Japan men's national field hockey team

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{{Infobox national field hockey team

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| nickname = Samurai Japan

| association = Japan Hockey Association

| confederation = AHF (Asia)

| coach = Yoshihiro Anai

| assistant = Yosuke Matsumura

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| captain = Raiki Fujishima

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| rank = {{FIH World Rankings|JPN}}

| Olympic apps = 6

| Olympic first = 1932

| Olympic best = {{OG2}} 2nd (1932)

| World cup apps = 5

| World cup first = 1971

| World cup best = 9th (1971, 2006)

| Regional name = Asian Games

| Regional cup apps = 17

| Regional cup first = 1958

| Regional cup best = {{Asia1}} 1st (2018)

| 2ndRegional name = Asia Cup

| 2ndRegional cup apps = 10

| 2ndRegional cup first = 1985

| 2ndRegional cup best = 4th (1985, 1989, 2003, 2007, 2022)

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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.

The team participated in the first World Cup in 1971, where they finished 9th. The team then coached by Dutchman Siegfried Aikman,{{in lang|nl}} http://www.nrc.nl/sport/article2162322.ece/Hockeytrainer_Tilburg_wordt_bondscoach_Japan{{cite web |title=Japanese Hockey Federation|url=http://www.hockey.or.jp/|access-date=21 December 2014}} won their first international tournament by claiming the gold medal in the final against Malaysia at the 2018 Asian Games.

Tournament history

=Summer Olympics=

1932 – {{silver2}}
1936 – 7th place
1956 – Withdrew
1960 – 14th place
1964 – 7th place
1968 – 13th place
2020 – 11th place
2024 – Did not qualify

=World Cup=

1971 – 9th place
1973 – 10th place
2002 – 12th place
2006 – 9th place
2023 – 15th place

=Asian Games=

1958 – 5th place
1962 – 4th place
1966 – {{bronze3}}
1970 – {{bronze3}}
1974 – 4th place
1978 – 4th place
1982 – 4th place
1986 – 5th place
1990 – 6th place
1994 – 4th place
1998 – 4th place
2002 – 6th place
2006 – 4th place
2010 – 6th place
2014 – 6th place
2018 – {{gold1}}
2022 – {{Silver2}}

=Asia Cup=

1985 – 4th place
1989 – 4th place
1994 – 9th place
1999 – 5th place
2003 – 4th place
2007 – 4th place
2009 – 6th place
2013 – 5th place
2017 – 5th place
2022 – 4th place
2025 – Qualified

=Asian Champions Trophy=

colspan=10\|Asian Champions Trophy record
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
Year !Host !Position !{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Games played}} !{{Tooltip\|W\|Games won}} !{{Tooltip\|D\|Games drawn, including matches decided on penalty shoot-outs}} !{{Tooltip\|L\|Games lost}} !{{Tooltip\|GF\|Goals scored}} !{{Tooltip\|GA\|Goals conceded}}
2011 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|CHN}} Ordos, China \|4th	6	2	1	3	11	10
2012 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|QAT}} Doha, Qatar \|6th	6	1	0	5	14	19
bgcolor=silver \|2013 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|JPN}} Kakamigahara, Japan \|2nd	6	3	1	2	11	9
2016 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|MAS}} Kuantan, Malaysia \|6th	6	0	0	6	14	31
2018 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|OMA}} Muscat, Oman \|4th	7	2	2	3	12	18
bgcolor=silver \|2021 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|Bangladesh}} Dhaka, Bangladesh \|2nd	6	2	3	1	16	15
bgcolor=cc9966 \|2023 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|India}} Chennai, India \|3rd	7	2	2	3	13	18
2024 \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|CHN}} Hulunbuir, China \|5th	6	0	2	4	15	23
colspan="2"\|Total !{{Tooltip\|2nd place\|Highest finish}} !50\|\|12\|\|11\|\|27\|\|106\|\|143

=Sultan Azlan Shah Cup=

1987 – 6th place
2016 – 7th place
2017 – 6th place
2019 – 5th place
2020 – Cancelled
2022 – 4th place
2024 – {{gold1}}

