🇯🇵 JAPAN (JPN) Women’s National Ice Hockey Team (1987-)

Japan played at the inaugural Women’s World Tournament in 1987, losing their first IHLC game to Canada 11-0, emerging as an early IHLC contender, competing against the U.S., Canada and China in the 1995 and 1996 Pacific Rim Championships, and a handful of World Championship appearances in the 1990s. They finished sixth on home ice at the 1998 Olympics, and have since become a regular fixture at the Women’s World Championship in the modern era.

IHLC GAMES
Total IHLC Games Played: 13
First IHLC Game: 11-0 loss vs. 🇨🇦 CAN, 22 Apr 1987
Latest IHLC Game: 10-0 loss vs. 🇺🇸 USA, 11 Apr 2024
Closest IHLC Game: 4-0 loss vs. 🇺🇸 USA, 11 Apr 2019
Largest IHLC Defeat: 18-0 loss (2 times, latest vs. 🇨🇦 CAN, 05 Apr 1996)

IHLC HOSTING
IHLC Games Hosted: 7
First Game Hosted: 🇨🇦 CAN 1-1 SWE 🇸🇪, 04 Feb 1998 (Nagano)
Latest Game Hosted: 🇺🇸 USA 3-1 CAN 🇨🇦, 17 Feb 1998 (Nagano)
Major Tournaments Hosted: Olympic Games (1: 1998)

MAJOR TOURNAMENT RECORDS
Best IIHF Women’s World Championship Result: 5th (1: 2022)
Best Olympic Games Result: 6th (3: 1998, 2018, 2022)

COMPETITIVE IHLC RECORDS
🇨🇦 CANADA: 0 wins, 9 losses
🇺🇸 UNITED STATES: 0 wins, 4 losses

COMPLETE IHLC HISTORY
01. 🇨🇦 CAN 11-0 JPN 🇯🇵 – 22 Apr 1987 – WWT – North York 🇨🇦
02. 🇨🇦 CAN 18-0 JPN 🇯🇵 – 22 Mar 1990 – WWC – Ottawa 🇨🇦
03. 🇨🇦 CAN 12-0 JPN 🇯🇵 – 03 Apr 1995 – PRC – San Jose 🇺🇸
04. 🇺🇸 USA 12-0 JPN 🇯🇵 – 07 Apr 1995 – PRC – San Jose 🇺🇸
05. 🇨🇦 CAN 12-0 JPN 🇯🇵 – 01 Apr 1996 – PRC – Richmond 🇨🇦
06. 🇨🇦 CAN 18-0 JPN 🇯🇵 – 05 Apr 1996 – PRC – Richmond 🇨🇦
07. 🇨🇦 CAN 13-0 JPN 🇯🇵 – 08 Feb 1998 – OG – Nagano 🇯🇵
08. 🇨🇦 CAN 9-0 JPN 🇯🇵 – 03 Apr 2000 – WWC – Mississauga 🇨🇦
09. 🇺🇸 USA 13-0 JPN 🇯🇵 – 25 Aug 2011 – TNT – Vierumäki 🇫🇮
10. 🇺🇸 USA 4-0 JPN 🇯🇵 – 11 Apr 2019 – WWC – Espoo 🇫🇮
11. 🇨🇦 CAN 9-0 JPN 🇯🇵 – 28 Aug 2022 – WWC – Herning 🇩🇰
12. 🇨🇦 CAN 5-0 JPN 🇯🇵 – 08 Apr 2023 – WWC – Brampton 🇨🇦
13. 🇺🇸 USA 10-0 JPN 🇯🇵 – 11 Apr 2024 – WWC – Utica 🇺🇸

Photo Credit: Wall Street Journal – IIHF – HHOF – IOC