Japan women's national water polo team

Japan
FINA code	JPN
Association	Japan Swimming Federation
Confederation	AASF (Asia)
Head coach	Yoji Omoto
Asst coach	Nanako Hida; Koji Kobayashi
Captain	Akari Inaba
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current	8 (as of 9 August 2021)
Highest	8 (2021)
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 (first in 2020 )
Best result	9th place (2020)
World Championship
Appearances	6 (first in 2001 )
Best result	11th place (2001, 2003)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 1991 )
Best result	6th place (1991)
Media
Website	swim.or.jp

Last updated March 24, 2025 • 1 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

The Japan women's national water polo team is the representative for Japan in international women's water polo.

Results

Olympic Games

2020 – 9th place

World Championship

2001 – 11th place^[1]
2003 – 11th place
2015 – 15th place
2017 – 13th place
2019 – 13th place
2022 – Withdrawn^[2]
2023 – 14th place
2024 – Withdrew

World Cup

1991 – 6th place
1993 – 7th place
2025 – Qualified

Current squad

Roster for the 2023 World Aquatics Championships.^[3]

Head coach: Yoji Omoto

1 Minami Shioya GK
2 Yumi Arima FP
3 Akari Inaba FP
4 Eruna Ura FP
5 Kako Kawaguchi FP
6 Hikaru Shitara FP
7 Ai Sunabe FP
8 Eri Kitamura FP
9 Yuka Yamai FP
10 Fuka Nishiyama FP
11 Momoe Inoue FP
12 Kyoko Kudo FP
13 Yuka Kawatashiro GK
Manami Noda FP
Kiyoka Goto FP

References

↑ "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 56, 57, 67, 78, 83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
↑ "Draw for World Championships: Four debutants in Budapest". total-waterpolo.com. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
↑ "20th World Aquatics World Championships Women's Water Polo Team Roster JPN" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Omega Timing. 15 July 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.

External links

Official website

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[HistoFINA_PDF-1] "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 56, 57, 67, 78, 83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[2] "Draw for World Championships: Four debutants in Budapest". total-waterpolo.com. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.

[3] "20th World Aquatics World Championships Women's Water Polo Team Roster JPN" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Omega Timing. 15 July 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.

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