=Hockey World League=

2012–13 – 12th place
2014–15 – 16th place
2016–17 – 20th place

=FIH Hockey Nations Cup=

2022 – 6th place

=Champions Challenge=

2001 – 5th place
2007 – 5th place
2011 – 7th place
2012 – 5th place
2014 – 7th place

Players

=Current squad=

On 18 July 2024, the following 18 players were called up for the 2024 Asian Champions Trophy in Hulunbuir, China from 8 to 17 September 2024.{{cite web |title=Japan Men’s National Team “Samurai Japan” for 8th Asian Champions Trophy |url=https://en.hockey.or.jp/img/2024/07/20240725_men_asian_champions_trophy_members.pdf |website=hockey.or.jp |publisher=Japan Hockey Association |access-date=29 November 2024 |date=25 July 2024}}

Caps updated as of 16 September 2024, after the match against Malaysia.

{{Nat fhs player|no=27|pos=GK|name=Yosei Oba|sortname=Oba, Yosei|age={{Birth date and age|2001|9|15|df=y}}|caps=7|club=Freaks Tokyo|clubnat=JPN}}

{{Nat fhs player|no=29|pos=GK|name=Takumi Kitagawa|sortname=Kitagawa, Takumi|age={{Birth date and age|1999|10|7|df=y}}|caps=27|club=Gifu Asahi Club|clubnat=JPN}}

{{Nat fhs player |no=2 |pos=DF |name=Shota Yamada |sortname=Yamada, Shota |age={{Birth date and age|1994|12|21|df=y}} |caps=158|club=Gifu Asahi Club |clubnat=JPN}}

{{Nat fhs player |no=4 |pos=DF |name=Yamato Kawahara |sortname=Kawahara, Yamato |age={{Birth date and age|2004|1|21|df=y}} |caps=42|club=Ritsumeikan University |clubnat=JPN}}

{{Nat fhs player|no=13|pos=DF|name=Manabu Yamashita|sortname=Yamashita, Manabu|age={{birth date and age|1989|2|4|df=y}}|caps=230|club=Freaks Tokyo|clubnat=JPN}}

{{Nat fhs player |no=14 |pos=DF |name=Raiki Fujishima |sortname=Fujishima, Raiki|other=Captain|age={{Birth date and age|1999|12|29|df=y}} |caps=67 |club=ALDER Hanno |clubnat=JPN}}

{{Nat fhs player |no=15 |pos=DF |name=Ken Nagayoshi |sortname=Nagayoshi, Ken |age={{Birth date and age|1999|10|26|df=y}} |caps=70|club=LIEBE Tochigi|clubnat=JPN}}

{{Nat fhs player |no=23 |pos=DF |name=Yusuke Kawamura |sortname=Kawamura, Yusuke |age={{Birth date and age|2001|7|24|df=y}} |caps=35|club=LIEBE Tochigi|clubnat=JPN}}

{{Nat fhs player |no=5 |pos=MF |name=Seren Tanaka |sortname=Tanaka, Seren|age={{Birth date and age|1992|11|9|df=y}} |caps=171|club=Gifu Asahi Club |clubnat=JPN}}

{{Nat fhs player|no=12|pos=MF|name=Yuma Nagai|sortname=Nagai, Yuma|age={{birth date and age|1996|3|18|df=y}}|caps=59|club=Gifu Asahi Club|clubnat=JPN}}

{{Nat fhs player|no=33|pos=MF|name=Yuito Matsuzaki|sortname=Matsuzaki, Yuito|age={{Birth date and age|2003|4|20|df=y}}|caps=7|club=Tenri University|clubnat=JPN}}

{{Nat fhs player|no=34|pos=MF|name=Keita Watanabe|sortname=Watanabe, Keita|age={{Birth date and age|2002|11|20|df=y}}|caps=7|club=Tenri University|clubnat=JPN}}

