Japan women's national cricket team

For the men's team, see Japan national cricket team.

The Japan women's national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Japan in international women's cricket matches.

Japan

Association	Japan Cricket Association
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Associate member (2005) Affiliate member (1989)
ICC region	Asia / East Asia-Pacific
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever T20I 41st 26th (7 October 2019)
One Day Internationals
First ODI	v  Pakistan at Sportpark Drieburg,[2] Amsterdam; 21 July 2003[3]
Last ODI	v  West Indies at VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen; 26 July 2003
ODIs Played Won/Lost Total[4] 5 0/5 (0 ties, 0 no results)
Women's World Cup Qualifier appearances	2 (first in 2003)
Best result	6th (2003)
T20 Internationals
First T20I	v  Indonesia at Independence Park, Port Vila; 6 May 2019
Last T20I	v  Hong Kong at Sano International Cricket Ground, Sano; 8 June 2025
T20Is Played Won/Lost Total[5] 47 21/25 (1 tie, 0 no results) This year[6] 4 3/1 (0 ties, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances	1 (first in 2013)
Best result	7th (2013)
As of 8 June 2025

In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to grant full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Japan women and other ICC members since 1 July 2018 have the full WT20I status.^[7]

History

Japan's women's national team made their international debut at the 2003 IWCC Trophy in the Netherlands. These were the first One Day International (ODI) matches played by any Japanese team, with the Japanese men's team yet to play at that level. They did not meet with much success though, losing all five matches and giving away an incredible 104 extras in their match against The Netherlands. They were bowled out for just 28 against Pakistan in that competition, with 20 of those runs coming in extras and just 8 from the bat, with the openers top scoring with 3 runs apiece.^[8] They are yet to play any WODI after this tournament.

Their return to international level did not come until September 2006 when they faced Papua New Guinea in a three match series of one day games to decide which country would represent the East Asia/Pacific region in the World Cup Qualifier in Ireland some time in 2007. Japan showed some improvement from the IWCC Trophy, but still lost all three games. However, these matches were also not considered as WODI.

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.^[9] Japan were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.^[10]

In January 2023 it was announced that Japan and Indonesia would be included in Asian Cricket Council (ACC) pathway events, while remaining in the ICC East Asia-Pacific development region.^[11]

Tournament history

ICC Women's World Cup

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
1973	Did not qualify
1978
1982
1988
1993
1997
2000
2005
2009
2013
2017
2022
2025	Did not qualify
Total	0/12	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0

ICC Women's World T20

Twenty20 World Cup Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2009	Did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2023
2024
2026	To be determined
Total	0/8	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier records
Host Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2003	Round-robin	5/6	5	0	5	0	0
2008	Did not participate
2011	Did not qualify	9/10	4	0	4	0	0
2017	Did not qualify in to the qualifiers round
2021
2025
Total	2/6	0 Title	9	0	9	0	0

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier records
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2013	Group stages	7/8	5	0	4	0	1
2015	Did not qualify into the qualifiers round
2018
2019
2022
2024
2026	To be determined
Total	1/6	–	5	0	3	0	1

Asian Games

Cricket at the Asian Games records
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2010	Bronze medal	3rd	5	3	2	0	0
2014	Quarter-finals	5th	1	0	1	0	0
2022	Did not participate
2026	To be determined
Total	2/3	0 Titles	6	3	3	0	0

ACC Women's Premier Cup

ACC Women's Premier Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2024	Quarter-finals	–	4	2	2	0	0
Total	1/1	0 Titles	4	2	2	0	0

Women's Twenty20 East Asia Cup

Women's Twenty20 East Asia Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2015	3rd place	3/4	4	2	2	0	0
2017	Runners-up	2/4	4	2	1	0	1
2019	3rd place	3/4	4	3	1	0	0
2022	Round-robin	–	4	0	4	0	0
2023	3rd place	3/3	4	1	3	0	0
2024	Runner-up	2/5	5	3	2	0	0
Total	6/6	0 Titles	25	11	13	0	1

Honours

Others

• Asian Games
  • Bronze Medal (1): 2010

Records

International Match Summary – Japan women^[12][13]

Last updated 8 June 2025

Playing Record
Format	M	W	L	T	NR	Inaugural Match
One Day Internationals	5	0	5	0	0	21 July 2003
Twenty20 Internationals	47	21	25	1	0	6 May 2019

