Fumika Sasano 笹野 文香 | |||
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Born |
Aomori Prefecture, Japan | 26 June 1997||
Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb) | ||
Position | Defense | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
SDHL team Former teams |
AIK Hockey
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National team | Japan | ||
Playing career | c. 2013–present | ||
Medal record |
Fumika Sasano (笹野 文香, Sasano Fumika, born 26 June 1997) is a Japanese ice hockey player and member of the Japanese national ice hockey team, currently[update] playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with AIK Hockey.
Sasano began her career playing with the Hachinohe Reds in the All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship and Group B of the Women's Japan Ice Hockey League (WJIHL).
In 2016, she joined the Seibu Princess Rabbits, the reigning champions of both the WJIHL and All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship. With the Seibu Princess Rabbits, Sasano won five Japanese Championship titles as WJIHL champion in 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, and 2019–20, and All-Japan tournament champion in 2018.
Sasano represented Japan at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship.[1] She participated in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2017 Winter Universiade and won a bronze medal in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2019 Winter Universiade. As a junior player with the Japanese national under-18 team, she participated in the 2014 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship.