Haruno Sasaki (佐々木 春乃, Sasaki Haruno; born 26 February 1995) is a Japanese handball player for Borussia Dortmund Handball and the Japanese national team.

Haruno Sasaki
Personal information
Born (1995-02-26) 26 February 1995 (age 31)
Toyama, Japan
Nationality Japanese
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club Frisch Auf Göppingen
Number 32
Senior clubs
Years Team
-2021
Hokkoku Bank
2021-2025
Borussia Dortmund Handball
2025-
Frisch Auf Göppingen
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Japan 63 (172)
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 26 October 2025

National team

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She participated at the 2017[1] and 2019 World Championships.[2] She also represented Japan at the 2020 Olympics at home.[3]

At the 2022 Asian Championship, she won silver medals, losing to South Korea in the final.[4] In the final, she was the Japanese top scorer with 7 goals.

At the 2023 World Championship she was part of the Japanese team that finished 17th.[5]

At the 2024 Asian Championship she won gold medals with the Japanese team.[6]

She represented Japan again at the 2025 World Championship.[7]

References

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  1. 2017 World Championship roster
  2. "24th Women's World Championship 2019: Cumulative Statistics" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  3. "Match Team Statistics: Netherlands vs. Japan" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  4. "Republic of Korea won the Asian Women's Handball Championship after a thrilling final". Asian Handball Federation. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  5. "IHF WM23 Team cumulative statistics Japan" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  6. "女子日本代表「おりひめジャパン」 第20回女子アジア選手権 決勝結果 韓国に勝利し20年ぶり2回目の優勝!!". handball.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  7. "第27回女子世界選手権 代表メンバー決定‼". 公益財団法人日本ハンドボール協会 (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 November 2025.
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