The Japan women's national handball team is the national handball team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Handball Association.
Together with South Korea they are one of the traditional powerhouses in Asia and have won the Asian Championship twice.
Results Summer Olympics 1976 – 5th 2020 – 12th
World Championship 1962 – 9th 1965 – 7th 1971 – 9th 1973 – 10th 1975 – 10th 1986 – 14th 1995 – 13–16th 1997 – 17th 1999 – 17th 2001 – 20th 2003 – 16th 2005 – 18th 2007 – 19th 2009 – 16th 2011 – 14th 2013 – 14th 2015 – 19th 2017 – 16th 2019 – 10th 2021 – 11th 2023 – 17th 2025 – 13th
Asian Championship 1987 – 3rd 1989 – 3rd 1991 – 2nd 1993 – 4th 1995 – 3rd 1997 – 3rd 1999 – 3rd 2000 – 2nd 2002 – 4th 2004 – 1st 2006 – 3rd 2008 – 3rd 2010 – 4th 2012 – 3rd 2015 – 2nd 2017 – 2nd 2018 – 2nd 2021 – 2nd 2022 – 2nd 2024 – 1st
Other Competitions Carpathian Trophy 2019 – 3rd
Current squad Squad for the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship.
Head coach: Morten Soubak
List of head coaches 1998 - 2001 Hiroyuki Ito 2002 - 2004 Katsuhiro Nishikubo 2005 - 2008 Bert Bouwer 2008 - 2012 Hwang Kyun-young 2012 - 2017 Masamichi Kuriyama 2017 - 2021 Ulrik Kirkely 2021 - 2024 Shigeo Kusumoto 2024 - 2024 Toshiyuki Tanaka 2024 - 2025 Shota Arai 2025 - Morten Soubak
References
External links
IHF profile