Världsmästerskapet i ishockey 2003

Japan

Spelartruppen

Players

Jersey number ▴	Name	Position	Shoots/Catches	Height (cm / ft in)			Weight (kg / lb)			Birthdate	Club
	Average			177	/	5'10"	78	/	172	27.5
3	ITO Kengo	Defence	Right	181	/	5'11"	81	/	179	1978-12-04	Cranes Kushiro
5	MIYAUCHI Fumitaka	Defence	Left	181	/	5'11"	83	/	183	1972-11-06	Kokudo Yokohama
6	KAWASHIMA Makoto	Defence	Left	178	/	5'10"	78	/	172	1979-05-02	Oji Tomakomai
7	OSHIRO Joel	Defence	Right	179	/	5'10"	78	/	172	1971-07-28	Cranes Kushiro
8	SUGAWARA Nobuhiro	Defence	Right	180	/	5'11"	82	/	181	1975-04-09	Oji Tomakomai
11	KAWAGUCHI Yutaka	Defence	Right	174	/	5'9"	77	/	170	1973-04-05	Kokudo Yokohama
12	UCHIYAMA Tomohiko	Forward	Left	173	/	5'8"	73	/	161	1979-10-13	Kokudo Yokohama
13	KON Yosuke	Forward	Left	180	/	5'11"	81	/	179	1978-09-21	Seibu Nishitokyo
15	OBARA Daisuke	Forward	Left	176	/	5'9"	74	/	163	1981-06-04	Waseda Univ. Tokyo
16	SAITO Tetsuya	Forward	Right	176	/	5'9"	75	/	165	1983-12-14	Oji Tomakomai
18	SUZUKI Takahito	Forward	Right	173	/	5'8"	75	/	165	1975-08-17	Charlotte Checkers
19	SAITO Takeshi	Forward	Right	176	/	5'9"	85	/	187	1981-03-08	Oji Tomakomai
22	KOBAYASHI Tomohito	Forward	Left	172	/	5'8"	74	/	163	1974-04-28	Seibu Nishitokyo
24	SAKURAI Kunihiko	Forward	Right	182	/	6'0"	77	/	170	1972-04-11	Oji Tomakomai
27	NIHEI Jiro	Goalkeeper	Right	173	/	5'8"	76	/	168	1971-03-09	Kokudo Yokohama
28	DAIKAWA Daniel	Defence	Right	180	/	5'11"	85	/	187	1971-07-30	Seibu Nishitokyo
39	KIKUCHI Naoya	Goalkeeper	Left	180	/	5'11"	77	/	170	1975-08-23	Seibu Nishitokyo
47	KABAYAMA Yoshikazu	Forward	Left	170	/	5'7"	78	/	172	1965-11-18	Seibu Nishitokyo
51	YAMAZAKI Koichi	Defence	Left	177	/	5'10"	75	/	165	1976-05-01	Seibu Nishitokyo
61	HARUNA Masahito	Goalkeeper	Left	184	/	6'0"	76	/	168	1973-07-16	Bucks Nikko
71	KUWABARA Ryan	Forward	Right	185	/	6'1"	91	/	201	1972-03-23	Belfast Giants
73	SASAKI Keiji	Forward	Left	172	/	5'8"	72	/	159	1977-12-18	Kokudo Yokohama
75	YULE Chris	Forward	Left	175	/	5'9"	72	/	159	1975-03-29	Kokudo Yokohama
81	ITO Masatushi	Forward	Right	175	/	5'9"	72	/	159	1978-07-14	Cranes Kushiro
87	MASUKO Shuji	Forward	Right	175	/	5'9"	89	/	196	1978-07-08	Kokudo Yokohama

Team Officials

Function	Name	Birthdate
Head Coach	TUOMI Timo
Assistant Coach	WAKABAYASHI Chris	1972-11-10
Assistant Coach	SAKAI Toshiyuki	1964-09-03
Team Leader	SEINO Masaru	1949-08-06
Equipment Manager	KURIBAYASHI Yutaka	1972-12-22
Physiotherapist	SEI Masahiro
Physiotherapist	UNAMI Toru
Team Doctor	FUKADA Kimitaka
Media Manager	TATEBE Akihiro	1964-12-03
Team Staff	SAOTOME Ichiro