Japan men's national handball team

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Information
Nickname彗星JAPAN
Association Japan Handball Association
Coach Antonio Carlos Ortega
Colours
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1st
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances6 (First in 1972 )
Best result9th (1976)
World Championship
Appearances16 (First in 1961 )
Best result10th (1970)
Asian Championship
Appearances20 (First in 1977 )
Best resultGold medal asia.svg 1st (1977, 1979)
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The Japan national handball team is the national handball team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Handball Association.

Contents

Results

Summer Olympics

World Championship

Asian Championship

Current squad

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

Head coach: Flag of Iceland.svg Dagur Sigurðsson

No.Pos.NameDate of birth (age)HeightApp.GoalsClub
10LW Naoki Sugioka (1994-04-18) 18 April 1994 (age 30)1.77 m3035 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Auto Body
12GK Yuta Iwashita (1991-06-21) 21 June 1991 (age 32)1.83 m131 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Boshoku Kyushu
13P Kenya Kasahara (1988-05-15) 15 May 1988 (age 36)1.97 m6940 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Auto Body
14CB Asumi Kitazume (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 (age 27)1.84 m1215 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Auto Body
15LB Adam Yuki Baig (1999-04-12) 12 April 1999 (age 25)1.94 m4172 Flag of Japan.svg Zeekstar Tokyo
18LB Kohei Narita (1989-06-15) 15 June 1989 (age 35)1.99 m85126 Flag of Japan.svg Wakunaga Pharmaceutical
19RB Shinnosuke Tokuda (1995-12-06) 6 December 1995 (age 28)1.78 m56220 Flag of Japan.svg Toyoda Gosei
20RB Jin Watanabe (1990-01-17) 17 January 1990 (age 34)1.83 m87280 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Auto Body
21LW Remi Anri Doi (1989-09-28) 28 September 1989 (age 34)1.80 m53127 Flag of Japan.svg Osaki Osol
22GK Motoki Sakai (1995-11-10) 10 November 1995 (age 28)1.92 m192 Flag of Japan.svg Toyoda Gosei
25RW Hiroki Motoki (1992-02-14) 14 February 1992 (age 32)1.82 m79208 Flag of Japan.svg Osaki Osol
27P Hiroyasu Tamakawa (1995-04-27) 27 April 1995 (age 29)2.00 m5040 Flag of Japan.svg Osaki Osol
31LB Tatsuki Yoshino (1994-07-13) 13 July 1994 (age 29)1.83 m38129 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota Auto Body
33CB Yuto Agarie (1993-07-06) 6 July 1993 (age 30)1.83 m62210 Flag of Japan.svg Daido Steel
36RW Naotsugu Demura (1988-04-14) 14 April 1988 (age 36)1.78 m00 Flag of Japan.svg Toyoda Gosei
38CB Kotaro Mizumachi (1995-03-13) 13 March 1995 (age 29)1.83 m00 Flag of Japan.svg Toyoda Gosei
39GK Takumi Nakamura (1996-08-02) 2 August 1996 (age 27)1.90 m00 Flag of Japan.svg Toyoda Gosei
40P Sota Takano (1998-08-19) 19 August 1998 (age 25)1.93 m00 Flag of Japan.svg Univ. of Tsukuba
41RB Rennosuke Tokuda (1998-05-15) 15 May 1998 (age 26)1.80 m34 Flag of Poland.svg Grupa Azoty Tarnów
43P Shuichi Yoshida (2001-03-26) 26 March 2001 (age 23)1.91 m35 Flag of Poland.svg Grupa Azoty Tarnów

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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.
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