Hanae Kubo (久保 英恵, Kubo Hanae, born 10 December 1982) is a Japanese ice hockey player and member of the Japanese national team, currently playing with the Seibu Princess Rabbits of the Women's Japan Ice Hockey League (WJIHL) and All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship.

Hanae Kubo
久保英恵
Kubo in 2017
Born (1982-10-10) 10 October 1982 (age 42)
Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 64 kg (141 lb; 10 st 1 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
WJIHL team
Former teams
Seibu Princess Rabbits
Oakville Ice
National team  Japan
Playing career 1999–present
Medal record
Asian Winter Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Sapporo Ice hockey
Silver medal – second place 1999 Gangwon Ice hockey
Silver medal – second place 2003 Aomori Ice hockey
Silver medal – second place 2007 Changchun Ice hockey

Kubo made her international debut with the Japanese national ice hockey team in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 1999 Asian Winter Games. With more than two decades on the national team, she is the longest tenured player in team history and has represented Japan at the 2014, 2018, and 2022 Winter Olympics, at thirteen IIHF Women's World Championships, and at four Asian Winter Games.[1] She participated in the World Championship Top Division tournaments in 2000, 2004, 2015, 2016, 2019, and 2021; the Division I Group A tournaments in 2012, 2013, and 2017; the Division I tournaments in 2001, 2003, and 2005; and the Pool B tournament in 1999.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Hanae Kubo". Pyeongchang 2018. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. ^ "2015 IIHF World Championship roster" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
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