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1979-1980

1979-1980 Japan Roster

	#	Player	A	Born	Birthplace	HT	WT	S	League
GOALTENDERS
	#25	Takeshi Iwamoto (G)	75	1949	Hokkaido, JPN	5'7"	159	R	JIHL
	#1	Minoru Misawa (G)	75	1949	Hokkaido, JPN	5'6"	137	-	JIHL
DEFENSEMEN
	#11	Tadamitsu Fujii (D)	70	1954	Hokkaido, JPN	6'0"	172	-	JIHL
	#3	Hiroshi Hori (D)	75	1949	Hokkaido, JPN	5'7"	148	-	JIHL
	#6	Norio Ito (D)	76	1948	Hokkaido, JPN	5'7"	159	-	JIHL
	#9	Hitoshi Nakamura (D)	75	1949	Hokkaido, JPN	5'8"	159	-	JIHL
	#4	Iwao Nakayama (D)	75	1949	Hokkaido, JPN	5'6"	148	-	JIHL
	#22	Koji Wakasa (D)	71	1953	Hokkaido, JPN	5'11"	179	L	JIHL
FORWARDS
	#10	Takeshi Azuma (F)	71	1953	Hokkaido, JPN	5'6"	152	-	JIHL
	#16	Tsutomu Hanzawa (LW)	76	1948	Hokkaido, JPN	5'3"	139	-	JIHL
	#7	Yoshiaki Honda (RW)	73	1951	Hokkaido, JPN	5'7"	157	-	JIHL
	#14	Sadaki Honma (LW)	71	1953	Hokkaido, JPN	5'9"	161	R	JIHL
	#23	Yoshio Hoshino (C)	74	1950	Tochigi, JPN	5'11"	176	L	JIHL
	#20	Mikio Hosoi (F)	75	1949		-	-	-	JIHL
	#8	Kazutoshi Kawamura (C)	70	1954	Hokkaido, JPN	5'8"	159	L	JIHL
	#13	Mikio Matsuda (RW)	75	1949	Hokkaido, JPN	5'6"	148	-	JIHL
	#12	Satoru Misawa (LW)	81	1943	Hokkaido, JPN	5'5"	139	L	JIHL
	#15	Hideo Sakurai (F)	76	1948	Hokkaido, JPN	5'6"	154	-	JIHL
	#17	Hideo Urabe (F)	70	1954	Hokkaido, JPN	5'9"	170	-	JIHL
	#18	Herb Wakabayashi (C)"C"		1944	Neys, ON, CAN	5'5"	154	-	JIHL

Position: G: 2, D: 6, F: 12Av Age: 30.15 yearsAv Ht: 5'7"Av Wt: 154 lbsCompare with other teams »

1979-1980 Japan Staff

Head CoachMel Wakabayashi
Asst. CoachKenjiro Degai

Team Staff History

1979-1980 Japan Captains

"C"

Herb Wakabayashi

Team Captaincy History

Japan Facts

Plays in: Olympic Games Qualification
2025: OGQ -
2024: OGQ Promoted
2020: OGQ -
2017: OGQ -

1979-1980 Japan Roster Facts

Nationalities

20 players

Experience

Japan: 92 GP
OG: 92 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

Japan Games

date	home	visiting	score	league
09/01/2024 10:30 AM UTC	Great Britain	Japan	3 - 2	OGQ
08/30/2024 05:30 PM UTC	Japan	Denmark	2 - 3 (OT 63:45)	OGQ
08/29/2024 01:30 PM UTC	Norway	Japan	4 - 2	OGQ
02/10/2024 07:00 PM UTC	Japan	Hungary	2 - 1	OGQ
02/09/2024 03:30 PM UTC	Spain	Japan	3 - 6	OGQ

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Japan History and Standings

season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2024-2025	OGQ	3	0	2	-	0	1	6	10	1	0.33	4	-
2023-2024	OGQ	3	3	0	-	0	0	14	8	9	3	1	Promoted
2019-2020	OGQ	3	2	1	-	0	0	15	6	6	2	2	-
2016-2017	OGQ	3	0	3	-	0	0	1	11	0	0	4	-
2015-2016	OGQ	3	3	0	-	0	0	12	1	9	3	1	Promoted
2012-2013	OGQ	3	1	1	-	1	0	6	4	5	1.67	3	-
2008-2009	OGQ	3	0	2	-	1	0	8	16	2	0.67	3	-
	OGQ	3	3	0	-	0	0	12	2	9	3	1	-
2004-2005	OGQ	3	0	3	0	-	-	6	14	0	0	4	-
2000-2001	OGQ	3	2	1	0	-	-	15	11	4	1.33	2	-
1999-2000	OGQ	3	2	1	0	-	-	15	11	4	1.33	2	-
1997-1998	OG	4	0	2	1	1	-	9	13	2	0.5	13	-
1995-1996	OGQ	3	2	1	0	-	-	14	6	4	1.33	2	Promoted
1993-1994	OGQ	4	1	3	0	-	-	11	22	2	0.5	4	-
1986-1987	OGQ	2	1	1	0	-	-	7	9	2	1	2	-
1979-1980	OG	5	0	4	1	-	-	7	36	1	0.2	12	-
1975-1976	OG	6	3	3	0	-	-	22	29	6	1	9	-
1971-1972	OG	5	2	2	1	-	-	19	24	5	1	9	-
1967-1968	OG	5	4	1	0	-	-	27	12	8	1.6	10	-
1963-1964	OG	8	4	3	1	-	-	37	48	9	1.13	11	-
1959-1960	OG	6	2	3	1	-	-	33	60	5	0.83	8	-
1935-1936	OG	2	0	2	0	-	-	0	5	-	-	12	-

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