Japan women's national handball team

NicknameおりひめJAPAN

Assistant coachShota Arai

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

Together with South Korea they are one of the traditional powerhouses in Asia and have won the Asian Championship twice.

v t e National sports teams of Japan
Men	A1GP American football Australian rules football Bandy Baseball U-18 Basketball U-17 U-19 3x3 U-23 3x3 Wheelchair Boxing Cricket U-19 Field hockey U-21 Floorball U-19 Football U-23 U-20 U-17 Futsal U-23 U-20 Beach soccer eFootball Cerebral palsy Goalball Gymnastics Handball MJ MY Ice hockey Junior U-18 Kabaddi Korfball Lacrosse Roller hockey Rugby league Rugby union 7s U-20 Wheelchair Softball U-19 Squash Tennis Volleyball U-21 U-19 Water polo
Women	Baseball Basketball U-19 U-17 3x3 U-23 3x3 Wheelchair Beach handball Cricket Field hockey U-21 Floorball Flag football Football U-23 U-20 U-17 Futsal Goalball Gymnastics Handball W-J Ice hockey F U-18 Rugby union 7s Softball U-18 Squash Tennis Volleyball U-23 U-21 U-19 Water polo
Mixed	Badminton Baseball5 Boxing Tennis Wheelchair handball
Olympics Paralympics Asian Games Asian Para Games Universiade Youth Olympics

v t e National women's handball teams of Asia (AHF)
West Asia	Bahrain Iran Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia	Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia	Afghanistan Bangladesh India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
Southeast Asia	Brunei Indonesia Malaysia Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam
East Asia	China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea South Korea
Oceania	Australia New Zealand The teams are members of the OCHF and therefor not members of the AHF. But they participate at the Asian Championship.

Summer Olympics