Japan men's national ice hockey team

Japan

Association	Japan Ice Hockey Federation
Head coach	Mark Mahon
Assistants	Sasaki Hiroaki Suzuki Norio Yamanaka Takeshi
Captain	Suzuki Takahito
Most games	Suzuki Takahito (63)
Most points	Suzuki Takahito (41)
IIHF code	JPN
IIHF ranking	21
Highest IIHF ranking	15 (first in 2003)
Lowest IIHF ranking	22 (first in 2007)
First international
Czechoslovakia 12 - 2 Japan (Davos, Switzerland; January 24, 1930)
Biggest win
Japan 44 - 1 Kuwait (Gangneung, South Korea; January 30, 1999)
Biggest defeat
Czechoslovakia 25 - 1 Japan (Moscow, Soviet Union; March 4, 1957)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	9 (first in 1930)
Best result	6th (1930)
Asian Winter Games
Appearances	6 (first in 1986)
Best result	Gold: 2003, 2007
Olympics
Appearances	8 (first in 1936)
International record (W-L-T)
218-341-34

The Japanese men's national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey of Japan. They are currently ranked 22nd in the IIHF World Ranking and currently compete in IIHF World Championship Division I. They have competed in nine Olympics Games competitions.

2009 World Championship Div I roster

Pos.	No.	Player	Team
GK	44	Yutaka Fukufuji	Nikko Ice Bucks
GK	30	Hisashi Ishikawa	Nippon Paper Cranes
D	2	Jun Tonosaki	Nippon Paper Cranes
D	4	Aaron Keller	Oji Eagles
D	5	Fumitaka Miyauchi	Seibu Prince Rabbits
D	6	Makoto Kawashima	Oji Eagles
D	12	Yosuke Haga	Oji Eagles
D	34	Ryuichi Kawai	Seibu Prince Rabbits
D	27	Ryota Minami	Oji Eagles
F	8	Yosuke Kon	Seibu Prince Rabbits
F	9	Sho Sato	Seibu Prince Rabbits
F	10	Toru Kamino	Seibu Prince Rabbits
F	11	Masahito Nishiwaki	Nippon Paper Cranes
F	13	Masafumi Ogawa	Oji Eagles
F	14	Go Tanaka	Seibu Prince Rabbits
F	15	Shuhei Kuji	Waseda University
F	16	Daisuke Obara	Seibu Prince Rabbits
F	17	Robert Demontis	Nippon Paper Cranes
F	18	Takahito Suzuki	Seibu Prince Rabbits
F	19	Takeshi Saito	Oji Eagles
F	25	Shunsuke Shigeno	Chuo University
F	62	Tetsuya Saito	Oji Eagles

Team Japan players at the 1998 Nagano Olympics

• Dan Daikawa D
• Ryan Fujita F
• Yūji Iga F
• Dusty Imoo GK
• Shinichi Iwasaki GK
• Matthew Kabayama F
• Tatsuki Katayama D
• Yutaka Kawaguchi D
• Takayuki Kobori D
• Atsudo Kudō D
• Ryan Kuwabara F
• Hiroshi Matsuura F
• Hiroyuki Miura D
• Takayuki Miura D
• Fumitaka Miyauchi D
• Jirō Nihei GK
• Tsutsumi Otomo F
• Toshiyuki Sakai F
• Kunihiko Sakurai F
• Akihito Sugisawa F
• Steve Tsujiura C
• Shin Yahata F
• Takeshi Yamanaka D
• Chris Yule F
• Head coach Bjorn Kinding
• General Manager Dave King

Winter Olympics record

• 1936 - 9th place (tied)
• 1960 - 8th place
• 1964 - 11th place
• 1968 - 10th place
• 1972 - 9th place
• 1976 - 9th place
• 1980 - 12th place
• 1998 - 13th place

