Fumika Sasano

Japanese ice hockey player

Ice hockey player
Fumika Sasano
笹野 文香
Born (1997-06-26) 26 June 1997 (age 26)
Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Height 167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb)
Position Defense
Shoots Left
SDHL team
Former teams
AIK Hockey
  • Malmö Redhawks
  • Göteborg HC
  • Seibu Princess Rabbits
  • Hachinohe Reds
National team  Japan
Playing career c. 2013–present
Medal record
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Krasnoyarsk Ice hockey

Fumika Sasano (笹野 文香, Sasano Fumika, born 26 June 1997) is a Japanese ice hockey player and member of the Japanese national ice hockey team, currently[update] playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with AIK Hockey.

Playing career

Sasano began her career playing with the Hachinohe Reds in the All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship and Group B of the Women's Japan Ice Hockey League (WJIHL).

In 2016, she joined the Seibu Princess Rabbits, the reigning champions of both the WJIHL and All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship. With the Seibu Princess Rabbits, Sasano won five Japanese Championship titles as WJIHL champion in 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, and 2019–20, and All-Japan tournament champion in 2018.

International play

Sasano represented Japan at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship.[1] She participated in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2017 Winter Universiade and won a bronze medal in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2019 Winter Universiade. As a junior player with the Japanese national under-18 team, she participated in the 2014 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship.

References

  1. ^ "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Player Statistics by Team: JPN - Japan". International Ice Hockey Federation. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.

External links

  • Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com