Japan men's national ice hockey team
The Japanese national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey of Japan. They are controlled by the Japan Ice Hockey Federation and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Japan is currently ranked 23rd in the rankings and currently compete in the IIHF World Championship Division I. They have competed in eight Olympic Games competitions.
Tournament participation
Winter Olympics
- 1936 – 9th place
- 1960 – 8th place
- 1964 – 11th place
- 1968 – 10th place
- 1972 – 9th place
- 1976 – 9th place
- 1980 – 12th place
- 1998 – 13th place
World Championship
- 1930 – Finished tied in 6th place
- 1957 – Finished in 8th place
- 1962 – Finished in 9th place
- 1967 – Finished in 17th place
- 1969 – Finished in 15th place
- 1970 – Finished in 11th place
- 1971 – Finished in 12th place
- 1972 – Finished in 11th place
- 1973 – Finished in 12th place
- 1974 – Finished in 10th place
- 1975 – Finished in 12th place
- 1976 – Finished in 10th place
- 1977 – Finished in 11th place
- 1978 – Finished in 10th place
- 1979 – Finished in 14th place
- 1981 – Finished in 16th place
- 1982 – Finished in 17th place
- 1983 – Finished in 13th place
- 1985 – Finished in 13th place
- 1986 – Finished in 15th place
- 1987 – Finished in 17th place
- 1989 – Finished in 15th place
- 1990 – Finished in 15th place
- 1991 – Finished in 16th place
- 1992 – Finished in 15th place
- 1993 – Finished in 17th place
- 1994 – Finished in 16th place
- 1995 – Finished in 18th place
- 1996 – Finished in 20th place
- 1997 – Finished in 24th place
- 1998 – Finished in 14th place
- 1999 – Finished in 16th place
- 2000 – Finished in 16th place
- 2001 – Finished in 16th place
- 2002 – Finished in 16th place
- 2003 – Finished in 16th place
- 2004 – Finished in 15th place
- 2005 – Finished in 24th place
- 2006 – Finished in 22nd place
- 2007 – Finished in 22nd place
- 2008 – Finished in 21st place
- 2009 – Finished in 21st place
- 2010 – Finished in 21st place
- 2011 – Withdrew from tournament citing the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake; remained in Group A
- 2012 – Finished in 20th place
- 2013 – Finished in 20th place
- 2014 – Finished in 19th place
- 2015 – Finished in 20th place
- 2016 – Finished in 22nd place
- 2017 – Finished in 24th place
- 2018 – Finished in 24th place
- 2019 – Finished in 25th place
- 2020 – Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
Asian Winter Games
- 1986 – Finished in 2nd place
- 1990 – Finished in 2nd place
- 1996 – Finished in 2nd place
- 1999 – Finished in 2nd place
- 2003 – Finished in 1st place
- 2007 – Finished in 1st place
- 2011 – Finished in 2nd place
- 2017 – Finished in 3rd place
Team
Roster
Roster for the 2018 IIHF World Championship Division I Group B.Head coach: Yuji Iwamoto
Notable coaches
- 1962, Tsutomu Kawabuchi
All-time record against other nations
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA |
| 31 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 221 | 71 | |
| 33 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 146 | 108 | |
| 25 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 174 | 47 | |
| / ' | 31 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 123 | 128 |
| 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 123 | 151 | |
| 29 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 154 | 87 | |
| 25 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 115 | 98 | |
| 39 | 13 | 4 | 22 | 123 | 151 | |
| 27 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 95 | 109 | |
| 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 19 | |
| 26 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 96 | 72 | |
| 31 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 93 | 141 | |
| 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 29 | |
| 32 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 82 | 121 | |
| 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 22 | |
| 38 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 88 | 201 | |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 38 | |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | |
| 40 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 76 | 218 | |
| ' | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 45 | 89 |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 32 | 65 | |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | |
| 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 51 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 37 | |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 27 | |
| 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 57 | |
| / ' | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 24 | 117 |
| / ' | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 139 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 44 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 47 | |
| / | 18 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 41 | 102 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 64 | |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 77 | |
| Total | 669 | 238 | 47 | 364 | 2548 | 2875 |
All-time record against other teams
As of 27 August 2016| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA |
 Battleford Millers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 33 |
| Victoria Navy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Pacific Coast Amateur League All Stars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Nanaimo Labatts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| Chilliwack Volvos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Powell River Regals | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 31 |
| Kamloops Cariboos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Central Alberta Hockey League All Stars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| Lethbridge Maple Leafs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Regina Caps | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| Brandon Wheat Kings | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| Winnipeg Maroons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| Kenora Thistles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| Thunder Bay Junior League All Stars | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
 Minnesota Golden Gophers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| New Westminster Royals | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 |
| Chilliwack Steelheads | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| Victoria Commercial League All Stars | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| Nanaimo Clippers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Portland Royals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
| Victoria Intermediate All Stars | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| Lethbridge Sugar Kings | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Yorkton Terriers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| Saskatchewan Junior League All Stars | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| Manitoba South Junior All Stars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Kingston Merchants | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| Halifax Canadiens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| Grand Falls Cataracts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Bathurst Papermakers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Manitoba North Junior All Stars | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| North Peace River League All Stars | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| Prince George Mohawks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| Penticton Broncos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 16 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Western Michigan Broncos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
 Spartak Moscow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| Saskatchewan Huskies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Michigan Tech Huskies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Alaska Gold Kings | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Amur Khabarovsk | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 60 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
 Japan All Stars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
 Tappara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| TPS Turku | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
 Malmö Redhawks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Schwenninger Wild Wings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
 EV Zug | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Krefeld Pinguine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Modo Hockey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Augsburger Panther | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| HC Lugano | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
 Qiqihar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 22 |
| Khabarovsk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
 HC Pardubice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Saint Georges Garaga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Île-des-Chênes North Stars | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Salavat Yulaev Ufa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Mid-West Islanders | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
 HKm Zvolen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Frankfurt Lions | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Amurskie Tigry | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| PSK Sakhalin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Straubing Tigers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Kölner Haie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Düsseldorfer EG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 106 | 30 | 5 | 71 | 347 | 608 |