Japan women's national handball team

The Japan women's national handball team is the national handball team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Handball Association.

Together with South Korea they are one of the traditional powerhouses in Asia and have won the Asian Championship twice.

Results

Record against other teams at the world championship

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
3	P	Miyako Hatsumi	(1997-09-10) 10 September 1997	1.65 m	36	64	Mie Violet Iris
5	RB	Arisa Kinjo	(1999-12-08) 8 December 1999	1.60 m	10	28	Sony Semiconductor
12	GK	Kanako Shimoya	(1998-10-15) 15 October 1998	1.68 m	1	0	Kumamoto Beaust Pindys
13	RB	Kaho Nakayama	(1998-10-23) 23 October 1998	1.73 m	43	135	BSV Sachsen Zwickau
17	LB	Ayaka Ohmatsuzawa	(1997-08-07) 7 August 1997	1.73 m	14	8	Prestige International Aranmare
19	P	Naoko Sahara	(1996-01-18) 18 January 1996	1.80 m	31	44	Honeybee Ishikawa
20	RW	Natsumi Akiyama	(1994-07-23) 23 July 1994	1.62 m	47	107	Prestige International Aranmare
23	CB	Natsuki Aizawa	(1999-01-06) 6 January 1999	1.60 m	41	183	Thüringer HC
24	CB	Ayama Okada	(2000-05-24) 24 May 2000	1.67 m	30	76	Kagawa Bank
29	LW	Senri Ryu	(1999-07-12) 12 July 1999	1.69 m	4	1	Sony Semiconductor
30	GK	Sakura Hauge	(1987-01-07) 7 January 1987	1.74 m	79	8	Molde Elite
32	LB	Haruno Sasaki	(1995-02-26) 26 February 1995	1.72 m	63	172	Frisch Auf Göppingen
37	LB	Minami Matsuura	(2002-01-26) 26 January 2002	1.58 m	1	0	Kagawa Bank
51	LW	Yuki Yoshidome	(1998-08-02) 2 August 1998	1.64 m	38	83	Honeybee Ishikawa
55	P	Clare Gray	(1997-06-03) 3 June 1997	1.71 m	9	18	Kumamoto Beaust Pindys
62	LB	Mei Kawashima	(2001-09-28) 28 September 2001	1.70 m	0	0	Sony Semiconductor
77	GK	Aki Ueshima	(2001-07-05) 5 July 2001	1.76 m	0	0	ASUL Vaulx-en-Velin
89	RB	Sora Ishikawa	(2002-12-20) 20 December 2002	1.69 m	31	71	Molde Elite

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National sports teams of Japan
Men	A1GP American football Australian rules football Bandy Baseball U-18 Basketball U-17 U-19 3x3 U-23 3x3 Wheelchair Boxing Cricket U-19 Field hockey U-21 Floorball U-19 Football U-23 U-20 U-17 Futsal U-23 U-20 Beach soccer eFootball Cerebral palsy Goalball Gymnastics Handball MJ MY Ice hockey Junior U-18 Kabaddi Korfball Lacrosse Roller hockey Rugby league Rugby union 7s U-20 Wheelchair Softball U-19 Squash Tennis Volleyball U-21 U-19 Water polo
Women	Baseball Basketball U-19 U-17 3x3 U-23 3x3 Wheelchair Beach handball Cricket Field hockey U-21 Floorball Flag football Football U-23 U-20 U-17 Futsal Goalball Gymnastics Handball W-J Ice hockey F U-18 Rugby union 7s Softball U-18 Squash Tennis Volleyball U-23 U-21 U-19 Water polo
Mixed	Badminton Baseball5 Boxing Tennis Wheelchair handball
Olympics Paralympics Asian Games Asian Para Games Universiade Youth Olympics

National women's handball teams of Asia (AHF)
West Asia	Bahrain Iran Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia	Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia	Afghanistan Bangladesh India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
Southeast Asia	Brunei Indonesia Malaysia Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam
East Asia	China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea South Korea
Oceania	Australia New Zealand The teams are members of the OCHF and therefor not members of the AHF. But they participate at the Asian Championship.