The Japan women's national basketball team, also known as Akatsuki Japan (), is the national team representing Japan in international basketball competitions. It is administered by the Japan Basketball Association.Profile – Japan, FIBA.com. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
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.Japan's miracle run ends in final as U.S. wins women's basketball gold JASON COSKREY (The Japan Times), 8 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021. 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.
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 2026 – 12th place 2030 – Qualified as hosts
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, 2022, 2026) Bronze: (1978, 1982, 1986, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018)
Team Current roster Roster for the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.
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 Corey Gaines
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
External links
FIBA profile Japan Basketball Records at FIBA Archive