Japan men's national handball team

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

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

Japan
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Information
Nickname彗星JAPAN
AssociationJapan Handball Association
CoachDagur Sigurðsson
Assistant coachKenji Kitabayashi
Antoni Parecki
Manabu Todoroki
Colours
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances4 (First in 1972)
Best result9th (1976)
World Championship
Appearances15 (First in 1961)
Best result10th (1970)
Asian Championship
Appearances19 (First in 1977)
Best resultGold 1st (1977, 1979)
Last updated on Unknown.

Results

Summer Olympics

World Championship

Asian Championship

Current squad

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

Head coach: Iceland Dagur Sigurðsson

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