The Japan women's national handball team is the national handball team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Handball Association.

• 1976 – 5th
• 2020 – 12th

• 1962 – 9th
• 1965 – 7th
• 1971 – 9th
• 1973 – 10th
• 1975 – 10th
• 1986 – 14th
• 1995 – 13–16th
• 1997 – 17th
• 1999 – 17th
• 2001 – 20th
• 2003 – 16th
• 2005 – 18th
• 2007 – 19th
• 2009 – 16th
• 2011 – 14th
• 2013 – 14th
• 2015 – 19th
• 2017 – 16th
• 2019 – 10th
• 2021 – 11th
• 2023 – 17th
• 2025 – Qualified

• 1987 – 3rd
• 1989 – 3rd
• 1991 – 2nd
• 1993 – 4th
• 1995 – 3rd
• 1997 – 3rd
• 1999 – 3rd
• 2000 – 2nd
• 2002 – 4th
• 2004 – 1st
• 2006 – 3rd
• 2008 – 3rd
• 2010 – 4th
• 2012 – 3rd
• 2015 – 2nd
• 2017 – 2nd
• 2018 – 2nd
• 2021 – 2nd
• 2022 – 2nd
• 2024 – 1st

• 2019 – 3rd

Roster for the 2023 World Women's Handball Championship.^[1][2]

Head coach: Shigeo Kusumoto

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Sakura Hauge (1987-01-07) 7 January 1987 (age 38) 1.74 m 69 8 ESBF Besançon 2 P Mika Nagata (1994-05-28) 28 May 1994 (age 30) 1.80 m 59 41 Hokkoku Bank 3 P Naoko Sahara (1996-01-18) 18 January 1996 (age 29) 1.80 m 14 18 Hokkoku Bank 4 P Miyako Hatsumi (1997-09-10) 10 September 1997 (age 27) 1.65 m 12 17 Mie Violet Iris 6 LB Yumi Kitahara (1995-07-08) 8 July 1995 (age 29) 1.71 m 21 22 Sony Semiconductor 7 RW Saki Hattori (1996-12-22) 22 December 1996 (age 28) 1.60 m 18 80 Sony Semiconductor 9 P Chikako Kasai (1998-11-25) 25 November 1998 (age 26) 1.68 m 11 23 Sony Semiconductor 12 GK Atsuko Baba (1995-06-13) 13 June 1995 (age 29) 1.64 m 16 0 Hokkoku Bank 13 RB Kaho Nakayama (1998-10-23) 23 October 1998 (age 26) 1.72 m 20 71 Hokkoku Bank 15 LW Senri Ryu (1999-07-12) 12 July 1999 (age 25) 1.69 m 0 0 Sony Semiconductor 18 LW Hikaru Matsumoto (1995-02-25) 25 February 1995 (age 29) 1.67 m 12 32 Hokkoku Bank 20 RW Natsumi Akiyama (1994-07-23) 23 July 1994 (age 30) 1.62 m 37 94 Kisvárdai KC 22 GK Naho Saito (1997-01-16) 16 January 1997 (age 28) 1.72 m 10 0 Hokkoku Bank 23 CB Natsuki Aizawa (1999-01-06) 6 January 1999 (age 26) 1.60 m 17 78 Hokkoku Bank 24 CB Ayama Okada (2000-05-24) 24 May 2000 (age 24) 1.67 m 11 24 Kagawa Bank 32 LB Haruno Sasaki (1995-02-26) 26 February 1995 (age 29) 1.72 m 47 142 Borussia Dortmund 49 LB Hinata Fujiwara (2002-05-27) 27 May 2002 (age 22) 1.74 m 0 0 University of Tsukuba 50 RB Wakana Hokaguchi (2004-01-23) 23 January 2004 (age 21) 1.70 m 0 0 University of Tsukuba 51 LW Yuki Yoshidome (1998-08-02) 2 August 1998 (age 26) 1.64 m 14 18 Hokkoku Bank 89 RB Sora Ishikawa (2002-12-20) 20 December 2002 (age 22) 1.69 m 12 32 Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences

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