Japan_women's_national_basketball_team Knowpia

Japan
FIBA ranking	9 (15 February 2024)
FIBA zone	FIBA Asia
National federation	JBA
Coach	Toru Ontsuka
Nickname(s)	暁ファイブ; Aka-tsuki Faibu; (Daybreak Five)
Olympic Games
Appearances	5
Medals	(2020)
World Cup
Appearances	14
Medals	(1975)
Asia Cup
Appearances	29
Medals	(1970, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021); (1965, 1968, 1974, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2023); (1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Home	Away

The Japan women's national basketball team (Japanese: バスケットボール女子日本代表) is administered by the Japan Basketball Association.^[2]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Japan won the silver medal, the nation's first Olympic basketball medal (for men or women) and became the first Asian team to reach the podium in women's basketball since China in 1992.^[3] The Japanese, which were coached by Tom Hovasse, excelled in an 87–71 win over France in the semi-finals before coming short 75–90 against the United States. Japan's Rui Machida set an Olympic record with 18 assists against France.^[3]

As of 2019^[update], Japan has been the reigning Champion of the Asia-Oceania region.^[4]

Competitive record edit

Olympic Games edit

1976 – 5th place
1996 – 7th place
2004 – 10th place
2016 – 8th place
2020 – 2nd place
2024 – Qualified

FIBA World Cup edit

1964 – 9th place
1967 – 5th place
1971 – 5th place
1975 – 2nd place
1979 – 6th place
2010 – 10th place
2014 – 14th place
2018 – 9th place
2022 – 9th place

FIBA Women's Asia Cup edit

Gold: (1970, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Silver: (1965, 1968, 1974, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2023)
Bronze: (1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2007, 2009, 2011)

Asian Games edit

Gold: (1974, 1998)
Silver: (1994)
Bronze: (1978, 1982, 1986, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018)

Team edit

Current roster edit

Roster for the 2023 FIBA Women's Asia Cup.^[5]^[6]

Japan women's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PF	3	Stephanie Mawuli	24 – (1998-11-25)25 November 1998	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	Toyota Antelopes
PF	8	Maki Takada	33 – (1989-08-23)23 August 1989	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Denso Iris
C	12	Azusa Asahina	19 – (2003-10-20)20 October 2003	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	University of Tsukuba
PG	15	Nako Motohashi	29 – (1993-10-10)10 October 1993	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)	Tokyo Haneda Vickies
PG	23	Mai Yamamoto	23 – (1999-10-23)23 October 1999	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	Toyota Antelopes
SG	27	Saki Hayashi (C)	28 – (1995-03-16)16 March 1995	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Eneos Sunflowers
SG	31	Aika Hirashita	21 – (2002-01-14)14 January 2002	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Toyota Antelopes
PG	32	Saori Miyazaki	27 – (1995-08-27)27 August 1995	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	Eneos Sunflowers
SG	59	Anri Hoshi	23 – (2000-05-09)9 May 2000	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Eneos Sunflowers
SF	75	Nanako Todo	22 – (2000-11-29)29 November 2000	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Toyota Boshoku Sunshine Rabbits
SF	88	Himawari Akaho	24 – (1998-08-28)28 August 1998	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	Denso Iris
PF	99	Monica Okoye	24 – (1999-02-07)7 February 1999	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	Geelong Supercats

Head coach

Toru Onzuka

Assistant coach(es)

Kakeru Konno
Yoshikazu Suzuki

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 26 June 2023

Coaches edit

Masayuki Katsura
Masatoshi Ozaki
Masami Komori
Zhang Tixin
Kazuo Nakamura
Takeshi Ishikawa
Hideo Enomoto
Fumikazu Nakagawa
Norihiko Kitahara
Tomohide Utsumi
Junichi Ara
Tom Hovasse
Toru Onzuka

References edit

^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
^ Profile – Japan, FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
^ ^a ^b Japan's miracle run ends in final as U.S. wins women's basketball gold JASON COSKREY (The Japan Times), 8 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
^ Japan looks ahead after capturing fourth straight FIBA Women's Asia Cup title Kaz Nagatsuka (The Japan Times), 1 October 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
^ "2023年度バスケットボール女子日本代表チーム「FIBA女子アジアカップ2023」・「三井不動産カップ2023（高崎大会）」メンバー決定" (in Japanese). japanbasketball.jp. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
^ "Team Roster: Japan" (PDF). fiba.basketball. 26 June 2023. p. 3. Retrieved 26 June 2023.