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Group C: Japan, team preview

09.01.2021
Group C: Japan, team preview

Japan will play in group C with Croatia, Qatar and Angola. 


Best result: 10th (1970)

Appearances: 14 (first 1961)

Japan handball team - handball-base.com


Squad:  


Goalkeepers:  Yuta Iwashita (Toyota Boshoku Kyushu), Motoki Sakai (Toyoda Gosei), Takumi Nakamura (Toyoda Gosei)


Left Wingers:  Remi Anri Doi (Osaki Osol), Naoki Sugioka (Toyota Auto Body)


Right Wingers:  Hiroki Motoki (Osaki Osol), Demura Naotsugu (Toyoda Gosei)


Line Players:  Shuichi Yoshida (Grupa Azoty Tarnów), Sota Takano (Univ. of Tsukuba), Hiroyasu Tamakawa (Osaki Osol), Kenya Kasahara (Toyota Auto Body)


Left Backs:  Tatsuki Yoshino (Toyota Auto Body), Kohei Narita (Wakunaga Pharmaceutical), Adam Yuki Baig ( Zeekstar Tokyo)


Centre Backs:   Asumi Kitazume (Toyota Auto Body), Yuto Agarie (Daido Steel), Kotaro Mizumachi (Toyoda Gosei)


Right Backs:  Rennosuke Tokuda (Grupa Azoty Tarnów), Jin Watanabe (Toyota Auto Body), Shinnosuke Tokuda (Toyoda Gosei)


Coach:  Dagur Sigurðsson

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