Fumika Sasano

Fumika Sasano (笹野 文香) is a Japanese ice hockey player and member of the Japanese national ice hockey team, playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with AIK Hockey.

Playing career
Sasano began her career playing with the Hachinohe Reds in the All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship and Group B of the Women's Japan Ice Hockey League (WJIHL).

In 2016, she joined the Seibu Princess Rabbits, the reigning champions of both the WJIHL and All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship. With the Seibu Princess Rabbits, Sasano won five Japanese Championship titles as WJIHL champion in 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, and 2019–20, and All-Japan tournament champion in 2018.

International play
Sasano represented Japan at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship. She participated in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2017 Winter Universiade and won a bronze medal in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2019 Winter Universiade. As a junior player with the Japanese national under-18 team, she participated in the 2014 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship.