Japan men's national handball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Japan women's national handball team.

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

Japan
Information
Nickname	彗星JAPAN
Association	Japan Handball Association
Coach	Dagur Sigurðsson
Assistant coach	Kenji Kitabayashi Antoni Parecki Manabu Todoroki
Colours
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	4 (First in 1972)
Best result	9th (1976)
World Championship
Appearances	15 (First in 1961)
Best result	10th (1970)
Asian Championship
Appearances	19 (First in 1977)
Best result	1st (1977, 1979)
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Results

Summer Olympics

• 1972 – 11th place
• 1976 – 9th place
• 1984 – 10th place
• 1988 – 11th place
• 2020 – 11th place

World Championship

• 1961 – 12th place
• 1964 – 16th place
• 1967 – 11th place
• 1970 – 10th place
• 1974 – 12th place
• 1978 – 12th place
• 1982 – 14th place
• 1990 – 15th place
• 1995 – 23rd place
• 1997 – 15th place
• 2005 – 16th place
• 2011 – 16th place
• 2017 – 22nd place
• 2019 – 24th place
• 2021 – 18th place

Asian Championship

• 1977 – 1st place
• 1979 – 1st place
• 1983 – 2nd place
• 1987 – 2nd place
• 1989 – 2nd place
• 1991 – 2nd place
• 1993 – 3rd place
• 1995 – 4th place
• 2000 – 3rd place
• 2002 – 6th place
• 2004 – 2nd place
• 2006 – 5th place
• 2008 – 6th place
• 2010 – 3rd place
• 2012 – 4th place
• 2014 – 9th place
• 2016 – 3rd place
• 2018 – 6th place
• 2020 – 3rd place
• 2022 – Withdrawn

Current squad

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

Head coach:   Dagur Sigurðsson

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