# Kyoka Tsutsumi
**Kyoka Tsutsumi** (堤 京香; born 2004) is a Japanese ice hockey defender who plays for Daishin in the Japan Women's League and has represented Japan at youth, university, and senior national level. She won a gold medal in the girls' ice hockey tournament at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne and captained Japan to a bronze medal at the 2025 FISU World University Games in Turin.[1](https://www.jihf.or.jp/team_japan/detail.php?id=76) • [2](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/139540) • [3](https://wugtorino2025.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/LIVE_THE_GAMES_DAY9_compressed-1.pdf)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 2004 in Aichi, Japan[4](https://blob.iihf.com/iihf-media/iihfmvc/media/contentimages/4_sport/g_and_r/2025_iihf_g_and_r_book.pdf) |
| Position | Defender; shoots left[1](https://www.jihf.or.jp/team_japan/detail.php?id=76) |
| Club | Daishin (Japan Women's League)[1](https://www.jihf.or.jp/team_japan/detail.php?id=76) |
| Youth Olympics | Gold, girls' ice hockey, 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, Lausanne[2](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/139540) |
| U18 World Championship | 2019 top division (6 games, 0 points, 8th place); 2020 Division I Group A (5 games, 3 assists)[4](https://blob.iihf.com/iihf-media/iihfmvc/media/contentimages/4_sport/g_and_r/2025_iihf_g_and_r_book.pdf) • [1](https://www.jihf.or.jp/team_japan/detail.php?id=76) |
| Universiade | Bronze with Japan at the 2025 FISU World University Games, as team captain[3](https://wugtorino2025.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/LIVE_THE_GAMES_DAY9_compressed-1.pdf) |
| Listed size | 150 cm, 45 kg per the Japan Ice Hockey Federation; IIHF's 2022 roster listed 1.52 m and 52 kg[1](https://www.jihf.or.jp/team_japan/detail.php?id=76) • [5](https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/ww18ia/teams/roster/27015) |
## Early international career
Tsutsumi first appeared in IIHF record books at the 2019 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship, where Japan finished eighth and she played six games as a 15-year-old without recording a point, taking 2 penalty minutes.[4](https://blob.iihf.com/iihf-media/iihfmvc/media/contentimages/4_sport/g_and_r/2025_iihf_g_and_r_book.pdf) A game sheet from the preliminary round of that tournament, a 6 January 2019 match, shows her on the blue line alongside fellow defenders Mei Sakurai, Ayaka Tomiuchi, Rima Takahashi, and Fuka Kosuga.[6](https://www.iihf.com/pdf/704/ihw704b02_74_1_0)
In January 2020 she was registered to Japan's roster for the IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Division I Group A, listed at 1.50 m and 45 kg with club Daishin.[7](https://www.iihf.com/pdf/856/ihw8560jpn_33_1_0_jpn) The Japan Ice Hockey Federation credits her with 5 games, 3 assists, and a plus-7 rating in that tournament.[1](https://www.jihf.or.jp/team_japan/detail.php?id=76) She was also named to Japan's roster for the 2022 edition of the Division I Group A tournament, though the IIHF game log for that event shows 0 games played.[5](https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/ww18ia/teams/roster/27015)
## 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
At the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Tsutsumi wore number 5 on Japan's defense in the girls' ice hockey tournament, held 17 to 21 January 2020 at the Lausanne Vaudoise Arena with 99 participants from six countries.[8](https://www.olympedia.org/results/6000224) Japan went unbeaten through the round-robin, beating the Czech Republic 4-1 and Switzerland 5-1 in [Group B](https://www.edgepedia.org/group-b), then defeated Slovakia 5-0 in the semi-final and Sweden 4-1 in the final on 21 January to take the gold medal.[8](https://www.olympedia.org/results/6000224)
During the preliminary round, IIHF's match report credits her with a goal in Japan's playoff-clinching win, describing [Makoto Ito](https://www.edgepedia.org/makoto-ito) carrying the puck into the Swiss zone and finding Tsutsumi with a cross-ice saucer pass past two defenders for the score midway through the first period.[9](https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/yogm/news/17657/japan-rolls-into-playoffs) In an IIHF feature during the Games, she was quoted on the growth of the sport in Japan: "I feel that ice hockey is growing in our country, and I am happy to be a part of it."[10](https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/yogm/news/17682/can-japan-finally-break-through) Olympedia records her Lausanne result as one Youth Olympic gold medal.[2](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/139540)
