Akane Hosoyamada

Akane Hosoyamada (細山田 茜, Hosoyamada Akane, born 9 March 1992) is a Japanese ice hockey player for DK Peregrine.

Akane Hosoyamada
Hosoyamada in 2017
Born (1992-03-09) 9 March 1992[1]
Banff, Alberta, Canada
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 59 kg (130 lb; 9 st 4 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
JWIHC team
Former teams		 DK Peregrine (2018–)
Syracuse Orange (CHA)
Calgary Inferno
National team  Japan
Playing career 2010–present

Early life and education

Hosoyamada was born to father Manabu and mother Yoko in Banff, Alberta, Canada.[2] She began playing hockey at the age of five.[3] She attended Syracuse University and graduated in 2015 with a degree in health and exercise science.[3]

At Syracuse, she played college hockey for the Syracuse Orange from 2010 to 2015, appearing in 151 games, the second-most games, notching the program's fifth-most points by a defenseman with ten goals and 51 assists. Hosoyamada was named to College Hockey America's all-conference teams in her first and fifth years.[4] She also served as the team captain.[5]

Career

Hosoyamada played for the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL)'s Calgary Inferno for the 2016–17 season, after which she relocated to Japan. She began playing for DK Peregrine in 2018.[6]

Japan national team

Hosoyamada began attending Japan's training camps in 2015 and started competing in 2016.[2][4] She debuted for Japan women's national ice hockey team in 2017 Asian Winter Games.[7] In the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship in Austria, she scored a hat trick against Norway in a 5-3 comeback victory for Japan.[8][9]

She competed for Japan in the 2018 Winter Olympics.[5][10][11] She assisted on the third goal in Japan's first-ever Olympic victory over combined Koreas.

She was part of the team for the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship in Finland.[12]

Hosoyamada made her second Olympic appearance in the 2022 Winter Olympics.[4]

References
  1. "NBC Olympics: Akane Hosoyamada". www.nbcolympics.com. NBC Olympic broadcasts. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  2. "Japan's Women's Hockey team eye next step". WAVY-TV. 8 February 2018. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  3. Restuccio, Jonah; Maresca, Lisa (1 February 2022). "Gold Medal Goals". Syracuse University. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  4. Bambini, Cole (1 February 2022). "Syracuse alumna Akane Hosoyamada prepares for 2nd Olympic appearance". The Daily Orange. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  5. Gallagher, Jack (1 February 2018). "Return to roots helps Akane Hosoyamada realize an Olympic dream". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  6. "Akane Hosoyamada at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  7. Gallagher, Jack (20 February 2017). "Smile Japan grinds past South Korea at Asian Winter Games". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  8. "Game detail: 18 Apr 2017, Japan - Norway". European Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  9. "Game Summary (JAP–NOR)" (PDF). 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  10. Mink, Nate (1 February 2018). "2018 Olympics: Former SU hockey player competing for Japan". Syracuse Post-Standard. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  11. "Athlete Profile: Akane HOSOYAMADA". PyeongChang2018.com. PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018.
  12. "女子世界選手権 日本代表メンバー決定". jihf.or.jp. 22 March 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
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