Miyuu Masuhara

Miyuu Masuhara
増原 海夕
Born (2001-10-04) 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
Medal record
Asian Winter Games
2025 Harbin Team
World University Games
2023 Lake Placid Team

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

Note: GP = Games played; Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage;
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
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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

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Montroy, Liz (4 September 2022). "Japan to stay in Group A with SO win". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  3. ^ Gallagher, Jack (5 September 2022). "Japan Women Edge Finland in Dramatic Shootout, Finish 5th at World Championship". SportsLook. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Hopkins, Simon (22 January 2023). "Canada completes sweep of FISU World University Games". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 23 January 2023.