Japan men's national field hockey team

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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 CoachAkira Takahashi
Assistant coach(es)Katsuya Takase
ManagerHiroki Watanabe
CaptainSeren Tanaka
Home
Away
FIH ranking
Current 17 Steady (13 August 2022)[1]
Olympic Games
Appearances6 (first in 1932)
Best result2nd (1932)
World Cup
Appearances5 (first in 1971)
Best result9th (1971, 2006)
Asian Games
Appearances17 (first in 1958)
Best result1st (2018)
Asia Cup
Appearances10 (first in 1985)
Best result4th (1985, 1989, 2003, 2007, 2022)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 0
Asian Games 1 0 2
Asian Champions Trophy 0 2 0
Total 1 3 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
Silver medal – second place 2021 Dhaka

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

FIH Hockey Nations Cup

Champions Challenge

Players

Current squad

The following 18 players were named on 30 September 2022 for the 2022 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup from 1 to 10 November 2022 in Ipoh, Malaysia.[4]

Caps updated as of 1 June 2022, after the match against India.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) CapsClub
27 GK Takeshi Chihara (1993-08-26) 26 August 1993 (age 30) 0 Japan Nagoya Frater
30 GK Takashi Yoshikawa (1994-11-29) 29 November 1994 (age 28) 114 Japan Gifu Asahi Club
14 DF Raiki Fujishima (1999-12-29) 29 December 1999 (age 23) 24 Japan ALDER Hanno
20 DF Masaki Ohashi (1993-05-08) 8 May 1993 (age 30) 114 Japan LIEBE Tochigi
25 DF Shota Yamada (1994-12-21) 21 December 1994 (age 28) 115 Japan Gifu Asahi Club
32 DF Yoshiki Kirishita (1998-12-27) 27 December 1998 (age 24) 75 Japan LIEBE Tochigi
5 MF Seren Tanaka (Captain) (1992-11-09) 9 November 1992 (age 30) 123 Japan LIEBE Tochigi
6 MF Hiromasa Ochiai (1994-02-09) 9 February 1994 (age 29) 95 Japan LIEBE Tochigi
10 MF Tsubasa Yamamizu (1994-07-15) 15 July 1994 (age 29) 36 Japan Nagoya Frater Hockey Team
16 MF Haruki Ochiai (1996-04-18) 18 April 1996 (age 27) 13 Japan Gifu Asahi Club
22 MF Kaito Tanaka (1995-11-01) 1 November 1995 (age 27) 59 Japan Nagoya Frater
1 FW Koji Yamasaki (1996-02-27) 27 February 1996 (age 27) 111 Germany UHC Hamburg
11 FW Kenji Kitazato (1989-05-19) 19 May 1989 (age 34) 169 Japan ALDER Hanno
12 FW Yuma Nagai (1996-03-18) 18 March 1996 (age 27) 22 Japan Gifu Asahi Club
17 FW Kentaro Fukuda (1995-07-27) 27 July 1995 (age 28) 72 Japan Gifu Asahi Club
18 FW Kato Ryosei (1997-08-19) 19 August 1997 (age 26) 24 Japan LIEBE Tochigi
23 FW Kosei Kawabe (1999-06-20) 20 June 1999 (age 24) 8 Japan Gifu Asahi Club
33 FW Kodai Saeki (2004-10-03) 3 October 2004 (age 18) 0 Japan Shimane Perfecture Yokota High School

Recent call-ups

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

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club Latest call-up
GK Yosuke Morita (1998-02-26) 26 February 1998 (age 25) 3 Japan LIEBE Tochigi 2022 Asia Cup
GK Takumi Kitagawa (1999-10-07) 7 October 1999 (age 23) 1 Japan Asahi University 2021 Asian Champions Trophy
DF Manabu Yamashita (1989-02-04) 4 February 1989 (age 34) 199 Japan Oyabe REDOX 2022 Asia Cup
DF Ken Nagayoshi (1999-10-26) 26 October 1999 (age 23) 29 Japan Tenri University 2022 Asia Cup
DF Yusuke Kawamura (2001-07-24) 24 July 2001 (age 22) 7 Japan Ritsumeikan University 2022 Asia Cup
MF Takuma Niwa (2000-04-27) 27 April 2000 (age 23) 12 Japan Asahi University 2022 Asia Cup
MF Ikumi Saeki (2002-02-18) 18 February 2002 (age 21) 7 Japan Fukui University of Technology 2022 Asia Cup
MF Taiki Takade (2001-11-18) 18 November 2001 (age 21) 5 Japan Ritsumeikan University 2021 Asian Champions Trophy
MF Hiroto Takebayashi (1999-09-08) 8 September 1999 (age 24) 5 Japan Tenri University 2021 Asian Champions Trophy
FW Ryoma Ooka (2001-10-02) 2 October 2001 (age 21) 12 Japan Meiji University 2022 Asia Cup
FW Kenta Tanaka (1988-05-04) 4 May 1988 (age 35) 166 Netherlands HGC 2021 Asian Champions Trophy
FW Kazuma Murata (1991-11-28) 28 November 1991 (age 31) 133 Japan LIEBE Tochigi 2021 Asian Champions Trophy
FW Yuki Chiba (2001-11-13) 13 November 2001 (age 21) 3 Japan Tenri University 2021 Asian Champions Trophy

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  2. ^ (in Dutch) http://www.nrc.nl/sport/article2162322.ece/Hockeytrainer_Tilburg_wordt_bondscoach_Japan
  3. ^ "Japanese Hockey Federation". Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  4. ^ "29th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup - Member's List" (PDF). Japan Hockey Association. 29 October 2021.

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