Japan women's national ice hockey team

The Japanese women's national ice hockey team represents Japan at the International Ice Hockey Federation's Women's World Championships, the Winter Olympics, and at other international ice hockey tournaments. The women's national team is governed by the Japan Ice Hockey Federation. Japan had 2,587 registered female players in 2017 and 1,439 as of 2020.
The nickname of Japan women's team is "Smile Japan".

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Tournament record

Olympic Games

1998 – Finished in 6th place
2014 – Finished in 7th place
2018 – Finished in 6th place
2022 – Finished in 6th place
2026 – ''Qualified''

World Championship

1990 – Finished in 8th place
1999 – Finished in 9th place
2000 – Finished in 8th place.
2001 – Finished in 10th place.
2003 – Finished in 9th place
2004 – Finished in 9th place
2005 – Finished in 10th place
2007 – Finished in 10th place
2008 – Finished in 7th place
2009 – Finished in 8th place
2011 – Withdrew from the tournament due to an earthquake
2012 – Finished in 11th place
2013 – Finished in 9th place
2015 – Finished in 7th place
2016 – Finished in 8th place
2017 – Finished in 9th place
2019 – Finished in 8th place
2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 – Finished in 6th place
2022 – Finished in 5th place
2023 – Finished in 7th place
2024 – Finished in 8th place
2025 – Finished in 7th place

Asian Games

1996 – Finished in 2nd place
[Ice hockey at the Ice hockey at the 1999 Asian Winter Games|1999 Asian Winter Games|1999] – Finished in 2nd place
[Ice hockey at the 2003 IIHF Women's World Championship|2003 Asian Winter Games|2003] – Finished in 2nd place
[Ice hockey at the Ice hockey at the 2007 Asian Winter Games|2007 Asian Winter Games|2007] – Finished in 2nd place
2011 – Finished in 2nd place
2017 – Finished in 1st place
2025 – '''Finished in 1st place'''

IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia

2010 – Finished in 2nd place
2011 – Finished in 1st place
2012 – '''Finished in 1st place'''

IIHF Asia Championship

2025 – Finished in 1st place
2026 – '''Finished in 1st place'''

Pacific Rim Championship

1995 – Finished in 4th place
1996 – Finished in 4th place

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship.
Head coach: Yuji Iizuka

No.

Pos.

Name

Height

Weight

Birthdate

Team

2

D

– C

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Notable former players

Coaches

1990 World Championship – Noriko Fukuda
1995 to 1998 – Wally Kozak
1998 Winter Olympics – Toru Itabashi, Tsutomu Kawabuchi
1999 World Championship B – Takayuki Hatanda
2000 World Championship – Takayuki Hatanda
2001 World Championship D1 – Takayuki Hatanda
2003 World Championship D1 – Masayuki Takahashi
2004 World Championship – Kenji Nobuta, Tsutomu Kawabuchi
2005 World Championship D1 – Kenji Nobuta
2007 World Championship D1 – Kohichi Satoh
2008 World Championship – Yuji Iizuka
2009 World Championship – Yuji Iizuka
2012 World Championship D1A – Yuji Iizuka
2013 World Championship D1A – Yuji Iizuka
2014 Winter Olympics – Yuji Iizuka
2015 World Championship – Yoshifumi Fujisawa
2016 World Championship – Yoshifumi Fujisawa
2017 World Championship D1A – Takeshi Yamanaka
2018 Winter Olympics – Takeshi Yamanaka
2019 World Championship – Yuji Iizuka
2021 World Championship – Yuji Iizuka
2022 Winter Olympics – Yuji Iizuka
2022 World Championship – Yuji Iizuka
2023 World Championship – Yuji Iizuka

Source: IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020

All-time record against other nations

Last match update: 10 March 2022