Japan women's national basketball team

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.

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. 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 – Qualified

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.

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