## Club and university career
Tsutsumi has played her domestic hockey for Daishin. At the 38th All Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship in February 2019, she appeared in 4 games for Daishin without a point.[11](https://www.jihf.or.jp/common/pdf/Women%27s%20Senior_2018-19_All%20Japan%20Women%27s%20Championship%20A_Player%20Stats%20by%20Team.pdf) In the 12th Japan Women's League season, running from October 2023 to February 2024, she played 7 games for Daishin and recorded 1 goal and 3 assists for 4 points, with no penalty minutes.[12](https://www.jihf.or.jp/common/pdf/2023_24/Women%27s%20Senior_2023-24_Japan%20Women%27s%20League_Player%20Stats%20by%20Team.pdf)
She was named to Japan's women's roster for the 2025 FISU World University Games in Turin, listed among eight Daishin-affiliated players on the 23-player squad submitted by the Japan Ice Hockey Federation.[13](https://www.jihf.or.jp/common/img/info/info_20250110_095311.pdf) Japan's women won the bronze medal, defeating Slovakia 2–1 in the bronze-medal game on 20 January 2025, and Tsutsumi served as the team's captain.[16](https://www.fisu.net/2025/01/21/am-i-dreaming-or-something/) After the medal ceremony she said, "We are very happy with this result, our goal in this tournament was to win a medal and we are very happy to have achieved it."[3](https://wugtorino2025.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/LIVE_THE_GAMES_DAY9_compressed-1.pdf) • [14](https://s3-crs-prod.microplustimingservices.com/WU2025/STATIC/_PDF/WUG2025/IHO/ResultBook/WUG2025_IHO_v1.0.pdf) Elite Prospects credits her with 5 games, 2 assists, and 2 points for Japan in the 2024-25 season.[15](https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/21608/japan/stats/all-time)
## Summary of national-team record
Across the tournaments documented in IIHF and federation records, Tsutsumi's national-team appearances include the 2019 U18 Women's World Championship, the 2020 U18 Division I Group A tournament, the 2020 Youth Olympics, and the 2025 Winter Universiade. Her recorded senior-level international statistics to date come from the [Universiade](https://www.edgepedia.org/universiade), where she contributed 2 assists in 5 games as Japan's captain.[4](https://blob.iihf.com/iihf-media/iihfmvc/media/contentimages/4_sport/g_and_r/2025_iihf_g_and_r_book.pdf) • [1](https://www.jihf.or.jp/team_japan/detail.php?id=76) • [15](https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/21608/japan/stats/all-time)
## References
1. [堤 京香 | 日本代表 | JIHF 公益財団法人 日本アイスホッケー連盟](https://www.jihf.or.jp/team_japan/detail.php?id=76)
2. [Olympedia – Kyoka Tsutsumi](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/139540)
3. [SPORT REVIEW, Torino 2025 FISU World University Games, Day 9](https://wugtorino2025.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/LIVE_THE_GAMES_DAY9_compressed-1.pdf)
4. [2025 IIHF Guide & Record Book, Active Skaters, Women: Tanabe…Tsutsumi](https://blob.iihf.com/iihf-media/iihfmvc/media/contentimages/4_sport/g_and_r/2025_iihf_g_and_r_book.pdf)
5. [IIHF – Japan roster, 2022 WW18 Division I Group A](https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/ww18ia/teams/roster/27015)
6. [IIHF game sheet, JPN vs. opponent, 6 January 2019, U18 Women's World Championship](https://www.iihf.com/pdf/704/ihw704b02_74_1_0)
7. [IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Division I Group A, Team Roster Japan, 2 January 2020](https://www.iihf.com/pdf/856/ihw8560jpn_33_1_0_jpn)
8. [Olympedia – Ice Hockey, Girls, 2020 Winter Youth Olympics](https://www.olympedia.org/results/6000224)
9. [IIHF – Japan rolls into playoffs](https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/yogm/news/17657/japan-rolls-into-playoffs)
10. [IIHF – Can Japan finally break through?](https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/yogm/news/17682/can-japan-finally-break-through)
11. [The 38th All Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship-A, Player Statistics by Team, 2018-2019](https://www.jihf.or.jp/common/pdf/Women%27s%20Senior_2018-19_All%20Japan%20Women%27s%20Championship%20A_Player%20Stats%20by%20Team.pdf)
12. [The 12th Japan Women's League, Player Statistics by Team, 2023-2024](https://www.jihf.or.jp/common/pdf/2023_24/Women%27s%20Senior_2023-24_Japan%20Women%27s%20League_Player%20Stats%20by%20Team.pdf)
13. [2025 ワールドユニバーシティゲームズ メンバーリスト（女子）, JIHF](https://www.jihf.or.jp/common/img/info/info_20250110_095311.pdf)
14. [WUG2025 Ice Hockey Result Book](https://s3-crs-prod.microplustimingservices.com/WU2025/STATIC/_PDF/WUG2025/IHO/ResultBook/WUG2025_IHO_v1.0.pdf)
15. [Japan All-Time Player Stats, Elite Prospects](https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/21608/japan/stats/all-time)
16. [“Am I dreaming or something?” - FISU](https://www.fisu.net/2025/01/21/am-i-dreaming-or-something/)
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