Japan men's national junior ice hockey team

The Japanese men's national under-20 ice hockey team (Japanese: アイスホッケー男子U-20日本代表 Aisuhokkē Danshi U-20 Nippon Daihyō) represents Japan at the International Ice Hockey Federation's World Junior Hockey Championship Division I.

Japan
AssociationJapan Ice Hockey Federation
Head coach Greg Thomson
Assistants Teruhiko Okita
Terashima Hiroshi
CaptainYuto Osawa
Most gamesHiroshi Sato (17)
Most pointsMakuru Furuhashi (29)
IIHF codeJPN
First international
 Norway 4 - 2 Japan 
(Heerenveen, Netherlands; March 16, 1982)
Biggest win
 Japan 17 - 1 Iceland 
(Canazei, Italy; December 13, 2007)
Biggest defeat
 Sweden 20 - 1 Japan 
(Gävle, Sweden; December 30, 1992)
IIHF World U20 Championship
Appearances30 (first in 1982)
Best result8th (1993)
International record (W–L–T)
89-81-13


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