Women's One-Day International

• Highest team total: 85 v Scotland on 25 July 2003 at Sportpark Klein Zwitserland, The Hague.^[14]
• Highest individual innings: 18, Ema Kuribayashi v Scotland on 25 July 2003 at Sportpark Klein Zwitserland, The Hague.^[15]
• Best innings bowling: 2/6, Yūko Sasaki v Scotland on 25 July 2003 at Sportpark Klein Zwitserland, The Hague.^[16]

ODI record versus other nations^[12]

Records complete to WODI #450. Last updated 26 July 2003.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
ICC Full members
Ireland	1	0	1	0	0	22 July 2003
Pakistan	1	0	1	0	0	21 July 2003
West Indies	1	0	1	0	0	26 July 2003
ICC Associate members
Netherlands	1	0	1	0	0	23 July 2003
Scotland	1	0	1	0	0	25 July 2003

Women's Twenty20 International

• Highest team total: 152/3 v. Samoa on 2 September 2023 at Vanuatu Cricket Ground (Oval 2), Port Vila.^[17]
• Highest individual innings: 63, Akari Kitayama v. Samoa on 7 May 2019 at Independence Park, Port Vila.^[18]
• Best innings bowling: 4/8, Ahilya Chandel v. China on 11 February 2024 at Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur.^[19]

Most T20I runs for Japan Women[20] Player Runs Average Career span Erika Oda 613 20.43 2019–2025 Mai Yanagida 499 13.86 2019–2025 Ahilya Chandel 320 12.80 2022–2025 Akari Nishimura 288 10.28 2019–2025 Haruna Iwasaki 265 9.46 2022–2025

Most T20I wickets for Japan Women[21] Player Wickets Average Career span Ahilya Chandel 33 16.78 2022–2025 Mai Yanagida 25 16.40 2019–2025 Erika Toguchi-Quinn 23 14.08 2022–2025 Nonoha Yasumoto 20 15.45 2023–2025 Kurumi Ota 20 18.60 2023–2025

T20I record versus other nations^[13]

Records complete to WT20I #2348. Last updated 8 June 2025.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
ICC Associate members
China	6	4	2	0	0	21 September 2019	26 May 2023
Cook Islands	1	1	0	0	0	1 September 2023	1 September 2023
Fiji	2	2	0	0	0	9 May 2019	9 May 2019
Hong Kong	12	2	9	1	0	20 September 2019	20 September 2019
Indonesia	2	0	2	0	0	6 May 2019
Malaysia	1	0	1	0	0	14 February 2024
Mongolia	1	1	0	0	0	11 October 2024	11 October 2024
Nepal	2	0	2	0	0	18 November 2023
Oman	1	1	0	0	0	10 February 2024	10 February 2024
Papua New Guinea	2	0	2	0	0	9 May 2019
Philippines	1	1	0	0	0	7 June 2025	7 June 2025
Samoa	2	1	1	0	0	7 May 2019	2 September 2023
Singapore	5	5	0	0	0	1 October 2024	1 October 2024
South Korea	3	3	0	0	0	19 September 2019	19 September 2019
Tanzania	1	0	1	0	0	16 November 2023
United Arab Emirates	1	0	1	0	0	13 February 2024
Vanuatu	4	0	4	0	0	10 May 2019

Current squad

Updated on 14 February 2024.

This lists all the players who were part of the 2024 ACC Women's Premier Cup squad.

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
Mai Yanagida	32	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain
Erika Oda	38	Right-handed
Hinase Goto	20	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Haruna Iwasaki	23	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Seika Sumi		Right-handed	Right-arm medium
All-rounders
Ahilya Chandel	22	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
Kurumi Ota	38	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Shimako Kato	22	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Meg Ogawa	23	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Wicketkeeper
Akari Nishimura	27	Right-handed	-
Spin Bowler
Erika Toguchi-Quinn	24	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Pace Bowlers
Nonoha Yasumoto		Left-handed	Left-arm medium
Ayumi Fujikawa	21	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Elena Kusuda-Nairn	30	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

See also

• List of Japan women ODI cricketers
• List of Japan women Twenty20 International cricketers
• Cricket in Japan