Japan women's national basketball team

The Japan women's national basketball team, also known as Akatsuki Japan (Japanese: アカツキジャパン), is the national team representing Japan in international basketball competitions. It is administered by the Japan Basketball Association.^[2]

For the men's team, see Japan national basketball team.

Japan

FIBA ranking	10 1 (26 August 2024)[1]
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	6
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

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

Olympic Games

• 1976 – 5th place
• 1996 – 7th place
• 2004 – 10th place
• 2016 – 8th place
• 2020 – 2nd place
• 2024 – 12th place

FIBA World Cup

• 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

• 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

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

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics. An 18-player roster was announced on 24 May 2024.^[5] The final roster was revealed on 25 June 2024.^[6]

Japan women's national basketball team – 2024 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PF 3 Stephanie Mawuli 25 – (1998-11-25)25 November 1998 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Basket Zaragoza C 8 Maki Takada 34 – (1989-08-23)23 August 1989 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Denso Iris PG 12 Asami Yoshida 36 – (1987-10-09)9 October 1987 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Aisin Wings PG 13 Rui Machida 31 – (1993-03-08)8 March 1993 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) Fujitsu Red Wave SG 15 Nako Motohashi 30 – (1993-10-10)10 October 1993 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) Tokyo Haneda Vickies SG 23 Mai Yamamoto 24 – (1999-10-23)23 October 1999 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) Toyota Antelopes SF 27 Saki Hayashi (C) 29 – (1995-03-16)16 March 1995 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Fujitsu Red Wave PF 30 Evelyn Mawuli 29 – (1995-06-02)2 June 1995 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Denso Iris PG 32 Saori Miyazaki 28 – (1995-08-27)27 August 1995 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Eneos Sunflowers PF 52 Yuki Miyazawa 31 – (1993-06-02)2 June 1993 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Fujitsu Red Wave SF 75 Nanako Todo 23 – (2000-11-29)29 November 2000 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Toyota Boshoku Sunshine Rabbits PF 88 Himawari Akaho 25 – (1998-08-28)28 August 1998 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Denso Iris	Head coach Toru Onzuka[7] Assistant coach(es) Kakeru Konno Yoshikazu Suzuki Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 28 July 2024

Coaches

• 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

See also

• Japan women's national under-19 basketball team
• Japan women's national under-17 basketball team
• Japan women's national 3x3 team

References

1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
2. Profile – Japan, FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
3. Japan's miracle run ends in final as U.S. wins women's basketball gold Archived 14 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine JASON COSKREY (The Japan Times), 8 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
4. 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.
5. "2024年度女子日本代表チーム 第3次強化合宿(中国遠征) 参加メンバー発表". japanbasketball.jp. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
6. "第33回オリンピック競技大会(2024/パリ)」5人制バスケットボール女子日本代表チーム 内定選手12名発表". japanbasketball.jp. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
7. "Team roster: Japan" (PDF). fiba.basketball. p. 6. Retrieved 26 July 2024.

External links

• Official website
• FIBA profile
• Japan Basketball Records at FIBA Archive