Japan women's national wheelchair basketball team

Japan
IWBF zoneIWBF Asia Oceania
National federationJapan Wheelchair Basketball Federation (JWBF)
Paralympic Games
Appearances7
Medals2 Bronze
Wheelchair Basketball Asia Oceania Championship 2013

The Japan women's national wheelchair basketball team is the wheelchair basketball side that represents Japan in international competitions for women as part of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation.

Current roster

The following 12 players named for the Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament.[1]

Head coach:Japan Yoshiaki Iwasa

# Name Class.
2 Izumi Zaima (財満　いずみ) 1.0
4 Amane Yanagimoto (柳本　あまね) 2.5
5 Miki Hirai (平井　美喜) 2.5
7 Mayumi Tsuchida (土田　真由美) 4.5
10 Mayo Hagino (萩野　真世) 1.5
12 Ikumi Fujii (藤井　郁美) 4.0
14 Chinami Shimizu (清水　千浪) 3.0
15 Mari Amimoto (網本　麻里) 4.5
18 Chihiro Kitada (北田　千尋) 4.5
19 Yui Kitama (北間　優衣) 1.0
22 Emi Yasuo (安尾　笑) 2.0
88 Rie Odajima (小田島　理恵) 2.5

Competitions

Wheelchair Basketball World Championship

Year Position W L
France 1994 7th[2]
Australia 1998 4th[2]
Japan 2002 4th[2]
Netherlands 2006 6th[2]
United Kingdom 2010 7th 2 3
South Korea 2014 9th 1 4
Total

Summer Paralympics

Japan has entered a wheelchair basketball team into the Summer Paralympics since 1984, when it won bronze defeating Canada,[3] until 2008.

Year Position W L
United States/United Kingdom 1984 Bronze[3]
South Korea 1988 5th
Spain 1992 6th
United States 1996 5th 3 2
Australia 2000 Bronze 3 2
Greece 2004 5th 3 3
China 2008 4th 5 2
United Kingdom 2012 Did not Qualify
Total

Asian Para Games

See also

References

  1. ^ "東京2020パラリンピック競技大会 車いすバスケットボール日本代表内定選手のお知らせ". Japan Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Tokyo. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "World Championships - Results". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-07-09.
  3. ^ a b Armand Thiboutot, Philip Craven (1996). The 50th Anniversary of Wheelchair Basketball: A History. Waxmann Verlag. pp. 32–33. ISBN 3830954417.