Japan men's national ice hockey team

The Japanese national ice hockey team (Japanese: アイスホッケー男子日本代表 Aisuhokkē Danshi Nippon Daihyō) is the national men's ice hockey of Japan. They are controlled by the Japan Ice Hockey Federation and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Japan is currently ranked 23rd in the rankings and currently compete in the IIHF World Championship Division I. They have competed in eight Olympic Games competitions.
==Tournament participation==
===Winter Olympics===
*1936 – 9th place (tied)
*1960 – 8th place 
*1964 – 11th place 
*1968 – 10th place 
*1972 – 9th place 
*1976 – 9th place
*1980 – 12th place 
*1998 – 13th place
===World Championship===
Note: Years in Bold denote participation in the top-level tournament
*1930 – Finished tied in 6th place
*1957 – Finished in 8th place
*1962 – Finished in 9th place (1st in "Pool B")
*1967 – Finished in 17th place (1st in "Pool C")
*1969 – Finished in 15th place (1st in "Pool C")
*1970 – Finished in 11th place (5th in "Pool B")
*1971 – Finished in 12th place (6th in "Pool B")
*1972 – Finished in 11th place (5th in "Pool B")
*1973 – Finished in 12th place (6th in "Pool B")
*1974 – Finished in 10th place (4th in "Pool B")
*1975 – Finished in 12th place (6th in "Pool B")
*1976 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in "Pool B")
*1977 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in "Pool B")
*1978 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in "Pool B")
*1979 – Finished in 14th place (6th in "Pool B")
*1981 – Finished in 16th place (8th in "Pool B")
*1982 – Finished in 17th place (1st in "Pool C")
*1983 – Finished in 13th place (5th in "Pool B")
*1985 – Finished in 13th place (5th in "Pool B")
*1986 – Finished in 15th place (8th in "Pool B")
*1987 – Finished in 17th place (1st in "Pool C")
*1989 – Finished in 15th place (7th in "Pool B")
*1990 – Finished in 15th place (7th in "Pool B")
*1991 – Finished in 16th place (8th in "Pool B")
*1992 – Finished in 15th place (3rd in "Pool B")
*1993 – Finished in 17th place (5th in "Pool B")
*1994 – Finished in 16th place (4th in "Pool B")
*1995 – Finished in 18th place (6th in "Pool B")
*1996 – Finished in 20th place (8th in "Pool B")
*1997 – Finished in 24th place (4th in "Pool C")
*1998 – Finished in 14th place
*1999 – Finished in 16th place
*2000 – Finished in 16th place
*2001 – Finished in 16th place
*2002 – Finished in 16th place
*2003 – Finished in 16th place
*2004 – Finished in 15th place
*2005 – Finished in 25th place (5th in Division I, Group A)
*2006 – Finished in 22nd place (3rd in Division I, Group A)
*2007 – Finished in 22nd place (3rd in Division I, Group B)
*2008 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group B)
*2009 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group A)
*2010 – Finished in 21st place (3rd in Division I, Group A)
*2011 – Withdrew from tournament
*2012 – Finished in 20th place (4th in Division I, Group A)
*2013 – Finished in 20th place (4th in Division I, Group A)
*2014 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in Division I, Group A)
*2015 – Finished in 20th place (4th in Division I, Group A)
*2016 – Finished in 22nd place (6th in Division I, Group A)
*2017 – Finished in 24th place (2nd in Division I, Group B)
*2018 – Finished in 24th place (2nd in Division I, Group B)
*2019 – Finished in 25th place (3rd in Division I, Group B)
*2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
*2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
*2022 – Finished in 22nd place (2nd in Division I, Group B)
*2023 – Finished in 23rd place (1st in Division I, Group B)
*2024 – Finished in 21st place (5th in Division I, Group A)
===Asian Winter Games===
*1986 – Finished in 2nd place
*1990 – Finished in 2nd place
*1996 – Finished in 2nd place
*1999 – Finished in 2nd place
*2003 – Finished in 1st place
*2007 – Finished in 1st place
*2011 – Finished in 2nd place
*2017 – Finished in 3rd place
==Honours==
* IIHF World Championship Division I / Pool B
