List of Olympic men's ice hockey players for Japan

The list of Olympic men's ice hockey players for Japan consisted of 90 skaters and 9 goaltenders. Men's ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1920 (it was introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics, and was permanently added to the Winter Olympic Games in 1924). Japan has participated in eight tournaments, the first in 1936 and the most recent in 1998. Japan's best finish is eighth overall, at the 1960 Winter Olympics, while their lowest finish was thirteenth place in 1998.

Koji Iwamoto has scored the most points, 20, and points, 16, while Masahiro Sato has the most goals, with 13; Koji Iwamoto and Akiyoshi Segawa are tied for the most assists, with 8 each. Eleven players have appeared in three Olympics, the most by a Japanese player; one of them, Mamoru Takashima, played in 19 games, the most of any player.

One player, Shoichi Tomita, has been inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame, though as a builder and not for his playing career.[1]

Key

Goaltenders

Goaltenders
Player Olympics Tournament(s) GP W L T Min SO GA GAA Notes Ref(s)
Teiji Honma 1 1936 2 0 2 0 – 0 – –
Toshiei Honma 2 1960, 1964 12 5 5 1 – – 60 –
Dusty Imoo 1 1998 3 0 1 2 – 0 10 –
Takeshi Iwamoto 1 1980 3 0 2 1 – 0 22 –
Shinichi Iwasaki 1 1998 1 0 1 0 – 0 3 –
Minoru Misawa 3 1972, 1976, 1980 10 4 6 0 – – – –
Katsuji Morishima 2 1964, 1968 10 6 4 0 – – – –
Toshimitsu Otsubo 3 1968, 1972, 1976 11 5 5 0 – – – –
Shoichi Tomita 1 1960 2 0 2 0 – 0 10 – IIHFHOF (2006)[1]

