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Japan women's national ice hockey team

Japan
Shirt badge/Association crest
Association Japan Ice Hockey Federation
General Manager Takeshi Yamanaka
Head coach Yoshifumi Fujisawa
Assistants Yujiro Kasahara
Captain Chiho Osawa
Most games Hirano Yuka (67)
Most points Kubo Hanae (54)
IIHF code JPN
Ranking
Current IIHF 7 Increase 1
Highest IIHF 7 (2016)
Lowest IIHF 11 (first in 2011)
First international
 Japan 5–2 Netherlands 
(North York or Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; 21 April 1987)
Biggest win
 Japan 29–0 South Korea 
(Changchun, China; 29 January 2007)
Biggest defeat
 Canada 18–0 Japan 
(Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; 22 March 1990)
 Canada 18–0 Japan 
(Richmond, British Columbia, Canada; 5 April 1996)
IIHF World Women's Championships
Appearances 6 (first in 1990)
Best result 7th (2008)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances 5 (first in 1996)
Best result Silver medal with cup.svg Silver (1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011)
IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia
Appearances 3 (first in 2010)
Best result 1st, gold medalist(s) Gold (2011, 2012)
Olympics
Appearances 2 (first in 1998)
International record (W–L–T)
88–92–8

The Japanese women's national ice hockey team (Japanese: アイスホッケー女子日本代表) represents Japan at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by Japan Ice Hockey Federation. Japan has 2,391 female players in 2011.

Roster for the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship.

Head coach: Yoshifumi Fujisawa


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