Team Japan Roster @ Ice Hockey World Championships 2001

GOALIES
	Name	Pos	Age	Birthdate	Birthplace	HT	WT	SC
	Jiro Nihei	G	30	1971-03-09	Stockholm, Sweden	5'8"	165	R
	Shinichi Iwasaki	G	32	1968-08-21	Kuriyama, Japan	5'10"	187	L

DEFENSEMEN
	Name	Pos	Age	Birthdate	Birthplace	HT	WT	SC
	Kengo Ito	D	22	1978-12-04	Kushiro, Japan	5'11"	179	L
	Yutaka Kawaguchi	D	28	1973-04-05	Kisarazu, Japan	5'9"	174	R
	Akihito Isojima	D	27	1973-07-14		5'10"	165	R
	Fumitaka Miyauchi	D	28	1972-11-06	Sapporo, Japan	5'11"	176	L
	Daniel Daikawa	D	29	1971-07-30	Apple Valley, Minnesota	5'11"	187	R
	Hiroyuki Miura	D	27	1973-12-31	Kushiro, Japan	6'3"	198	R
	Tatsuki Katayama	D	28	1973-01-26	Kushiro, Japan	6'1"	192	L
	Makoto Kawashima	D	21	1979-05-02	Obihiro, Japan	5'11"	181	L

FORWARDS
	Name	Pos	Age	Birthdate	Birthplace	HT	WT	SC
	Kiyoshi Fujita	F	28	1972-06-25	Lethbridge, Alberta	5'7"	157	R
	Taro Nihei	F	30	1971-03-09	Stockholm, Sweden	5'10"	176	R
	Makoto Kawahira	F	29	1971-08-25	Tomakomai, Japan	5'10"	192	R
	Chris Yule	F	26	1975-03-29	Edmonton, Alberta	5'9"	154	L
	Masaki Shirono	F	30	1970-12-27		5'10"	174	R
	Shin Yahata	F	26	1974-05-09	Stockholm, Sweden	5'10"	170	L
	Takahito Suzuki	F	25	1975-08-17	Tomakomai, Japan	5'8"	165	R
	Ryan Kuwabara	F	29	1972-03-23	Hamilton, Ontario	6'1"	201	R
	Yasunori Iwata	F	28	1972-11-24	Sakai, Japan	5'11"	172	R
	Tomohiko Uchiyama	F	21	1979-10-13	Kushiro, Japan	5'8"	161	L
	Junji Sakata	F	26	1974-05-10		5'11"	176	R
	Hiroyuki Murakami	F	30	1971-01-14	Tokyo, Japan	6'0"	179	L

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.