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

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

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. 1 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 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). IIHF. 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". IIHF. 22 March 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
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