Japan men's national handball team

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

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

Japan
Information
Nickname	彗星JAPAN
Association	Japan Handball Association
Coach	Antonio Carlos Ortega
Assistant coach	Víctor Hugo López Antoni Parecki
Captain	Jin Watanabe
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	6 (First in 1972)
Best result	9th (1976)
World Championship
Appearances	16 (First in 1961)
Best result	10th (1970)
Asian Championship
Appearances	20 (First in 1977)
Best result	1st (1977, 1979)
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Results

Summer Olympics

• 1972 – 11th place
• 1976 – 9th place
• 1984 – 10th place
• 1988 – 11th place
• 2020 – 11th place
• 2024 – 11th place

World Championship

• 1961 – 12th place
• 1964 – 16th place
• 1967 – 11th place
• 1970 – 10th place
• 1974 – 12th place
• 1978 – 12th place
• 1982 – 14th place
• 1990 – 15th place
• 1995 – 23rd place
• 1997 – 15th place
• 2005 – 16th place
• 2011 – 16th place
• 2017 – 22nd place
• 2019 – 24th place
• 2021 – 18th place
• 2025 – Qualified

Asian Championship

• 1977 – 1st place
• 1979 – 1st place
• 1983 – 2nd place
• 1987 – 2nd place
• 1989 – 2nd place
• 1991 – 2nd place
• 1993 – 3rd place
• 1995 – 4th place
• 2000 – 3rd place
• 2002 – 6th place
• 2004 – 2nd place
• 2006 – 5th place
• 2008 – 6th place
• 2010 – 3rd place
• 2012 – 4th place
• 2014 – 9th place
• 2016 – 3rd place
• 2018 – 6th place
• 2020 – 3rd place
• 2022 – Withdrawn
• 2024 – 2nd place

Current squad

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics. A 19-player roster was announced on 7 June 2024.^[1] The final roster was revealed on 28 June 2024.^[2]

Head coach: Antonio Carlos Ortega^[3]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Takumi Nakamura (1996-08-02)2 August 1996 (aged 27) 1.90 m 34 1 Toyoda Gosei Blue Falcon 2 CB Kosuke Yasuhira (2000-06-29)29 June 2000 (aged 24) 1.72 m 15 61 RK Vardar 4 RW Tomoya Sakurai (1999-10-18)18 October 1999 (aged 24) 1.90 m 0 0 Toyota Auto Body Brave Kings 9 LW Naoki Sugioka (1994-04-18)18 April 1994 (aged 30) 1.77 m 67 129 Toyota Auto Body Brave Kings 13 P Shuichi Yoshida (2001-03-26)26 March 2001 (aged 23) 1.93 m 39 84 HBC Nantes 15 LB Adam Yuki Baig (1999-04-12)12 April 1999 (aged 25) 1.95 m 78 191 Zeekstar Tokyo 19 RB Shinnosuke Tokuda (1995-12-06)6 December 1995 (aged 28) 1.78 m 92 297 Khaleej Club 20 RB Jin Watanabe (1990-01-17)17 January 1990 (aged 34) 1.83 m 125 393 Toyota Auto Body Brave Kings 21 GK Daisuke Okamoto (1995-03-29)29 March 1995 (aged 29) 1.90 m 7 0 Toyota Auto Body Brave Kings 25 RW Hiroki Motoki (1992-02-14)14 February 1992 (aged 32) 1.82 m 119 342 Zeekstar Tokyo 27 P Hiroyasu Tamakawa (1995-04-27)27 April 1995 (aged 29) 2.00 m 86 80 Zeekstar Tokyo 31 LB Tatsuki Yoshino (1994-07-13)13 July 1994 (aged 30) 1.83 m 75 267 Toyota Auto Body Brave Kings 39 CB Naoki Fujisaka (2002-07-01)1 July 2002 (aged 22) 1.80 m 0 0 Nippon Sport Science Univ. 44 LW Sota Takano (1998-08-19)19 August 1998 (aged 25) 1.93 m 30 22 Toyota Auto Body Brave Kings

References

1. "男子日本代表「彗星JAPAN」 第2回強化合宿 参加メンバー発表". handball.or.jp (in Japanese). 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
2. "男子日本代表「彗星JAPAN」 第33回オリンピック競技大会(2024/パリ) 代表メンバー発表". handball.or.jp (in Japanese). 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
3. "Team roster: Japan" (PDF). ihf.info. Retrieved 26 July 2024.

External links

• Official website
• IHF profile