Miyuu Masuhara
| Miyuu Masuhara 増原 海夕 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
4 October 2001 Hokkaido, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb; 8 st 5 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Catches | Left | ||
| WJIHL team | DK Peregrine | ||
| National team | Japan | ||
| Playing career | c. 2015–present | ||
Miyuu Masuhara (Japanese: 増原海夕, ますはら みゆう, Hepburn: Masuhara Miyū; born 4 October 2001) is a Japanese ice hockey goaltender and member of the Japanese national team, currently playing with DK Peregrine in the Women's Japan Ice Hockey League (WJIHL) and All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship.
Playing career
As a junior player with the Japanese national under-18 team, she participated in the 2016 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship.[1]
Masuhara was a part of the Japanese delegation at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Selected as a reserve player for the women's ice hockey tournament, she did not dress for any games.[2]
She was Japan's starting goaltender at the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship, where she maintained a steady 91.48 save percentage across six games and recorded a 61-shot shutout against Finland in the fifth place game.[3][4]
Masuhara won a silver medal with the Japanese team in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2023 Winter World University Games in Lake Placid, New York.[5]
Career statistics
International
| Regular season | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | W | L | T/OT | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | |
| 2022 | Japan | WC | 5th |
6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 349:48 | 19 | 0 | 3.26 | 0.915 | |
| 2022 | Japan | OG | 6th |
0 | |||||||||
| 2023 | Japan | WC | 7th |
4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 147:28 | 13 | 0 | 5.29 | 0.889 | |
| 2024 | Japan | WC | 8th |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 96:41 | 6 | 0 | 3.72 | 0.807 | |
| 2025 | Japan | AWG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 0.923 | ||
| 2025 | Japan | WC | 7th |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 298:03 | 13 | 0 | 2.62 | 0.926 | |
| 2026 | Japan | OGQ | Q |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 120:00 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.966 | |
| 2026 | Japan | OG | 9th |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 137:18 | 8 | 0 | 3.50 | 0.867 | |
References
- ^ "2016 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Div I – Player Statistics by Team: JPN - Japan" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation (Webarchive). 16 January 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ Montroy, Liz (4 September 2022). "Japan to stay in Group A with SO win". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ Gallagher, Jack (5 September 2022). "Japan Women Edge Finland in Dramatic Shootout, Finish 5th at World Championship". SportsLook. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ "2022 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Player Statistics by Team: JPN - Japan". International Ice Hockey Federation. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ Hopkins, Simon (22 January 2023). "Canada completes sweep of FISU World University Games". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Miyuu Masuhara at Olympics.com
- Miyuu Masuhara at Olympedia
- Miyuu Masuhara at InterSportStats
- Miyuu Masuhara at Team Japan (in Japanese) (in English)
- Miyuu Masuhara at Milano Cortina 2026
- Miyuu Masuhara on Instagram