Japan women's national water polo team

The Japan women's national water polo team is the representative for Japan in international women's water polo.

Japan

FINA code	JPN
Association	Japan Swimming Federation
Confederation	AASF (Asia)
Head coach	Shota Hazui
Asst coach	Makiko Izuo Tsubasa Mori
Captain	Akari Inaba
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current	8 (as of 9 August 2021)
Highest	8 (2021)
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 (first in 2020)
Best result	9th place (2020)
World Championship
Appearances	7 (first in 2001)
Best result	8th place (2025)
World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1991)
Best result	6th place (1991)
Media
Website	swim.or.jp

Results

Olympic Games

• 2020 – 9th place

World Championship

• 2001 – 11th place^[1]
• 2003 – 11th place
• 2015 – 15th place
• 2017 – 13th place
• 2019 – 13th place
• 2022 – Withdrawn^[2]
• 2023 – 14th place
• 2024 – Withdrew
• 2025 – 8th place

World Cup

• 1991 – 6th place
• 1993 – 7th place
• 2025 – 7th place

Current squad

Roster for the 2025 World Championships.^[3][4]

Head coach: Shota Hazui

• 1 Haruka Inaba GK
• 2 Yumi Arima FP
• 3 Akari Inaba FP
• 4 Eruna Ura FP
• 5 Kako Kawaguchi FP
• 6 Hikaru Shitara FP
• 7 Ai Sunabe FP
• 8 Saya Sekine FP
• 9 Riko Otsubo FP
• 10 Fuka Nishiyama FP
• 11 Momo Inoue FP
• 12 Maho Kobayashi FP
• 13 Manami Noda GK
• 14 Shoka Fukuda FP
• 15 Momone Ninagawa FP