Kaho Nakayama (handballer)

Kaho Nakayama
Personal information
Full name	Kaho Nakayama
Born	(1998-10-23) 23 October 1998 (age 27) Sōja, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	BSV Sachsen Zwickau
Number	59
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000-2024	Hokkoku Bank
2024-	BSV Sachsen Zwickau
National team 1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Japan	43	(135)
Medal record Asian Championship 2024 India 2022 South Korea
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 26 October 2025

Kaho Nakayama (born 23 October 1998) is a Japanese female handball player for German club BSV Sachsen Zwickau and the Japanese national team.

Career

Nakayama started her career for the Japanese club Hokkoku Bank. In 2024 she joined German team BSV Sachsen Zwickau. ^[1]

National team

With the Japan women's national junior handball team she played at the 2018 Women's Junior World Handball Championship and got a 14th place. ^[2]

She represented Japan at the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship in Spain, where Japan finished 11th. ^{[3] [4]}

At the 2022 Asian Championship, she won silver medals, losing to South Korea in the final. ^[5]

At the 2023 World Championship she was part of the Japanese team that finished 17th. Nakayama scored 20 goals in 6 matches. ^[6]

At the 2024 Asian Championship she won gold medals with the Japanese team. ^[7]

She represented Japan again at the 2025 World Championship. ^[8]

References

1. "Handball Bundesliga Frauen" (in German). Retrieved 26 May 2024.
2. "IHF Women's Junior (U20) World Championship - Match FRA-JPN" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation . Retrieved 26 May 2024.
3. "おりひめJAPAN 新メンバー決定！". Japan Handball Association (in Japanese). 4 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
4. "Team Roster Japan" (PDF). ihf.info. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
5. "Republic of Korea won the Asian Women's Handball Championship after a thrilling final". Asian Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
6. "IHF WM23 Team cumulative statistics Japan" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation . Retrieved 20 April 2024.
7. "女子日本代表「おりひめジャパン」 第20回女子アジア選手権 決勝結果 韓国に勝利し20年ぶり2回目の優勝！！". handball.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 December 2024.
8. "第27回女子世界選手権 代表メンバー決定‼". 公益財団法人日本ハンドボール協会 (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 November 2025.