Japan women's national ice hockey team
The Japanese women's national ice hockey team represents Japan at the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by the Japan Ice Hockey Federation. Japan has 2,587 female players as of 2017.
The nickname of Japan women's team is "Smile Japan".Olympic Games
- 1998 – Finished in 6th place
- 2014 – Finished in 7th place
- 2018 – Finished in 6th place
- 1990 – Finished in 8th place
- 1999 – Finished in 9th place
- 2000 – Finished in 8th place.
- 2001 – Finished in 10th place.
- 2003 – Finished in 9th place
- 2004 – Finished in 9th place
- 2005 – Finished in 10th place
- 2007 – Finished in 10th place
- 2008 – Finished in 7th place
- 2009 – Finished in 8th place
- 2011 – Withdrew from the tournament due to an earthquake
- 2012 – Finished in 11th place
- 2013 – Finished in 9th place
- 2015 – Finished in 7th place
- 2016 – Finished in 8th place
- 2017 – Finished in 9th place
- 2019 – Finished in 8th place
- 2020 – Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
Asian Games
- 1996 – Finished in 2nd place
- 1999 – Finished in 2nd place
- 2003 – Finished in 2nd place
- 2007 – Finished in 2nd place
- 2011 – Finished in 2nd place
- 2017 – Finished in 1st place
- 2010 – Finished in 2nd place
- 2011 – Finished in 1st place
- 2012 – Finished in 1st place
- 1995 – Finished in 4th place
- 1996 – Finished in 4th place
Team
Current roster
Roster for the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship.
Head Coach: Yuji Iizuka
| No. | Pos. | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Team |
| 1 | G | Nana Fujimoto | | | |  Vortex Sapporo |
| 2 | D | Shiori Koike | | | | DK Peregrine |
| 3 | D | Aoi Shiga | | | | Toyota Cygnus |
| 4 | D | Ayaka Toko | | | | Seibu Rabbits |
| 6 | D | Sena Suzuki | | | |  Toronto Furies |
| 8 | D | Akane Hosoyamada – A | | | | DK Peregrine |
| 9 | D | Kanami Seki | | | | Daishin Hockey |
| 10 | F | Haruna Yoneyama | | | | DK Peregrine |
| 11 | F | Mei Miura | | | | Toyota Cygnus |
| 12 | F | Chiho Osawa – C | | | |  Luleå HF |
| 13 | F | Moeko Fujimoto – A | | | | Toyota Cygnus |
| 14 | F | Haruka Toko | | | | Seibu Rabbits |
| 15 | F | Rui Ukita | | | | Daishin Hockey |
| 16 | F | Akane Shiga | | | | Obihiro Ladies |
| 17 | F | Kaho Suzuki | | | | Daishin Hockey |
| 18 | F | Suzuka Taka | | | | DK Perigrine |
| 21 | F | Hanae Kubo | | | | Seibu Rabbits |
| 25 | F | Hikaru Yamashita | | | | DK Peregrine |
| 26 | F | Yoshino Enomoto | | | | Seibu Rabbits |
| 27 | F | Remi Koyama | | | | Seibu Rabbits |
| 28 | D | Shiori Yamashita | | | | DK Peregrine |
| 29 | G | Mai Kondo | | | | Mikage Gretz |
| 30 | G | Akane Konishi | | | | Seibu Rabbits |
Notable former players