{{Nat fhs player|no=6|pos=FW|name=Naru Kimura|sortname=Kimura, Naru|age={{Birth date and age|2005|12|27|df=y}}|caps=13|club=Ritsumeikan University|clubnat=JPN}}

{{Nat fhs player|no=9|pos=FW|name=Ren Kashiwagi|sortname=Kashiwagi, Ren|age={{Birth date and age|2001|11|26|df=y}}|caps=7|club=Gifu Asahi Club|clubnat=JPN}}

{{Nat fhs player|no=11|pos=FW|name=Kazumasa Matsumoto|sortname=Matsumoto, Kazumasa|age={{Birth date and age|2000|6|21|df=y}}|caps=23|club=Yamanashi Gakuin University|clubnat=JPN}}

{{Nat fhs player|no=18|pos=FW|name=Tsubasa Tanaka|sortname=Tanaka, Tsubasa|age={{Birth date and age|2003|10|10|df=y}}|caps=13|club=Tenri University|clubnat=JPN}}

{{Nat fhs player|no=24|pos=FW|name=Kosei Kawabe|sortname=Kowabe, Kosei|age={{birth date and age|1999|6|20|df=y}}|caps=46|club=Gifu Asahi Club|clubnat=JPN}}

{{Nat fhs player|no=36|pos=FW|name=Yuki Chiba|sortname=Chiba, Yuki|age={{Birth date and age|2001|11|13|df=y}}|caps=9|club=LIEBE Tochigi|clubnat=JPN}}

=Recent call-ups=

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

{{Nat fhs r player |no=30 |pos=GK |name=Takashi Yoshikawa |sortname=Yoshikawa, Takashi |age={{Birth date and age|1994|11|29|df=y}} |caps=151|club=Gifu Asahi Club |clubnat=JPN|latest=2024 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup}}

{{Nat fhs r player |no=20 |pos=DF |name=Masaki Ohashi |sortname=Ohashi, Masaki |age={{Birth date and age|1993|5|8|df=y}} |caps=149|club=LIEBE Tochigi |clubnat=JPN|latest=2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers}}

{{Nat fhs r player |no=8 |pos=MF |name=Taiki Takade |sortname=Takade, Taiki |age={{Birth date and age|2001|11|18|df=y}} |caps=39|club=Ritsumeikan University |clubnat=JPN|latest=2024 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup}}

{{Nat fhs r player |no=22 |pos=MF |name=Kaito Tanaka |sortname=Tanaka, Kaito |age={{Birth date and age|1995|11|1|df=y}} |caps=93|club=Nagoya Frater |clubnat=JPN|latest=2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers}}

{{Nat fhs r player |no=10 |pos=MF |name=Takuma Niwa |sortname=Niwa, Takuma |age={{Birth date and age|2000|4|27|df=y}} |caps=41|club=Asahi University |clubnat=JPN|latest=2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers}}

{{Nat fhs r player |no=19 |pos=FW |name=Ryoma Ooka |sortname=Ooka, Ryoma |age={{Birth date and age|2001|10|2|df=y}} |caps=42|club=Meiji University |clubnat=JPN|latest=2024 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup}}

{{Nat fhs r player |no=16 |pos=FW |name=Hiro Saito |sortname=Saito, Hiro |age={{Birth date and age|2002|4|5|df=y}} |caps=20|club=Fukui University of Technology |clubnat=JPN|latest=2024 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup}}

{{Nat fhs r player |no=1 |pos=FW |name=Koji Yamasaki |sortname=Yamasaki, Koji |age={{Birth date and age|1996|2|27|df=y}} |caps=132|club=UHC Hamburg |clubnat=GER|latest=2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers}}

{{Nat fhs r player |no=7 |pos=FW |name=Kentaro Fukuda |sortname=Fukuda, Kentaro |age={{Birth date and age|1995|7|27|df=y}} |caps=107|club=Gifu Asahi Club |clubnat=JPN|latest=2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers}}

References

External links

[https://www.hockey.or.jp/ Japan Hockey Association]
[http://www.fih.ch/inside-fih/our-members/japanhf/ FIH profile]

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