Aoi Shiga

Aoi Shiga (志賀 葵, しが あおい, Shiga Aoi, born 4 July 1999) 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.

Aoi Shiga
志賀葵
Shiga representing Japan at the 2017 IIHF World Championship D1A
Born (1999-07-04) 4 July 1999
Hokkaido, Japan
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb; 9 st 2 lb)
Position Defense
Shoots Left
PHF team
Former teams		 Buffalo Beauts
Toyota Cygnus
Obihiro Ladies
National team  Japan
Playing career 2015–present

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 2015 and 2017, and the Division I tournament in 2016. In 2017, she served as national team captain and was selected by the coaches as a top-three player on the team.

Shiga made her national senior team debut at the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship, where she was the youngest player representing Japan and the second-youngest player competing in the tournament (the youngest was Noemi Neubauerová of Czechia).[1] The following year, she competed in the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I Group A tournament, once again as the youngest player on the team. She was a member of the Japanese delegation at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Sochi and played in the women's ice hockey tournament, in which Japan claimed sixth place.[2]

Shiga has participated in the Top Division tournament of every IIHF Women's World Championship since playing in the 2019 tournament.[3][4] She recorded her first point with the senior national team at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship, earning the secondary assist on a goal scored by her sister, Akane Shiga, against Hungary in the preliminary round. Her first senior national team goal was scored against Finland in the preliminary round of the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship, assisted by Haruka Toko and Akane Shiga. The coaches named her as a top-three player for Japan in both 2021 and 2022.[5]

She represented Japan in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, recording three assists in five games.[6]

Personal life

Her younger sister, Akane Shiga, is also an ice hockey player, a forward, with the Japanese national ice hockey team and the Buffalo Beauts.[6][7]

References
  1. 2016 World Championship roster
  2. "Aoi Shiga". PyeongChang2018.com. PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  3. "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 22 June 2023.
  4. 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster
  5. "女子日本代表（2023 IIHF 女子世界選手権）– 志賀 葵（SHIGA Aoi）". Japan Ice Hockey Federation (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  6. "Beijing 2022 – Athletes: Aoi SHIGA". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  7. Kennedy, Ian (16 June 2023). "Japanese Sisters Aoi and Akane Shiga Sign With Buffalo". The Hockey News. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
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