Japan women's national field hockey team

Japan
Coach	Yuji Nagai
Manager	Kenji Hasebe
Captain	Miyuki Nakagawa
FIH ranking	10
First kit Second kit

The Japan women's national field hockey team represents Japan in the international field hockey competitions.^[1]

Tournament history

Summer Olympics

• 2004 – 8th place
• 2008 – 10th place
• 2012 – 9th place
• 2016 – 10th place
• 2020 – Q

World Cup

• 1978 – 6th place
• 1981 – 7th place
• 1990 – 11th place
• 2002 – 10th place
• 2006 – 5th place
• 2010 – 11th place
• 2014 – 10th place

World League

• 2012–13 – 9th place
• 2014–15 – 12th place

Champions Trophy

• 2007 – 5th place
• 2008 – 6th place
• 2012 – 5th place
• 2014 – 8th place

Champions Challenge

• 2003 –
• 2005 –
• 2009 –
• 2011 –

Asian Games

• 1982 – 4th place
• 1986 –
• 1990 –
• 1994 –
• 1998 – 4th place
• 2002 –
• 2006 –
• 2010 –
• 2014 – 4th place

Asia Cup

• 1985 –
• 1989 –
• 1993 – 4th place
• 1999 – 4th place
• 2004 –
• 2007 –
• 2009 – 4th place
• 2013 –

Asian Champions Trophy

• 2010 –
• 2011 –
• 2013 –

Current roster

The following is the Japan roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Head coach: Yuji Nagai

1. Sakiyo Asano (GK)
2. Nagisa Hayashi
5. Miyuki Nakagawa (C)
6. Maki Sakaguchi
7. Aki Mitsuhashi
8. Ayaka Nishimura
9. Yuri Nagai
10. Mie Nakashima
11. Akane Shibata
13. Yukari Mano
14. Emi Nishikori
16. Mayumi Ono
22. Motomi Kawamura
30. Minami Shimizu
31. Hazuki Nagai
32. Hazuki Yuda

Reserves:

• Kano Nomura
• Yu Asai
• Ryoko Oie (GK)

See also

• Japan men's national field hockey team

References

1. "Japanese Hockey Federation". Retrieved 21 December 2014.
2. "女子日本代表「さくらジャパン」 第31回オリンピック競技大会 (2016/リオデジャネイロ) 出場内定選手団を発表" ["Sakura Japan" announces the team players for the 2016 Rio Olympics] (in Japanese). Japan Hockey Association. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

External links

• Official website
• FIH probile