Japan women's national basketball team

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

Japan
FIBA ranking11 Decrease 2 (8 August 2025)[1]
FIBA zoneFIBA Asia
National federationJBA
CoachCorey Gaines
Nickname(s)アカツキジャパン (Akatsuki Japan)
Olympic Games
Appearances6
MedalsSilver (2020)
World Cup
Appearances14
Medals (1975)
Asia Cup
Appearances30
Medals (1970, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
(1965, 1968, 1974, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2023, 2025)
(1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
The women's national basketball team of Japan in 2013

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]

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]

Competitive record

Olympic Games

FIBA World Cup

FIBA Women's Asia Cup

  • Gold: (1970, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
  • Silver: (1965, 1968, 1974, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2023, 2025)
  • 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 2025 FIBA Women's Asia Cup.[4][5]

Japan women's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
SG 2 Norika Konno 25 – (2000-05-01)1 May 2000 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Denso Iris Japan
PF 3 Stephanie Mawuli 26 – (1998-11-25)25 November 1998 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Basket Zaragoza Spain
SG 4 Mai Kawai 29 – (1996-04-01)1 April 1996 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Denso Iris Japan
C 8 Maki Takada (C) 35 – (1989-08-23)23 August 1989 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Denso Iris Japan
C 10 Ramu Tokashiki 34 – (1991-06-11)11 June 1991 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Aisin Wings Japan
G 26 Kokoro Tanaka 19 – (2006-01-10)10 January 2006 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Eneos Sunflowers Japan
SF 37 Minami Yabu 20 – (2004-10-02)2 October 2004 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Denso Iris Japan
PF 52 Yuki Miyazawa 32 – (1993-06-02)2 June 1993 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Fujitsu Red Wave Japan
SG 59 Anri Hoshi 25 – (2000-05-09)9 May 2000 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Eneos Sunflowers Japan
SF 75 Nanako Todo 24 – (2000-11-29)29 November 2000 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Toyota Boshoku Sunshine Rabbits Japan
C 77 Miwa Kuribayashi 26 – (1998-08-26)26 August 1998 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Tokyo Haneda Vickies Japan
PF 99 Monica Okoye 26 – (1999-02-07)7 February 1999 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Eneos Sunflowers Japan
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Japan Tomoki Miyata
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 13 July 2025

Coaches

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  2. ^ Profile – Japan, FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  3. ^ a b 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. ^ "2025年度バスケットボール女子日本代表チーム FIBA女子アジアカップ2025 出場メンバー発表" (in Japanese). Japan Basketball Association. 7 July 2025. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Team roster: Japan" (PDF). FIBA. 7 August 2025. p. 3.
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