Japan men's national handball team

Summer Olympics

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

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 – Qualified

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• 2022 – Withdrawn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

Squad for the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship.^[1][2]

Head coach: Dagur Sigurðsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 10 LW Naoki Sugioka (1994-04-18) 18 April 1994 (age 30) 1.77 m 30 35 Toyota Auto Body 12 GK Yuta Iwashita (1991-06-21) 21 June 1991 (age 32) 1.83 m 13 1 Toyota Boshoku Kyushu 13 P Kenya Kasahara (1988-05-15) 15 May 1988 (age 35) 1.97 m 69 40 Toyota Auto Body 14 CB Asumi Kitazume (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 (age 27) 1.84 m 12 15 Toyota Auto Body 15 LB Adam Yuki Baig (1999-04-12) 12 April 1999 (age 25) 1.94 m 41 72 Zeekstar Tokyo 18 LB Kohei Narita (1989-06-15) 15 June 1989 (age 34) 1.99 m 85 126 Wakunaga Pharmaceutical 19 RB Shinnosuke Tokuda (1995-12-06) 6 December 1995 (age 28) 1.78 m 56 220 Toyoda Gosei 20 RB Jin Watanabe (1990-01-17) 17 January 1990 (age 34) 1.83 m 87 280 Toyota Auto Body 21 LW Remi Anri Doi (1989-09-28) 28 September 1989 (age 34) 1.80 m 53 127 Osaki Osol 22 GK Motoki Sakai (1995-11-10) 10 November 1995 (age 28) 1.92 m 19 2 Toyoda Gosei 25 RW Hiroki Motoki (1992-02-14) 14 February 1992 (age 32) 1.82 m 79 208 Osaki Osol 27 P Hiroyasu Tamakawa (1995-04-27) 27 April 1995 (age 29) 2.00 m 50 40 Osaki Osol 31 LB Tatsuki Yoshino (1994-07-13) 13 July 1994 (age 29) 1.83 m 38 129 Toyota Auto Body 33 CB Yuto Agarie (1993-07-06) 6 July 1993 (age 30) 1.83 m 62 210 Daido Steel 36 RW Naotsugu Demura (1988-04-14) 14 April 1988 (age 36) 1.78 m 0 0 Toyoda Gosei 38 CB Kotaro Mizumachi (1995-03-13) 13 March 1995 (age 29) 1.83 m 0 0 Toyoda Gosei 39 GK Takumi Nakamura (1996-08-02) 2 August 1996 (age 27) 1.90 m 0 0 Toyoda Gosei 40 P Sota Takano (1998-08-19) 19 August 1998 (age 25) 1.93 m 0 0 Univ. of Tsukuba 41 RB Rennosuke Tokuda (1998-05-15) 15 May 1998 (age 25) 1.80 m 3 4 Grupa Azoty Tarnów 43 P Shuichi Yoshida (2001-03-26) 26 March 2001 (age 23) 1.91 m 3 5 Grupa Azoty Tarnów

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