Team Japan Roster @ Ice Hockey World Championships 1998

GOALIES
NamePosAgeBirthdateBirthplaceHTWTSC
CADusty ImooG271970-07-18New Westminster, British Columbia5'8"148L
CAJiro NiheiG271971-03-09Stockholm, Sweden5'8"165R
CAShinichi IwasakiG291968-08-21Kuriyama, Japan5'10"187L
DEFENSEMEN
NamePosAgeBirthdateBirthplaceHTWTSC
CATakeshi YamanakaD271971-01-30Tomakomai, Japan5'10"185R
CATatsuki KatayamaD251973-01-26Kushiro, Japan6'1"192L
CADaniel DaikawaD261971-07-30Apple Valley, Minnesota5'11"187R
CATakayuki KoboriD291969-04-20Tomakomai, Japan6'1"216L
CAHiroyuki MiuraD241973-12-31Kushiro, Japan6'3"198R
CAYutaka KawaguchiD251973-04-05Kisarazu, Japan5'9"174R
CATakayuki MiuraD311967-03-256'0"185
CAFumitaka MiyauchiD251972-11-06Sapporo, Japan5'11"176L
FORWARDS
NamePosAgeBirthdateBirthplaceHTWTSC
CAShin YahataF231974-05-09Stockholm, Sweden5'10"170L
CAToshiyuki SakaiF331964-09-03Tomakomai, Japan6'0"187R
CARyan KuwabaraF261972-03-23Hamilton, Ontario6'1"201R
CAMatthew KabayamaF321965-11-18Coaldale, Alberta5'6"172R
CAYasunori IwataF251972-11-24Sakai, Japan5'11"172R
CAHiroshi MatsuuraF291968-05-14Tomakomai, Japan6'0"185L
CAKiyoshi FujitaF251972-06-25Lethbridge, Alberta5'7"157R
CAHideji TsuchidaF241973-10-056'0"176L
CAJunji SakataF231974-05-105'11"176R
CAMasaki ShironoF271970-12-275'10"174R
CAAkihito SugisawaF301967-07-20Tomakomai, Japan5'7"141R
CATsutsumi OtomoF221975-09-15Kushiro, Japan5'7"174


Post-1980s IIHF World Championship stats sourced from: IIHF Official Website and the Official Guide & Record Books of the Finnish Ice Hockey Federation.
Pre-1980s stats sourced primarily from the wonderful Russian Hockey site https://ice-hockey-stat.com/ and their beautifully documented international hockey history.