Japan men's national field hockey team

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The Japan men's national field hockey team represents Japan in men's international field hockey and is operated by the Japan Hockey Association. As of January 2019, they are ranked 18th in the world.^[1]

Japan

Nickname(s)

Samurai Japan

Association

Japan Hockey Association

Confederation

AHF (Asia)

Head Coach

Yoshihiro Anai

Assistant coach(es)

Yosuke Matsumura

Captain

Raiki Fujishima

Home

Away

FIH ranking

Current

(13 August 2024)^[1]

Olympic Games

Appearances

6 (first in 1932)

Best result

2nd (1932)

World Cup

Appearances

5 (first in 1971)

Best result

9th (1971, 2006)

Asian Games

Appearances

17 (first in 1958)

Best result

1st (2018)

Asia Cup

Appearances

10 (first in 1985)

Best result

4th (1985, 1989, 2003, 2007, 2022)

Medal record

Event	1st	2nd	3rd
Olympic Games	0	1	0
Asian Games	1	1	2
Asian Champions Trophy	0	2	1
Total	1	4	3

Asian Champions Trophy

2013 Kakamigahara

2021 Dhaka

2023 Chennai

The team participated in the first World Cup in 1971, where they finished 9th. The team then coached by Dutchman Siegfried Aikman,^[2]^[3] won their first international tournament by claiming the gold medal in the final against Malaysia at the 2018 Asian Games.

1932 –
1936 – 7th place
1956 – Withdrew
1960 – 14th place
1964 – 7th place
1968 – 13th place
2020 – 11th place
2024 – Did not qualify

1971 – 9th place
1973 – 10th place
2002 – 12th place
2006 – 9th place
2023 – 15th place

1958 – 5th place
1962 – 4th place
1966 –
1970 –
1974 – 4th place
1978 – 4th place
1982 – 4th place
1986 – 5th place
1990 – 6th place
1994 – 4th place
1998 – 4th place
2002 – 6th place
2006 – 4th place
2010 – 6th place
2014 – 6th place
2018 –
2022 –

1985 – 4th place
1989 – 4th place
1994 – 9th place
1999 – 5th place
2003 – 4th place
2007 – 4th place
2009 – 6th place
2013 – 5th place
2017 – 5th place
2022 – 4th place

Asian Champions Trophy

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Asian Champions Trophy record
Year	Host	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2011	Ordos, China	4th	6	2	1	3	11	10
2012	Doha, Qatar	6th	6	1	0	5	14	19
2013	Kakamigahara, Japan	2nd	6	3	1	2	11	9
2016	Kuantan, Malaysia	6th	6	0	0	6	14	31
2018	Muscat, Oman	4th	7	2	2	3	12	18
2021	Dhaka, Bangladesh	2nd	6	2	3	1	16	15
2023	Chennai, India	3rd	7	2	2	3	13	18
2024	Hulunbuir, China	Qualified
Total		2nd place	44	12	9	23	91	120

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

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1987 – 6th place
2016 – 7th place
2017 – 6th place
2019 – 5th place
2020 – Cancelled
2022 – 4th place
2024 –

2012–13 – 12th place
2014–15 – 16th place
2016–17 – 20th place

FIH Hockey Nations Cup

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2022 – 6th place

2001 – 5th place
2007 – 5th place
2011 – 7th place
2012 – 5th place
2014 – 7th place

The following 18 players were named on 19 December 2022 for the 2023 World Cup in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela, India from 13 to 29 January 2023.^[4]^[5]

Head coach: Akira Takahashi

The following players have also been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.

Japan women's national field hockey team

^ ^a ^b "FIH Outdoor World Hockey Rankings". FIH. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
^ (in Dutch) http://www.nrc.nl/sport/article2162322.ece/Hockeytrainer_Tilburg_wordt_bondscoach_Japan
^ "Japanese Hockey Federation". Retrieved 21 December 2014.
^ "FIH ODISHA HOCKEY MEN'S WORLD CUP 2023 – Staffs & Members" (PDF). hockey.de (in Japanese). Japan Hockey Association. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
^ "Team Roster Japan". tms.fih.ch. 13 January 2023. p. 9. Retrieved 13 January 2023.