** Winners: 1962 Pool B, 2023 (B)
* IIHF World Championship Division II / Pool C
** Winners: 1967 Pool C, 1969 Pool C, 1982 Pool C, 1987 Pool C
==All-time record against other nations==
As of 14 April 2023
Team 	GP 	W 	T 	L 	GF 	GA
 	31 	25 	2 	4 	221 	71
 	33 	19 	1 	13 	146 	108
 	27 	20 	1 	6 	176 	54
/ 	32 	16 	2 	14 	131 	128
 	36 	13 	7 	16 	123 	151
 	30 	17 	4 	9 	156 	90
 	29 	17 	1 	11 	134 	105
 	39 	13 	4 	22 	123 	151
 	29 	11 	1 	17 	98 	117
 	11 	11 	0 	0 	93 	19
 	31 	15 	0 	16 	106 	87
 	31 	9 	3 	19 	93 	141
 	11 	8 	0 	3 	66 	29
 	33 	10 	3 	20 	86 	122
 	8 	7 	0 	1 	94 	22
 	44 	6 	2 	36 	100 	221
 	14 	6 	1 	7 	34 	41
 	9 	7 	0 	2 	26 	12
 	40 	1 	3 	36 	76 	218
 	16 	3 	1 	12 	45 	89
 	17 	2 	2 	13 	34 	70
 	6 	6 	0 	0 	30 	6
 	6 	5 	1 	0 	29 	15
 	18 	5 	1 	12 	35 	61
 	1 	1 	0 	0 	44 	1
 	1 	1 	0 	0 	39 	0
 	1 	1 	0 	0 	24 	0
 	1 	1 	0 	0 	18 	0
 	1 	1 	0 	0 	11 	2
 	1 	1 	0 	0 	7 	1
 	16 	8 	2 	6 	39 	42
 	7 	1 	1 	5 	14 	27
 	7 	0 	1 	6 	15 	57
/ 	10 	0 	0 	10 	24 	117
/ 	13 	0 	0 	13 	22 	139
 	4 	0 	0 	4 	1 	44
 	6 	0 	0 	6 	12 	47
/ 	18 	2 	0 	16 	41 	102
 	11 	0 	0 	11 	22 	70
 	8 	0 	0 	8 	20 	77
Total	699	251	47	381	2651	2969
==All-time record against other teams==
As of 27 August 2016
Team 	GP 	W 	T	L 	GF 	GA
Battleford Millers 	2 	0 	0	2 	2 	33
Victoria Navy 	1 	0 	0	1 	1 	9
Pacific Coast Amateur League All Stars 	1 	0 	0	1 	9 	10
Nanaimo Labatts 	1 	0 	0	1 	5 	10
Chilliwack Volvos 	1 	0 	0	1 	4 	9
Powell River Regals 	4 	1 	0	3 	3 	31
Kamloops Cariboos 	1 	0 	0	1 	1 	6
Central Alberta Hockey League All Stars	1 	0 	0	1 	2 	17
Lethbridge Maple Leafs 	1 	0 	1	0 	4 	4
Regina Caps 	1 	0 	0	1 	5 	9
Brandon Wheat Kings 	1 	1 	0	0 	8 	6
Winnipeg Maroons 	1 	0 	0	1 	4 	11
Kenora Thistles 	2 	1 	0	1 	9 	16
Thunder Bay Junior League All Stars 	2 	0 	0	2 	8 	12
Minnesota Golden Gophers 	1 	0 	0	1 	3 	7
New Westminster Royals 	2 	2 	0	0 	18 	6
Chilliwack Steelheads 	1 	0 	0	1 	4 	10
Victoria Commercial League All Stars 	1 	1 	0	0 	8 	5
Nanaimo Clippers 	1 	0 	0	1 	5 	7
Portland Royals 	1 	1 	0	0 	11 	4
Victoria Intermediate All Stars 	1 	1 	0	0 	6 	5
Lethbridge Sugar Kings 	1 	1 	0	0 	5 	2
Yorkton Terriers 	1 	0 	0	1 	3 	12
Saskatchewan Junior League All Stars 	1 	1 	0	0 	12 	4
Manitoba South Junior All Stars 	1 	0 	0	1 	2 	7
Kingston Merchants 	1 	1 	0	0 	7 	6
Halifax Canadiens 	1 	1 	0	0 	7 	4
Grand Falls Cataracts 	1 	0 	0	1 	3 	7
Bathurst Papermakers 	1 	1 	0	0 	4 	3
Manitoba North Junior All Stars 	1 	1 	0	0 	8 	6
North Peace River League All Stars 	1 	1 	0	0 	7 	4
Prince George Mohawks 	1 	1 	0	0 	8 	7
Penticton Broncos 	1 	1 	0	0 	6 	5
 	4 	1 	0	3 	1 	16
 	1 	0 	0	1 	2 	9
 	2 	0 	0	2 	5 	16
 	1 	1 	0	0 	4 	3
Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs 	1 	0 	0	1 	4 	5
Western Michigan Broncos 	1 	0 	0	1 	4 	9
Spartak Moscow 	1 	0 	0	1 	2 	13
Saskatchewan Huskies 	1 	0 	0	1 	2 	7
Michigan Tech Huskies 	1 	0 	0	1 	4 	6
Alaska Gold Kings 	1 	1 	0	0 	4 	1
Amur Khabarovsk 	15 	1 	1	13	13 	60
 	2 	0 	0	2 	2 	17
 	2 	0 	0	2 	3 	13
 	1 	0 	1	0 	4 	4
 	1 	0 	0	1 	1 	4
Japan All Stars 	1 	0 	0	1 	5 	6
Tappara 	1 	0 	0	1 	3 	6
TPS Turku 	1 	0 	0	1 	4 	5
Malmö Redhawks 	1 	0 	0	1 	2 	3
Schwenninger Wild Wings 	1 	0 	0	1 	2 	5
EV Zug 	1 	1 	0	0 	5 	2
Krefeld Pinguine 	1 	0 	0	1 	2 	7
Modo Hockey 	1 	0 	0	1 	3 	4
Augsburger Panther 	2 	0 	0	2 	3 	6
HC Lugano 	1 	1 	0	0 	5 	2
 	2 	1 	0	1 	4 	9
Qiqihar 	2 	0 	0	2 	5 	22
Khabarovsk 	1 	0 	0	1 	3 	5
HC Pardubice 	1 	0 	0	1 	2 	5
Saint Georges Garaga 	1 	0 	0	1 	2 	3
Île-des-Chênes North Stars 	1 	1 	0	0 	4 	1
Salavat Yulaev Ufa 	2 	1 	0	1 	3 	6
Mid-West Islanders 	2 	2 	0	0 	13 	3
HKm Zvolen 	1 	0 	1	0 	3 	3
Frankfurt Lions 	1 	0 	1	0 	2 	2
Amurskie Tigry 	1 	1 	0	0 	4 	3
PSK Sakhalin 	1 	1 	0	0 	4 	1
Straubing Tigers 	1 	0 	0	1 	1 	3
Kölner Haie 	1 	0 	0	1 	1 	5
Düsseldorfer EG 	1 	0 	0	1 	1 	2
Total 	106	30	5	71	347	608
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
*IIHF profile
Category:Ice hockey teams in Japan
Category:National ice hockey teams in Asia