammate Kanae Aoki as the first women from Japan to win the Clarkson, as the Inferno prevailed in a convincing 8–3 final against Les Canadiennes de Montreal.[5]
Career statistics
International career
Through 2014–15 season
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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2009 | Japan U18 | U18 DI | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
2012 | Japan | WW DIA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
2013 | Japan | OlyQ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
2013 | Japan | WW DIA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2014 | Japan | Oly | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
2015 | Japan | WW Qual. | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
References
- ^ "IIHF – Team Japan Stats – 2014 Olympics" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-10. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
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- ^ "Aina Takeuchi". Pyeongchang 2018. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
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- ^ "2016 Clarkson Cup". cwhl. 2016-03-13. Archived from the original on 2016-03-19. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
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External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Template:CWHL profile
- Aina Takeuchi at Olympics.com
- Aina Takeuchi at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Aina Takeuchi on Twitter
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Calgary Inferno players
- Clarkson Cup champions
- Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
- Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ice hockey players of Japan
- Sportspeople from Tokyo
- Japanese women's ice hockey players
- Japanese ice hockey biography stubs