Aoi Shiga (Japanese: 志賀 葵, しが あおい, Hepburn: Shiga Aoi, born 4 July 1999) is a Japanese ice hockey player and member of the Japanese national team, currently playing in the Swiss Women's League (SWHL A) with Ladies Team Lugano.
| Aoi Shiga 志賀葵 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Shiga representing Japan at the 2017 IIHF World Championship D1A | |||
| Born |
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 | ||
| SWHL A team Former teams |
Ladies Team Lugano Toyota Cygnus Obihiro Ladies | ||
| National team |
 Japan | ||
| Playing career | 2015–present | ||
International play
edit| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing Japan
| ||
| Women's ice hockey | ||
| World Championship | ||
 |
2017 Austria | Division I Group A |
| World U18 Championship | ||
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2016 Hungary | Division I |
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
editHer younger sister, Akane, is also an ice hockey player, a forward, with the Japanese national ice hockey team and PWHL Ottawa.[6][7]
Career statistics
editRegular season and playoffs
edit| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2018–19 | Toyota Cygnus | WJIHL | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | Ladies Team Lugano | SWHL A | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| SWHL A totals | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
International
edit| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Japan | U18 | 8th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2016 | Japan | U18 (Div I) | 
|
5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2016 | Japan | WC | 8th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Japan | U18 | 8th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Japan | WC (Div IA) |
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 | Japan | OG | 6th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Japan | WC | 8th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | Japan | WC | 6th | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Japan | OG | 6th | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Japan | WC | 5th | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Japan | WC | 7th | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2024 | Japan | WC | 8th | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Junior totals | 15 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Senior totals | 50 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | ||||
References
edit- ^ 2016 World Championship roster
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Beijing 2022 – Athletes: Aoi SHIGA". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ Donkin, Karissa (18 December 2023). "'Focusing on us': PWHL Ottawa aims to build on team culture heading into inaugural season". CBC. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
External links
edit- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Aoi Shiga at Olympedia
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