Aoi Shiga Explained

Aoi Shiga
Caption:Shiga representing Japan at the 2017 IIHF World Championship D1A
Birth Date:1999 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Hokkaido, Japan
Height M:1.66
Weight Kg:58
Position:Defense
Shoots:Left
League:SWHL A
Team:Ladies Team Lugano
Former Teams:Toyota Cygnus
Obihiro Ladies
Sex:f
Ntl Team:JPN
Career Start:2015

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.

International play

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 in the preliminary round. Her first senior national team goal was scored against 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

Her 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

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
2018–19Toyota CygnusWJIHL9 2 0 2 12
2023–24Ladies Team LuganoSWHL A12 4 2 6 4
SWHL A totals12 4 2 6 4

International

YearTeamEventResultGP G A Pts PIM
2015JapanU188th5 1 1 2 4
2016JapanU18 (Div I)5 3 1 4 2
2016JapanWC8th5 0 0 0 0
2017JapanU188th5 0 0 0 0
2017JapanWC (Div IA)5 0 0 0 0
2018JapanOG6th5 0 0 0 0
2019JapanWC8th5 0 0 0 0
2021JapanWC6th7 0 2 2 0
2022JapanOG6th5 0 3 3 0
2022JapanWC5th7 1 1 2 0
2023JapanWC7th6 1 0 1 2
2024JapanWC8th5 0 2 2 2
Junior totals15 4 2 6 6
Senior totals50 2 8 10 4

Notes and References

  1. https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/508/IHW508000_33_4_0_JPN.pdf 2016 World Championship roster
  2. Web site: Aoi Shiga. PyeongChang2018.com . . 10 February 2018 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180421075404/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/ice-hockey/athlete-profile-n3014496-aoi-shiga.htm . 21 April 2018.
  3. Web site: 女子世界選手権 日本代表メンバー決定. jihf.or.jp. 22 March 2019. 22 June 2023. 12 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190412092751/http://www.jihf.or.jp/whatsnew/detail.php?id=2188. dead.
  4. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/510/IHW5100JPN_33_1_0_JPN.pdf 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster
  5. Web site: 女子日本代表(2023 IIHF 女子世界選手権)– 志賀 葵(SHIGA Aoi) . . 2023-06-22 . ja.
  6. Web site: Beijing 2022 – Athletes: Aoi SHIGA . . 2023-06-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220302134507/https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/ice-hockey/athlete-profile-n1042426-aoi-shiga.htm . 2022-03-02 . en.
  7. Web site: Donkin . Karissa . 'Focusing on us': PWHL Ottawa aims to build on team culture heading into inaugural season . CBC . 20 December 2023 . en . 18 December 2023.