Fumika Sasano

Fumika Sasano
笹野文香
Fumika Sasano; 笹野文香
Born	26 June 1997 (age 27); Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb)
Position	Defense
Shoots	Left
SDHL team; Former teams	AIK Hockey; Malmö Redhawks; Göteborg HC; Seibu Princess Rabbits; Hachinohe Reds;
National team	Japan
Playing career	c. 2013–present
Universiade

Fumika Sasano (笹野文香, Sasano Fumika, born 26 June 1997) is a Japanese ice hockey player and member of the Japanese national ice hockey team, currently^[update] playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with AIK Hockey.

Playing career

Sasano began her career playing with the Hachinohe Reds in the All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship and Group B of the Women's Japan Ice Hockey League (WJIHL).

In 2016, she joined the Seibu Princess Rabbits, the reigning champions of both the WJIHL and All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship. With the Seibu Princess Rabbits, Sasano won five Japanese Championship titles as WJIHL champion in 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, and 2019–20, and All-Japan tournament champion in 2018.

International play

Sasano represented Japan at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship.^[1] She participated in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2017 Winter Universiade and won a bronze medal in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2019 Winter Universiade. As a junior player with the Japanese national under-18 team, she participated in the 2014 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship.

References

^ "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Player Statistics by Team: JPN - Japan". International Ice Hockey Federation. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com

[1] "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Player Statistics by Team: JPN - Japan". International Ice Hockey Federation. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.

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