Skaters

Skaters
Player Olympics Tournaments GP G A P PIM Notes Ref(s)
Chikashi Akazawa 1 1960 2 0 0 0 2
Takeshi Akiba 3 1968, 1972, 1976 15 0 1 1 8
Nobuhiro Araki 1 1968 5 3 4 7 2
Isao Asai 1 1968 5 0 0 0 4
Takeshi Azuma 2 1976, 1980 10 3 2 5 4
Yutaka Ebina 1 1968 5 3 0 3 6
Kiyoshi Esashika 1 1976 6 0 1 1 2
Tadamitsu Fujii 1 1980 5 1 0 1 6
Kiyoshi Fujita 1 1998 4 1 1 2 2
Kenichi Furuya 1 1936 2 0 0 0 0
Tsutomu Hanzawa 3 1972, 1976, 1980 14 3 4 7 0
Masahiro Hayama 1 1936 2 0 0 0 0
Takao Hikigi 2 1968, 1972 10 7 5 12 8
Susumu Hirano 1 1936 2 0 0 0 0
Sadaki Honma 2 1976, 1980 10 1 2 3 6
Shinichi Honma 2 1960, 1964 14 3 2 5 12
Teruyasu Honma 1 1972 3 0 1 1 0
Hiroshi Hori 3 1972, 1976, 1980 15 0 4 4 8
Yoshio Hoshino 3 1972, 1976, 1980 15 4 2 6 6
Mikio Hosoi 1 1980 5 0 0 0 0
Tatsuo Ichikawa 1 1936 2 0 0 0 0
Yuji Iga 1 1998 4 0 0 0 2
Hidenori Inatsu 2 1960, 1964 8 2 0 2 8
Atsuo Irie 2 1960, 1964 13 4 4 8 6
Toru Itabashi 1 1968 5 0 0 0 6
Minoru Ito 3 1968, 1972, 1976 16 10 2 12 6
Norio Ito 1 1980 5 0 0 0 0
Koji Iwamoto 3 1964, 1968, 1972 18 12 8 20 8
Joji Iwaoka 1 1960 4 3 0 3 0
Matthew Kabayama 1 1998 4 1 0 1 0
Isao Kakihara 1 1972 5 0 0 0 0
Takashi Kakihara 1 1960 6 3 1 4 12
Shinkichi Kamei 1 1936 2 0 0 0 0
Takaaki Kaneiri 1 1968 5 0 1 1 8
Hisashi Kasai 1 1968 3 0 0 0 0
Tatsuki Katayama 1 1998 4 0 0 0 4
Isao Kawabuchi 1 1964 8 3 0 3 0
Yutaka Kawaguchi 1 1998 4 0 0 0 0
Makoto Kawahira 1 1998 4 0 0 0 2
Katsutoshi Kawamura 1 1980 5 0 0 0 0
Kimio Kazahari 1 1964 8 0 0 0 0
Kozue Kinoshita 1 1936 2 0 0 0 0
Masatatsu Kitazawa 1 1936 2 0 0 0 0
Takayuki Kobori 1 1998 4 0 0 0 6
Atsuo Kudo 1 1998 4 0 1 1 4
Kimihisa Kudo 2 1964, 1968 10 3 2 5 2
Hideaki Kurokawa 1 1972 5 0 0 0 4
Ryan Kuwabara 1 1998 4 2 0 2 4
Yoshiaki Kyoya 2 1976, 1980 10 0 0 0 4
Kazuo Matsuda 1 1968 5 0 2 2 2
Mikio Matsuda 1 1980 5 0 1 1 0
Hiroshi Matsuura 1 1998 4 0 0 0 0
Hiroyuki Matsuura 1 1964 8 0 0 0 0
Satoru Misawa 1 1980 5 1 2 3 0
Hiroyuki Miura 1 1998 4 0 0 0 4
Takayuki Miura 1 1998 4 0 0 0 2
Yoshihiro Miyazaki 1 1960 6 2 1 3 10
Masao Murano 1 1960 4 1 1 2 4
Hitoshi Nakamura 2 1976, 1980 10 1 0 1 18
Minoru Nakano 1 1964 7 0 0 0 6
Iwao Nakayama 3 1972, 1976, 1980 15 0 1 1 4
Jiro Ogawa 1 1964 7 1 0 1 2
Toru Okajima 2 1968, 1972 10 7 2 9 6
Isao Ono 2 1960, 1964 14 9 3 12 10
Tsutsumi Otomo 1 1998 4 1 1 2 12
Toshiyuki Sakai 1 1998 4 0 2 2 6
Hideo Sakurai 2 1976, 1980 10 5 3 8 4
Kunihiko Sakurai 1 1998 4 0 0 0 4
Masahiro Sato 1 1964 8 13 1 14 2
Michihiro Sato 1 1968 5 0 3 3 2
Akiyoshi Segawa 1 1960 6 2 8 10 2
Shigeru Shimada 2 1960, 1964 14 0 3 3 2
Toshihiko Shoji 1 1936 2 0 0 0 0
Akihito Sugisawa 1 1998 4 2 2 4 4
Hideo Suzuki 1 1972 2 0 0 0 0
Kunito Takagi 1 1960 6 0 0 0 4
Mamoru Takashima 3 1960, 1964, 1968 19 11 3 14 4
Masami Tanabu 2 1960, 1964 14 1 4 5 16
Yasushin Tanaka 2 1972, 1976 10 4 4 8 2
Kenji Toriyabe 1 1968 5 2 1 3 0
Takashi Tsuburai 1 1972 5 0 1 1 6
Steve Tsujiura 1 1998 4 0 0 0 6
Hideo Urabe 2 1976, 1980 11 6 2 8 8
Herb Wakabayashi 3 1972, 1976, 1980 13 5 4 9 2
Koji Wakasa 2 1976, 1980 10 0 0 0 14
Shin Yahata 1 1998 4 1 3 4 4
Toshihiko Yamada 1 1960 6 5 2 7 2
Takeshi Yamanaka 1 1998 4 0 2 2 6
Tomio Yamazaki 1 1972 4 0 2 2 4
Chris Yule 1 1998 4 0 0 0 2

References

  1. ^ a b International Ice Hockey Federation

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