Japan men's national handball team

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Information
Nickname彗星JAPAN
AssociationJapan Handball Association
CoachDagur Sigurðsson
Assistant coachKenji Kitabayashi
Antoni Parecki
Dan Stauffer
Colours
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1st
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances4 (First in 1972)
Best result9th (1976)
World Championship
Appearances16 (First in 1961)
Best result10th (1970)
Asian Championship
Appearances19 (First in 1977)
Best resultGold 1st (1977, 1979)
Last updated on Unknown.

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

Results

Summer Olympics

World Championship

Asian Championship

Current squad

Squad for the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship.[1][2]

Head coach: Iceland Dagur Sigurðsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
10 LW Naoki Sugioka (1994-04-18) 18 April 1994 (age 29) 1.77 m 30 35 Japan Toyota Auto Body
12 GK Yuta Iwashita (1991-06-21) 21 June 1991 (age 32) 1.83 m 13 1 Japan Toyota Boshoku Kyushu
13 P Kenya Kasahara (1988-05-15) 15 May 1988 (age 35) 1.97 m 69 40 Japan Toyota Auto Body
14 CB Asumi Kitazume (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 (age 27) 1.84 m 12 15 Japan Toyota Auto Body
15 LB Adam Yuki Baig (1999-04-12) 12 April 1999 (age 24) 1.94 m 41 72 Japan Zeekstar Tokyo
18 LB Kohei Narita (1989-06-15) 15 June 1989 (age 34) 1.99 m 85 126 Japan Wakunaga Pharmaceutical
19 RB Shinnosuke Tokuda (1995-12-06) 6 December 1995 (age 28) 1.78 m 56 220 Japan Toyoda Gosei
20 RB Jin Watanabe (1990-01-17) 17 January 1990 (age 34) 1.83 m 87 280 Japan Toyota Auto Body
21 LW Remi Anri Doi (1989-09-28) 28 September 1989 (age 34) 1.80 m 53 127 Japan Osaki Osol
22 GK Motoki Sakai (1995-11-10) 10 November 1995 (age 28) 1.92 m 19 2 Japan Toyoda Gosei
25 RW Hiroki Motoki (1992-02-14) 14 February 1992 (age 32) 1.82 m 79 208 Japan Osaki Osol
27 P Hiroyasu Tamakawa (1995-04-27) 27 April 1995 (age 28) 2.00 m 50 40 Japan Osaki Osol
31 LB Tatsuki Yoshino (1994-07-13) 13 July 1994 (age 29) 1.83 m 38 129 Japan Toyota Auto Body
33 CB Yuto Agarie (1993-07-06) 6 July 1993 (age 30) 1.83 m 62 210 Japan Daido Steel
36 RW Naotsugu Demura (1988-04-14) 14 April 1988 (age 35) 1.78 m 0 0 Japan Toyoda Gosei
38 CB Kotaro Mizumachi (1995-03-13) 13 March 1995 (age 29) 1.83 m 0 0 Japan Toyoda Gosei
39 GK Takumi Nakamura (1996-08-02) 2 August 1996 (age 27) 1.90 m 0 0 Japan Toyoda Gosei
40 P Sota Takano (1998-08-19) 19 August 1998 (age 25) 1.93 m 0 0 Japan Univ. of Tsukuba
41 RB Rennosuke Tokuda (1998-05-15) 15 May 1998 (age 25) 1.80 m 3 4 Poland Grupa Azoty Tarnów
43 P Shuichi Yoshida (2001-03-26) 26 March 2001 (age 23) 1.91 m 3 5 Poland Grupa Azoty Tarnów

References

  1. ^ "男子日本代表 第27回男子世界選手権参加メンバーのお知らせ" (in Japanese). handball.or.jp. 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Team Roster Japan" (PDF). ihf.info. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

External links

  • Official website Edit this at Wikidata
  • IHF profile
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