Japan women's national cricket team

Japan
Association	Japan Cricket Association
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Associate member (2005) ; Affiliate member (1989)
ICC region	Asia / East Asia-Pacific
ICC Rankings
ICC Rankings	Current
T20I	41st
One Day Internationals
First ODI	v Pakistan at Sportpark Drieburg, Amsterdam; 21 July 2003
Last ODI	v West Indies at VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen; 26 July 2003
ODIs
ODIs	Played
Total	5
Women's World Cup Qualifier appearances	2 (first in 2003)
Best result	6th (2003)
T20 Internationals
First T20I	v Indonesia at Independence Park, Port Vila; 6 May 2019
Last T20I	v Mongolia at Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran; 4 June 2026
T20Is
T20Is	Played
Total	55
This year	1
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances	1 (first in 2013)
Best result	7th (2013)
T20I first kit	T20I second kit
	As of 4 June 2026

The Japan women's national cricket team represents Japan in international women's cricket matches.

In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to grant full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Japan women and other ICC members since 1 July 2018 have the full WT20I status.^[7]

History

Japan's women's national team made their international debut at the 2003 IWCC Trophy in the Netherlands. These were the first One Day International (ODI) matches played by any Japanese team, with the Japanese men's team yet to play at that level. They did not meet with much success though, losing all five matches and giving away an incredible 104 extras in their match against The Netherlands. They were bowled out for just 28 against Pakistan in that competition, with 20 of those runs coming in extras and just 8 from the bat, with the openers top scoring with 3 runs apiece.^[8] They are yet to play any WODI after this tournament.

Their return to international level did not come until September 2006 when they faced Papua New Guinea in a three-match one-day series to decide which country would represent the East Asia/Pacific region in the World Cup Qualifier in Ireland in 2007. Japan showed some improvement from the IWCC Trophy, but still lost all three games. However, these matches were also not considered as WODI.

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.^[9] Japan were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.^[10]

In January 2023 it was announced that Japan and Indonesia would be included in Asian Cricket Council (ACC) pathway events, while remaining in the ICC East Asia-Pacific development region.^[11]

Tournament history

ICC Women's World Cup

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
1973	Did not qualify
1978
1982
1988
1993
1997
2000
2005
2009
2013
2017
2022
2025	Did not qualify
Total	0/12	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0

ICC Women's World T20

ICC Women's T20 World Cup records
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2009	Did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2023
2024
2026
Total	0/10	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier records
Host Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2003	Round-robin	5/6	5	0	5	0	0
2008	Did not participate
2011	Did not qualify	9/10	4	0	4	0	0
2017	Did not qualify in to the qualifiers round
2021
2025
Total	2/6	0 Title	9	0	9	0	0

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier records
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2013	Group stages	7/8	5	0	4	0	1
2015	Did not qualify into the qualifiers round
2018
2019
2022
2024
2026
Total	1/7	0 Title	5	0	4	0	1

ICC Women's Twenty20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier

EAP Women's Twenty20 World Cup Qualifier records
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2019	Runners-up	5/6	5	1	4	0	0
2021	The tournament had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2023	Round-robin	4/7	6	3	3	0	0
2025	4th-place	4/8	5	2	3	0	0
Total	3/3	0 Titles	16	6	10	0	0

Cricket at Summer Olympics Games

Cricket at Summer Olympics records
Host Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2028	To be determined
2032	To be determined
Total	–	0 Title	0	0	0	0	0

ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy

ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy records
Host Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2027	To be determined
2031	To be determined
Total	–	0 Title	0	0	0	0	0

Asian Games

Cricket at the Asian Games records
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2010	Bronze medal	‹See Tfd› 3rd	5	3	2	0	0
2014	Quarter-finals	5th	1	0	1	0	0
2022	Did not participate
2026	To be determined
Total	2/3	0 Titles	6	3	3	0	0

ACC Women's Premier Cup

ACC Women's Premier Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2024	Quarter-finals	–	4	2	2	0	0
Total	1/1	0 Titles	4	2	2	0	0

Women's Twenty20 East Asia Cup

Women's Twenty20 East Asia Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2015	3rd place	3/4	4	2	2	0	0
2017	Runners-up	2/4	4	2	1	0	1
2019	3rd place	3/4	4	3	1	0	0
2022	Round-robin	–	4	0	4	0	0
2023	3rd place	3/3	4	1	3	0	0
2024	Runner-up	2/5	5	3	2	0	0
Total	6/6	0 Titles	25	11	13	0	1

Honours

Others

Asian Games
- Bronze Medal (1): 2010

Records

International Match Summary – Japan women^[12]^[13]

Last updated 4 June 2026

Format	M	W	L	T	NR	Inaugural Match
Playing Record
One Day Internationals	5	0	5	0	0	21 July 2003
Twenty20 Internationals	55	26	28	1	0	6 May 2019

Women's One-Day International

Highest team total: 85 v Scotland on 25 July 2003 at Sportpark Klein Zwitserland, The Hague.^[14]
Highest individual innings: 18, Ema Kuribayashi v Scotland on 25 July 2003 at Sportpark Klein Zwitserland, The Hague.^[15]
Best innings bowling: 2/6, Yūko Sasaki v Scotland on 25 July 2003 at Sportpark Klein Zwitserland, The Hague.^[16]

ODI record versus other nations^[12]

