Japan women's national basketball team

{{Short description|Women's national basketball team representing Japan}}{{Expand Japanese}}

{{For|the men's team|Japan national basketball team}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Infobox national basketball team

| type = Women

| country = Japan

| nickname = 暁ファイブ
Aka-tsuki Faibu
(Daybreak Five)

| national_fed = JBA

| fiba_zone = FIBA Asia

| coach = Toru Ontsuka

| logo = JBA team crest.png

| logo_width = 140px

|h_pattern_b= _Japan 2024 HOME

|h_body=

|h_pattern_s= _Japan 2024 HOME

|h_shorts=00FF00

|a_pattern_b= _Japan 2024 AWAY

|a_body=00FF00

|a_pattern_s= _Japan 2024 AWAY

|a_shorts=00FF00

| h_title = Home

| a_title = Away

| fiba_ranking = {{FIBA Women's World Rankings|JPN}}

| oly_appearances = 6

| oly_medals = {{OG2}} (2020)

| wc_appearances = 14

| wc_medals = 16px (1975)

| zone_championship = Asia Cup

| zone_appearances = 29

| zone_medals = 16px (1970, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
16px (1965, 1968, 1974, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2023)
16px (1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2007, 2009, 2011)

}}

File:Japan women's national basketball team 20130629.jpg

The Japan women's national basketball team, also known as Akatsuki Japan ({{langx|ja|アカツキジャパン}}), is the national team representing Japan in international basketball competitions. It is administered by the Japan Basketball Association.[https://web.archive.org/web/20231119004700/https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/FIBA/fibaStru/nfLeag/p/nationalfederationnumber/309/nfProf.html Profile – Japan], FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 July 2016.

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Japan won the silver medal, the nation's first Olympic basketball medal (for men or women) and became the first Asian team to reach the podium in women's basketball since China in 1992.[https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2021/08/08/olympics/summer-olympics/olympic-basketball/japan-us-women-basketball/ Japan's miracle run ends in final as U.S. wins women's basketball gold] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814082637/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2021/08/08/olympics/summer-olympics/olympic-basketball/japan-us-women-basketball/ |date=14 August 2021 }} JASON COSKREY (The Japan Times), 8 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021. The Japanese, which were coached by Tom Hovasse, excelled in an 87–71 win over France in the semi-finals before coming short 75–90 against the United States. Japan's Rui Machida set an Olympic record with 18 assists against France.

{{as of|2019}}, Japan has been the reigning Champion of the Asia-Oceania region.[https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2019/10/01/basketball/japan-looks-ahead-capturing-fourth-straight-fiba-womens-asia-cup-title/ Japan looks ahead after capturing fourth straight FIBA Women's Asia Cup title] Kaz Nagatsuka (The Japan Times), 1 October 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2020.