Akane Shiga
Japanese ice hockey player (born 2001)
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Akane Shiga (Japanese: 志賀 紅音, しが あかね, Hepburn: Shiga Akane; born 3 March 2001) is a Japanese ice hockey player for Luleå HF/MSSK of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) and member of the Japanese national team. She played for Ottawa in the inaugural season of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).
| Akane Shiga 志賀紅音 | |||
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Shiga with PWHL Ottawa in 2024 | |||
| Born |
3 March 2001 Obihiro, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb; 9 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| SDHL team Former teams |
Luleå HF/MSSK
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| National team |
 Japan | ||
| Playing career | 2018–present | ||
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Medal record | |||
Playing career
Shiga began participating elite-level ice hockey during the 2010s, playing in both the Women's Japan Ice Hockey League (WJIHL) and All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship. She began her career with the Obihiro Ladies and later played with Toyota Cygnus.[1][2]
On 22 December 2023, Shiga signed a one-year contract with PWHL Ottawa in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). Shiga was both the league's youngest player and the only player from Japan during the PWHL's inaugural season.[3][4][5] In 24 games with Ottawa, Shiga recorded two goals.[6]
In July 2024, Shiga signed a one-year contract with Luleå HF/MSSK of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL).[6] Early in the season, in a 13–1 blowout victory over HV71 on September 20, 2024, that The Hockey News described as a "first-class drubbing," she recorded a goal and four assists for five points.[7] She re-signed with the club ahead of the 2025–26 SDHL season.[8]
International play
As a junior player with the Japanese national under-18 team, she participated in the IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Top Division tournaments in 2017 and 2019, and the Division I tournaments in 2016 and 2018.
Shiga made her national senior team debut at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship, at which she notched her first senior-level point – a goal assisted by Ayaka Toko and Hanae Kubo against Sweden in the preliminary round.[9][2] She has subsequently represented Japan at the IIHF Women's World Championship tournaments in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025.[10] She was Japan's leading scorer at the tournaments in 2021, 2022, and 2024, and was selected by the coaches as one of the top-three players for Japan in the same years.
Shiga represented Japan in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[11]
With the Japanese national under-25 team, she won a silver medal in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2023 Winter World University Games in Lake Placid, New York.[12] She was Japan's leading scorer, earning 6 points on 4 goals and 2 assists.
Shiga represented Japan in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina.[13][14] She tied Mei Miura as Japan's top scorer in the Games, with one goal and two assists across four games.[15]
Personal life
Her older sister, Aoi Shiga, is also an ice hockey player, a defenseman, with the Japanese national team.[11]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Japan | U18 D1A | 1st | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Japan | U18 | 8th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2018 | Japan | U18 D1A | 1st | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Japan | U18 | 8th | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Japan | WC | 8th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2021 | Japan | WC | 6th | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2022 | Japan | OG | 6th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2022 | Japan | WC | 5th | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |
| 2023 | Japan | WC | 7th | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 2024 | Japan | WC | 8th | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
| 2025 | Japan | WC | 7th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2026 | Japan | OG | 9th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Junior totals | 21 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | ||||
| Senior totals | 43 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 30 | ||||
