Japan women's national ice hockey team

The Japanese women's national ice hockey team (アイスホッケー女子日本代表) represents Japan at the International Ice Hockey Federation's Women's World Championships, the Winter Olympics, and at other international ice hockey tournaments. The women's national team is governed by the Japan Ice Hockey Federation. Japan had 2,587 registered female players in 2017 and 1,439 as of 2020.

The nickname of Japan women's team is "Smile Japan" (スマイルジャパン).

Olympic Games

 * 1998 – Finished in 6th place
 * 2014 – Finished in 7th place
 * 2018 – Finished in 6th place
 * 2022 – Finished in 6th place

World Championship

 * 1990 – Finished in 8th place
 * 1999 – Finished in 9th place (1st in Group B, Promoted to Top Division)
 * 2000 – Finished in 8th place (Relegated to Division I).
 * 2001 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Division I).
 * 2003 – Finished in 9th place (1st in Group B, Promoted to Top Division)
 * 2004 – Finished in 9th place (Relegated to Division I)
 * 2005 – Finished in 10th place (2nd in Division I)
 * 2007 – Finished in 10th place (1st in Group B, Promoted to Top Division)
 * 2008 – Finished in 7th place
 * 2009 – Finished in 8th place (Relegated to Division I)
 * 2011 – Withdrew from the tournament due to an earthquake
 * 2012 – Finished in 11th place (3rd in Division IA)
 * 2013 – Finished in 9th place (1st in Division IA, Promoted to Top Division)
 * 2015 – Finished in 7th place
 * 2016 – Finished in 8th place (Relegated to Division I)
 * 2017 – Finished in 9th place (1st in Division IA, Promoted to Top Division)
 * 2019 – Finished in 8th place
 * 2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
 * 2021 – Finished in 6th place
 * 2022 – Finished in 5th place
 * 2023 – Finished in 7th place
 * 2024 – Finished in 8th place

Asian Games

 * 1996 – Finished in 2nd place
 * 1999 – Finished in 2nd place
 * 2003 – Finished in 2nd place
 * 2007 – Finished in 2nd place
 * 2011 – Finished in 2nd place
 * 2017 – Finished in 1st place

IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia

 * 2010 – Finished in 2nd place
 * 2011 – Finished in 1st place
 * 2012 – Finished in 1st place

Pacific Rim Championship

 * 1995 – Finished in 4th place
 * 1996 – Finished in 4th place

Current roster
Roster for the 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship.

Head coach: Yuji Iizuka

Notable former players

 * Nonaka Emi
 * Masako Sato
 * Rie Sato
 * Adachi Yurie

Coaches
Source: IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020
 * 1990 World Championship – Noriko Fukuda
 * 1995 to 1998 – Wally Kozak (coach-mentor)
 * 1998 Winter Olympics – Toru Itabashi (head coach), Tsutomu Kawabuchi
 * 1999 World Championship B – Takayuki Hatanda
 * 2000 World Championship – Takayuki Hatanda
 * 2001 World Championship D1 – Takayuki Hatanda
 * 2003 World Championship D1 – Masayuki Takahashi
 * 2004 World Championship – Kenji Nobuta (head coach), Tsutomu Kawabuchi (assistant coach, team manager)
 * 2005 World Championship D1 – Kenji Nobuta
 * 2007 World Championship D1 – Kohichi Satoh
 * 2008 World Championship – Yuji Iizuka
 * 2009 World Championship – Yuji Iizuka
 * 2012 World Championship D1A – Yuji Iizuka
 * 2013 World Championship D1A – Yuji Iizuka
 * 2014 Winter Olympics – Yuji Iizuka
 * 2015 World Championship – Yoshifumi Fujisawa
 * 2016 World Championship – Yoshifumi Fujisawa
 * 2017 World Championship D1A – Takeshi Yamanaka
 * 2018 Winter Olympics – Takeshi Yamanaka
 * 2019 World Championship – Yuji Iizuka
 * 2021 World Championship – Yuji Iizuka
 * 2022 Winter Olympics – Yuji Iizuka
 * 2022 World Championship – Yuji Iizuka
 * 2023 World Championship – Yuji Iizuka

All-time record against other nations
Last match update: 10 March 2022