World Championship record

Note: Years in Bold denote participation in the top-level tournament

• 1930 - Finished tied in 6th place
• 1931 - 1955 - Did not participate
• 1957 - Finished in 8th place
• 1958 - 1961 - Did not participate
• 1962 - Finished in 9th place (1st in "Pool B")
• 1963 - 1966 - Did not participate
• 1967 - Finished in 17th place (1st in "Pool C")
• 1969 - Finished in 15th place (1st in "Pool C")
• 1970 - Finished in 11th place (5th in "Pool B")
• 1971 - Finished in 12th place (6th in "Pool B")
• 1972 - Finished in 11th place (5th in "Pool B")
• 1973 - Finished in 12th place (6th in "Pool B")
• 1974 - Finished in 10th place (4th in "Pool B")
• 1975 - Finished in 12th place (6th in "Pool B")
• 1976 - Finished in 10th place (2nd in "Pool B")
• 1977 - Finished in 11th place (3rd in "Pool B")
• 1978 - Finished in 10th place (2nd in "Pool B")
• 1979 - Finished in 14th place (6th in "Pool B")
• 1981 - Finished in 16th place (8th in "Pool B")
• 1982 - Finished in 17th place (1st in "Pool C")
• 1983 - Finished in 13th place (5th in "Pool B")
• 1985 - Finished in 13th place (5th in "Pool B")
• 1986 - Finished in 16th place (8th in "Pool B")
• 1987 - Finished in 17th place (1st in "Pool C")
• 1989 - Finished in 15th place (7th in "Pool B")
• 1990 - Finished in 15th place (7th in "Pool B")
• 1991 - Finished in 16th place (8th in "Pool B")
• 1992 - Finished in 15th place (3rd in "Pool B")
• 1993 - Finished in 17th place (5th in "Pool B")
• 1994 - Finished in 16th place (4th in "Pool B")
• 1995 - Finished in 18th place (6th in "Pool B")
• 1996 - Finished in 20th place (8th in "Pool B")
• 1997 - Finished in 24th place (4th in "Pool C")
• 1998 - Finished in 16th place
• 1999 - Finished in 16th place
• 2000 - Finished in 16th place
• 2001 - Finished in 16th place
• 2002 - Finished in 16th place
• 2003 - Finished in 16th place
• 2004 - Finished in 15th place
• 2005 - Finished in 25th place (5th in Division I, Group A)
• 2006 - Finished in 22nd place (3rd in Division I, Group A)
• 2007 - Finished in 24th place (3rd in Division I, Group B)
• 2008 - Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group B)
• 2009 - Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group A)
• 2010 - Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group A)

All-time Record against other nations

As of June 6, 2009

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA
China	29	23	2	4	200	70
Denmark	30	19	1	10	143	95
South Korea	16	15	1	0	150	23
Yugoslavia	30	14	2	14	118	128
Norway	36	13	7	16	123	151
Netherlands	25	13	4	8	138	82
Romania	23	12	1	10	106	98
Austria	32	11	4	17	111	130
France	26	11	1	14	93	105
North Korea	11	11	0	0	93	19
Hungary	17	11	0	6	75	47
Switzerland	31	9	3	19	93	141
Bulgaria	11	8	0	3	66	29
Italy	26	7	3	16	75	106
Australia	7	7	0	0	93	17
Poland	34	4	2	28	77	184
United Kingdom	9	4	1	4	27	28
Lithuania	4	4	0	0	19	3
Canada	40	3	3	34	76	218
East Germany	16	3	1	12	45	89
Kazakhstan	11	2	2	7	26	39
Croatia	2	2	0	0	10	1
Federal Republic of Germany	9	2	0	7	27	54
Estonia	2	1	1	0	9	5
Slovenia	6	1	1	4	14	24
Kuwait	1	1	0	0	44	1
Thailand	1	1	0	0	39	0
Belgium	1	1	0	0	24	0
Spain	1	1	0	0	11	2
Israel	1	1	0	0	7	1
Ukraine	6	0	2	4	7	23
Belarus	5	0	1	4	10	22
Finland	7	0	1	6	15	57
Russia	1	0	0	1	1	6
Czech Republic	4	0	0	4	10	31
Sweden	4	0	0	4	1	44
Slovakia	6	0	0	6	12	47
Germany	8	0	0	8	14	43
Latvia	8	0	0	8	14	58
United States of America	8	0	0	8	20	77
Soviet Union	9	0	0	9	23	111
Czechoslovakia	9	0	0	9	12	108