Records complete to WODI #450. Last updated 26 July 2003.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match
ICC Full members
Ireland	1	0	1	0	0	22 July 2003
Pakistan	1	0	1	0	0	21 July 2003
West Indies	1	0	1	0	0	26 July 2003
ICC Associate members
Netherlands	1	0	1	0	0	23 July 2003
Scotland	1	0	1	0	0	25 July 2003

Women's Twenty20 International

Highest team total: 158/4 v. Philippines on 12 September 2025 at Albert Park Ground 2, Suva.^[17]
Highest individual innings: 67, Mai Yanagida v. Indonesia on 15 September 2025 at Albert Park Ground 2, Suva.^[18]
Best innings bowling: 5/6, Erika Toguchi-Quinn v. Fiji on 6 September 2025 at Albert Park Ground 1, Suva.^[19]

Most T20I runs for Japan Women^[20]

Player	Runs	Average	Career span
Erika Oda	705	19.05	2019–2025
Mai Yanagida	700	16.66	2019–2025
Ahilya Chandel	392	13.51	2022–2025
Akari Nishimura	368	10.51	2019–2025
Haruna Iwasaki	333	10.40	2022–2025

Most T20I wickets for Japan Women^[21]

Player	Wickets	Average	Career span
Ahilya Chandel	38	17.57	2022–2025
Erika Toguchi-Quinn	35	12.97	2022–2025
Nonoha Yasumoto	27	14.22	2023–2025
Mai Yanagida	27	15.62	2019–2025
Kurumi Ota	24	19.33	2023–2025

T20I record versus other nations^[13]

Records complete to WT20I #2815. Last updated 4 June 2026.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
ICC Associate members
China	6	4	2	0	0	21 September 2019	26 May 2023
Cook Islands	1	1	0	0	0	1 September 2023	1 September 2023
Fiji	4	4	0	0	0	9 May 2019	9 May 2019
Hong Kong	12	2	9	1	0	20 September 2019	20 September 2019
Indonesia	3	0	3	0	0	6 May 2019
Malaysia	1	0	1	0	0	14 February 2024
Mongolia	2	2	0	0	0	11 October 2024	11 October 2024
Myanmar	1	0	0	0	0	6 June 2026
Nepal	2	0	2	0	0	18 November 2023
Oman	1	1	0	0	0	10 February 2024	10 February 2024
Papua New Guinea	3	0	3	0	0	9 May 2019
Philippines	2	2	0	0	0	7 June 2025	7 June 2025
Samoa	3	2	1	0	0	7 May 2019	2 September 2023
Singapore	5	5	0	0	0	1 October 2024	1 October 2024
South Korea	3	3	0	0	0	19 September 2019	19 September 2019
Tanzania	1	0	1	0	0	16 November 2023
United Arab Emirates	1	0	1	0	0	13 February 2024
Vanuatu	5	0	5	0	0	10 May 2019

Current squad

Updated on 14 February 2024.

This lists all the players who were part of the 2024 ACC Women's Premier Cup squad.

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
Mai Yanagida	33	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain
Erika Oda	39	Right-handed
Hinase Goto	21	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Haruna Iwasaki	24	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Seika Sumi		Right-handed	Right-arm medium
All-rounders
Ahilya Chandel	23	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
Kurumi Ota	38	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Shimako Kato	23	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Meg Ogawa	23	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Wicketkeeper
Akari Nishimura	28	Right-handed	-
Spin Bowler
Erika Toguchi-Quinn	25	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Pace Bowlers
Nonoha Yasumoto		Left-handed	Left-arm medium
Ayumi Fujikawa	22	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Elena Kusuda-Nairn	31	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

References

↑ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
↑ "Sportpark Drieburg".
↑ "PAK-W v/s JAP-W 2003".
↑ "WODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
↑ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
↑ "WT20I matches - 2026 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
↑ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
↑ "Japan vs Pakistan". cricket archive. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
↑ "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
↑ "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
↑ "Decision on Asia Cup venue postponed to March 2023". 4 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
1 2 "Records / Japan women / One-Day Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
1 2 "Records / Japan women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
↑ "Records / Japan Women / Women's One-Day Internationals / Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
↑ "Records / Japan Women / Women's One-Day Internationals / Top Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
↑ "Records / Japan Women / Women's One-Day Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
↑ "Records / Japan Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
↑ "Records / Japan Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
↑ "Records / Japan Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
↑ "Records / Japan Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
↑ "Records / Japan Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

External links

[ICC_Rankings-1] "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.

[2] "Sportpark Drieburg".

[3] "PAK-W v/s JAP-W 2003".

[Cricinfo_WODI_Records-4] "WODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.

[Cricinfo_WT20I_Records-5] "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.

[Cricinfo_2026_WT20I_Records-6] "WT20I matches - 2026 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.

[status-7] "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.

[8] "Japan vs Pakistan". cricket archive. Retrieved 12 August 2016.

[9] "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.

[10] "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.

[11] "Decision on Asia Cup venue postponed to March 2023". 4 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.

[ODI-12] 1 2 "Records / Japan women / One-Day Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2019.

[T20I-13] 1 2 "Records / Japan women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2019.

[14] "Records / Japan Women / Women's One-Day Internationals / Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

[15] "Records / Japan Women / Women's One-Day Internationals / Top Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

[16] "Records / Japan Women / Women's One-Day Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

[17] "Records / Japan Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

[18] "Records / Japan Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

[19] "Records / Japan Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

[20] "Records / Japan Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

[21] "Records / Japan Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

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