The Japan women's national cricket team represents Japan in international women's cricket matches.
In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to grant full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Japan women and other ICC members since 1 July 2018 have the full WT20I status.
History Japan's women's national team made their international debut at the 2003 IWCC Trophy in the Netherlands. These were the first One Day International (ODI) matches played by any Japanese team, with the Japanese men's team yet to play at that level. They did not meet with much success though, losing all five matches and giving away an incredible 104 extras in their match against The Netherlands. They were bowled out for just 28 against Pakistan in that competition, with 20 of those runs coming in extras and just 8 from the bat, with the openers top scoring with 3 runs apiece. They are yet to play any WODI after this tournament.
Their return to international level did not come until September 2006 when they faced Papua New Guinea in a three-match one-day series to decide which country would represent the East Asia/Pacific region in the World Cup Qualifier in Ireland in 2007. Japan showed some improvement from the IWCC Trophy, but still lost all three games. However, these matches were also not considered as WODIs.
In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. Japan were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.
In January 2023 it was announced that Japan and Indonesia would be included in Asian Cricket Council (ACC) pathway events, while remaining in the ICC East Asia-Pacific development region.
Tournament history ICC Women's World Cup
World Cup recordYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 1973 Did not qualify 1978 1982 1988 1993 1997 2000 2005 2009 2013 2017 2022 2025Did not qualify Total0/120 Titles00000
ICC Women's World T20
ICC Women's T20 World Cup recordsYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2009 Did not qualify 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2023 2024 2026Total0/100 Titles00000
ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier records HostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2003Round-robin5/650500 2008Did not participate 2011Did not qualify9/1040400 2017Did not qualify in to the qualifiers round 2021 2025Total2/60 Title90900
ICC Women's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier recordsYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2013Group stages7/850401 2015Did not qualify into the qualifiers round 2018 2019 2022 2024 2026Total1/70 Title 50401
ICC Women's Twenty20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier EAP Women's Twenty20 World Cup Qualifier recordsYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2019Runners-up5/651400 2021The tournament had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2023Round-robin4/763300 20254th-place4/852300Total3/30 Titles1661000
Cricket at Summer Olympics Games Cricket at Summer Olympics records HostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2028To be determined 2032Total–0 Title00000
ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy recordsHostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2027To be determined 2031Total–0 Title00000
Asian Games Cricket at the Asian Games records YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2010Bronze medal 3rd53200 2014Quarter-finals5th10100 2022 Did not participate 2026To be determined Total2/30 Titles 63300
ACC Women's Premier Cup
ACC Women's Premier Cup recordYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR2024 Quarter-finals–42200Total1/10 Titles 42200
Women's Twenty20 East Asia Cup
Women's Twenty20 East Asia Cup recordYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 20153rd place3/442200 2017Runners-up2/442101 20193rd place3/443100 2022Round-robin–40400 20233rd place3/341300 2024Runner-up2/553200Total6/60 Titles 25111301
Honours
Others Asian Games Bronze Medal (1): 2010
Records International Match Summary – Japan women
Last updated 18 September 2026 Playing Record Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match One Day Internationals 5 0 5 0 0 21 July 2003 Twenty20 Internationals 62 29 32 1 0 6 May 2019
Women's One-Day International Highest team total: 85 v Scotland on 25 July 2003 at Sportpark Klein Zwitserland, The Hague. Highest individual innings: 18, Ema Kuribayashi v Scotland on 25 July 2003 at Sportpark Klein Zwitserland, The Hague. Best innings bowling: 2/6, Yūko Sasaki v Scotland on 25 July 2003 at Sportpark Klein Zwitserland, The Hague.
ODI record versus other nations
Records complete to WODI #450. Last updated 26 July 2003. Opponent M W L T NR First match First win ICC Full members 1 0 1 0 0 22 July 2003 1 0 1 0 0 21 July 2003 1 0 1 0 0 26 July 2003 ICC Associate members 1 0 1 0 0 23 July 2003 1 0 1 0 0 25 July 2003
Women's Twenty20 International Highest team total: 158/4 v. Philippines on 12 September 2025 at Albert Park Ground 2, Suva. Highest individual innings: 67, Mai Yanagida v. Indonesia on 15 September 2025 at Albert Park Ground 2, Suva. Best innings bowling: 5/6, Erika Toguchi-Quinn v. Fiji on 6 September 2025 at Albert Park Ground 1, Suva.
Most T20I runs for Japan Women PlayerRunsAverageCareer spanErika Oda 807 17.93 2019–2026Mai Yanagida 777 15.85 2019–2026Haruna Iwasaki 429 10.72 2022–2026Ahilya Chandel 407 12.33 2022–2026Akari Nishimura 392 10.31 2019–2026
Most T20I wickets for Japan Women PlayerWicketsAverageCareer spanAhilya Chandel 41 19.12 2022–2026Erika Toguchi-Quinn 35 12.97 2022–2026Nonoha Yasumoto 35 13.82 2023–2026Ayumi Fujikawa 29 17.86 2022–2026Mai Yanagida 27 15.62 2019–2026
T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to WT20I #3021. Last updated 18 September 2026. Opponent M W L T NR First match First win ICC Full members 1 0 1 0 0 18 September 2026 ICC Associate members 1 1 0 0 0 7 June 2026 7 June 2026 6 4 2 0 0 21 September 2019 26 May 2023 1 1 0 0 0 1 September 2023 1 September 2023 4 4 0 0 0 9 May 2019 9 May 2019 13 2 10 1 0 20 September 2019 20 September 2019 3 0 3 0 0 6 May 2019 3 1 2 0 0 14 February 2024 13 September 2026 2 2 0 0 0 11 October 2024 11 October 2024 1 1 0 0 0 6 June 2026 6 June 2026 2 0 2 0 0 18 November 2023 1 1 0 0 0 10 February 2024 10 February 2024 3 0 3 0 0 9 May 2019 2 2 0 0 0 7 June 2025 7 June 2025 3 2 1 0 0 7 May 2019 2 September 2023 5 5 0 0 0 1 October 2024 1 October 2024 3 3 0 0 0 19 September 2019 19 September 2019 1 0 1 0 0 16 November 2023 1 0 1 0 0 9 June 2026 1 0 1 0 0 13 February 2024 5 0 5 0 0 10 May 2019
Current squad Updated on 14 February 2024.
This lists all the players who were part of the 2024 ACC Women's Premier Cup squad.
Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters Mai Yanagida Right-handed Right-arm off break Captain Erika Oda Right-handed Hinase Goto Right-handed Right-arm medium Haruna Iwasaki Right-handed Right-arm medium Seika Sumi Right-handed Right-arm medium All-rounders Ahilya Chandel Left-handed Left-arm medium Kurumi Ota Left-handed Right-arm medium Shimako Kato Right-handed Right-arm medium Meg Ogawa Right-handed Right-arm medium Wicketkeeper Akari Nishimura Right-handed - Spin Bowler Erika Toguchi-Quinn Right-handed Right-arm leg break Pace Bowlers Nonoha Yasumoto Left-handed Left-arm medium Ayumi Fujikawa Right-handed Right-arm medium Elena Kusuda-Nairn Right-handed Right-arm medium
See also List of Japan women ODI cricketers List of Japan women Twenty20 International cricketers Cricket in Japan
References
External links Japan Cricket Association Official website Cricinfo Japan