Akane Shiga

Akane Shiga (志賀 紅音, しが あかね, Shiga Akane, born 3 March 2001) is a Japanese ice hockey player and member of the Japanese national team, currently playing in the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) with the Buffalo Beauts.

Akane Shiga
志賀紅音
Born (2001-03-03) 3 March 2001
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 61 kg (134 lb; 9 st 8 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
PHF team
Former teams		 Buffalo Beauts
Toyota Cygnus
Obihiro Ladies
National team  Japan
Playing career 2018–present
Medal record
World University Games
Silver medal – second place2023 Lake PlacidIce hockey

International play

As a junior player with the Japanese national under-18 team, she participated in the IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Top Division tournaments in 2017 and 2019, and the Division I tournaments in 2016 and 2018.

Shiga made her national senior team debut at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship, at which she notched her first senior-level point – a goal assisted by Ayaka Toko and Hanae Kubo against Sweden in the preliminary round.[1][2] She has subsequently participated in the IIHF Women's World Championship tournaments in 2021, 2022, and 2023, and was Japan's leading scorer at the tournaments in 2021 and 2022. The coaches named her as a top-three player for Japan in 2021 and 2022.

Shiga represented Japan in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[3]

With the Japanese national under-25 team, she won a silver medal in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2023 Winter World University Games in Lake Placid, New York.[4] She was Japan's leading scorer, earning 6 points on 4 goals and 2 assists.

Personal life

Her older sister, Aoi Shiga, is also an ice hockey player, a defenseman, with the Japanese national team and the Buffalo Beauts.[3][5]

References
  1. "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 on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  2. 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster
  3. "Beijing 2022 – Athletes: Akane SHIGA". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  4. "Ice Hockey – Women – Medallists" (PDF). Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games. 21 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  5. Kennedy, Ian (16 June 2023). "Japanese Sisters Aoi and Akane Shiga Sign With Buffalo". The Hockey News. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
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