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.

Results

Head coach: Shigeo Kusumoto

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Sakura Hauge	(1987-01-07) 7 January 1987	1.74 m	69	8	ESBF Besançon
2	P	Mika Nagata	(1994-05-28) 28 May 1994	1.80 m	59	41	Hokkoku Bank
3	P	Naoko Sahara	(1996-01-18) 18 January 1996	1.80 m	14	18	Hokkoku Bank
4	P	Miyako Hatsumi	(1997-09-10) 10 September 1997	1.65 m	12	17	Mie Violet Iris
6	LB	Yumi Kitahara	(1995-07-08) 8 July 1995	1.71 m	21	22	Sony Semiconductor
7	RW	Saki Hattori	(1996-12-22) 22 December 1996	1.60 m	18	80	Sony Semiconductor
9	P	Chikako Kasai	(1998-11-25) 25 November 1998	1.68 m	11	23	Sony Semiconductor
12	GK	Atsuko Baba	(1995-06-13) 13 June 1995	1.64 m	16	0	Hokkoku Bank
13	RB	Kaho Nakayama	(1998-10-23) 23 October 1998	1.72 m	20	71	Hokkoku Bank
15	LW	Senri Ryu	(1999-07-12) 12 July 1999	1.69 m	0	0	Sony Semiconductor
18	LW	Hikaru Matsumoto	(1995-02-25) 25 February 1995	1.67 m	12	32	Hokkoku Bank
20	RW	Natsumi Akiyama	(1994-07-23) 23 July 1994	1.62 m	37	94	Kisvárdai KC
22	GK	Naho Saito	(1997-01-16) 16 January 1997	1.72 m	10	0	Hokkoku Bank
23	CB	Natsuki Aizawa	(1999-01-06) 6 January 1999	1.60 m	17	78	Hokkoku Bank
24	CB	Ayama Okada	(2000-05-24) 24 May 2000	1.67 m	11	24	Kagawa Bank
32	LB	Haruno Sasaki	(1995-02-26) 26 February 1995	1.72 m	47	142	Borussia Dortmund
49	LB	Hinata Fujiwara	(2002-05-27) 27 May 2002	1.74 m	0	0	University of Tsukuba
50	RB	Wakana Hokaguchi	(2004-01-23) 23 January 2004	1.70 m	0	0	University of Tsukuba
51	LW	Yuki Yoshidome	(1998-08-02) 2 August 1998	1.64 m	14	18	Hokkoku Bank
89	RB	Sora Ishikawa	(2002-12-20) 20 December 2002	1.69 m	12	32	Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences

^ "女子日本代表第26回女子世界選手権・直前強化合宿メンバー発表！" (in Japanese). handball.or.jp. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
^ "Team roster: Japan" (PDF). ihf.info. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

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 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 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 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.