Japan men's national handball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Japan women's national handball team.

The Japan national handball team is the national handball team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Handball Association.

Japan
Information
Nickname	彗星JAPAN
Association	Japan Handball Association
Coach	Toni Gerona
Assistant coach	Yosuke Kakazu
Colours
1st 2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	6 (First in 1972)
Best result	9th (1976)
World Championship
Appearances	16 (First in 1961)
Best result	10th (1970)
Asian Championship
Appearances	20 (First in 1977)
Best result	1st (1977, 1979)
Last updated on Unknown.

Results

Summer Olympics

• 1972 – 11th place
• 1976 – 9th place
• 1984 – 10th place
• 1988 – 11th place
• 2020 – 11th place
• 2024 – 11th place

World Championship

• 1961 – 12th place
• 1964 – 16th place
• 1967 – 11th place
• 1970 – 10th place
• 1974 – 12th place
• 1978 – 12th place
• 1982 – 14th place
• 1990 – 15th place
• 1995 – 23rd place
• 1997 – 15th place
• 2005 – 16th place
• 2011 – 16th place
• 2017 – 22nd place
• 2019 – 24th place
• 2021 – 18th place
• 2025 – 28th place

Asian Championship

• 1977 – 1st place
• 1979 – 1st place
• 1983 – 2nd place
• 1987 – 2nd place
• 1989 – 2nd place
• 1991 – 2nd place
• 1993 – 3rd place
• 1995 – 4th place
• 2000 – 3rd place
• 2002 – 6th place
• 2004 – 2nd place
• 2006 – 5th place
• 2008 – 6th place
• 2010 – 3rd place
• 2012 – 4th place
• 2014 – 9th place
• 2016 – 3rd place
• 2018 – 6th place
• 2020 – 3rd place
• 2022 – Withdrawn
• 2024 – 2nd place

Current squad

Roster for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.^[1][2]

Head coach: Toni Gerona

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Takumi Nakamura (1996-08-02) 2 August 1996 (age 28) 1.90 m 43 1 Toyoda Gosei Blue Falcon 9 LW Naoki Sugioka (1994-04-18) 18 April 1994 (age 31) 1.77 m 74 145 Toyota Auto Body Brave Kings 11 RB Tsubasa Nakamura (1999-10-15) 15 October 1999 (age 25) 1.80 m 4 3 Zeekstar Tokyo 19 RB Shinnosuke Tokuda (1995-12-06) 6 December 1995 (age 29) 1.78 m 101 312 Al Duhail 21 GK Daisuke Okamoto (1995-03-29) 29 March 1995 (age 30) 1.91 m 16 0 Toyota Auto Body Brave Kings 24 CB Asumi Kitazume (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 (age 28) 1.86 m 28 25 Toyota Auto Body Brave Kings 26 LW Seito Yano (1999-05-15) 15 May 1999 (age 25) 1.87 m 2 2 Toyoda Gosei Blue Falcon 27 P Hiroyasu Tamakawa (1995-04-27) 27 April 1995 (age 30) 2.00 m 95 89 Zeekstar Tokyo 31 LB Tatsuki Yoshino (1994-07-13) 13 July 1994 (age 30) 1.83 m 82 276 Toyota Auto Body Brave Kings 38 LB Kotaro Mizumachi (1995-03-13) 13 March 1995 (age 30) 1.83 m 22 40 Toyoda Gosei Blue Falcon 39 CB Naoki Fujisaka (2002-07-01) 1 July 2002 (age 22) 1.80 m 7 31 Nippon Sport Science Univ. 51 RW Kota Nakata (1999-07-07) 7 July 1999 (age 25) 1.69 m 2 9 Toyota Boshoku Kyushu Red Tornado Saga 56 RB Ren Arase (2002-11-06) 6 November 2002 (age 22) 1.74 m 0 0 Osaka Sport Science Univ. 57 P Nikita Nakaoki (2004-06-24) 24 June 2004 (age 20) 1.92 m 0 0 Nippon Sport Science Univ. 64 GK Go Kawashima (2001-03-13) 13 March 2001 (age 24) 1.88 m 2 0 Toyota Motor East Japan Regarosso Miyagi 67 RB Shu Ishimine (2000-11-12) 12 November 2000 (age 24) 1.81 m 2 2 Toyoda Gosei Blue Falcon 68 P Soya Ichihara (1999-08-24) 24 August 1999 (age 25) 1.89 m 2 1 Toyoda Gosei Blue Falcon 70 LB Naoki Yamaguchi (2000-09-25) 25 September 2000 (age 24) 1.88 m 0 0 Toyota Boshoku Kyushu Red Tornado Saga