Hanami Saito
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| Born | 5 June 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Crowning Glories | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hanami Saito (齋藤 はなみ, born 5 June 2004) is a field hockey player from Japan.[1][2]
Personal life
Hanami Saito was born on 5 June 2004, in the Yamagata Prefecture.[3][4]
She is a former student of Yonezawa Commercial High School.[5]
Career
Domestic league
In the Japanese national league, Matsunami represents the Crowning Glories.[1][4][6]
Under–21
Saito made her junior international debut in 2023. She made her first appearances for the Japanese U–21 team during a test series against Australia in the Gold Coast.[7] She went on to represent Japan again at the Junior Asian Cup in Kakamigahara, winning a bronze medal.[7][8][9] To close out 2023, Saito represented Japan again at the FIH Junior World Cup in Santiago, concluding the tournament with a seventh-place finish.[7][10]
In 2024 she was a member of the junior squad at the Junior Asian Cup in Muscat.[7]
Cherry Blossoms
In 2024, Saito was named in the senior national team for the first time. She made her international debut at the Asian Champions Trophy in Rajgir.[11] At the tournament she scored her first international goal for Japan, helping the team to a bronze medal.[12]
She was named in the squad for the 2024–25 FIH Nations Cup in Santiago.[1][7]
International goals
The following is a list of goals scored by Saito at international level.[7]
| Goal | Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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| 1 | 14 November 2024 | Rajgir Sports Complex Hockey Stadium, Rajgir, India |  China | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2024 Asian Champions Trophy | [13] |
| 2 | 26 February 2025 | Centro Deportivo de Hockey Césped Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile |  United States | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2024–25 FIH Nations Cup | [14] |
References
- 1 2 3 "Japanese Women's National Team "Sakura Japan" Nations Cup and Pre-Camp Participants List" (PDF). en.hockey.or.jp. Japan Hockey Association. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ↑ "Player Info – Hanami Saito". globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ↑ "Team Details – Japan". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- 1 2 "齋藤 はなみ – Saitou Hanami". hjl-hockey.tv (in Japanese). Hockey Japan League. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ↑ "米沢商ＳＯ戦で敗れ決勝逃す…ホッケー女子". yomiuri.co.jp (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ↑ "【女子３位決定戦】東海学院大学が３－２で山梨学院大に逆転勝利／全日本大学ホッケー王座". myhockey.jp (in Japanese). My Hockey Japan. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "SAITO Hanami". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ↑ "THE AWARDS AND THE WINNERS OF THIS NEW EDITION OF THE WOMEN'S JUNIOR ASIA CUP Kakamigahara (JPN)". asiahockey.org. Asian Hockey Federation. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ↑ "好機生かせずリズム崩れる ホッケージュニアアジア杯、日本３位決定戦へ". Chunichi.co.jp (in Japanese). Chunichi. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ↑ "FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup Chile 2023: Pool D Preview". usafieldhockey. USA Field Hockey. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ↑ "Women's Hockey National Team "Sakura Japan" Asian Champions Trophy List of Participants" (PDF). en.hockey.or.jp. Japan Hockey Association. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ↑ "Day 7: Japan Claims Bronze with a Dominant 4-1 Win Over Malaysia in the Bihar Women's Asian Champions Trophy 2024". fih.hockey. International Hockey Federation. 20 November 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ↑ "Japan 1–2 China". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
- ↑ "United States 4–2 Japan". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 27 February 2025.