Miyuu Masuhara

Miyuu Masuhara
増原 海夕
Born (2001-10-04) 4 October 2001
Hokkaido, Japan
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight 53 kg (117 lb; 8 st 5 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
WJIHL team DK Peregrine
National team  Japan
Playing career c. 2015–present
Medal record
Asian Winter Games
Gold medal – first place2025 HarbinTeam
World University Games
Silver medal – second place2023 Lake PlacidTeam

Miyuu Masuhara (Japanese: 増原海夕, ますはら みゆう, Hepburn: Masuhara Miyū; born 4 October 2001) is a Japanese ice hockey goaltender and member of the Japanese national team, currently playing with DK Peregrine in the Women's Japan Ice Hockey League (WJIHL) and All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship.

Playing career

As a junior player with the Japanese national under-18 team, she participated in the 2016 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship.[1]

Masuhara was a part of the Japanese delegation at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Selected as a reserve player for the women's ice hockey tournament, she did not dress for any games.[2]

She was Japan's starting goaltender at the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship, where she maintained a steady 91.48 save percentage across six games and recorded a 61-shot shutout against Finland in the fifth place game.[3][4]

Masuhara won a silver medal with the Japanese team in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2023 Winter World University Games in Lake Placid, New York.[5]

Career statistics

International

Note: GP = Games played; Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage;
Regular season
YearTeamEventResult GPWLT/OTMINGASOGAASV%
2022JapanWC5th
6240349:481903.260.915
2022JapanOG6th
0
2023JapanWC7th
4040147:281305.290.889
2024JapanWC8th
202096:41603.720.807
2025JapanAWG1st place, gold medalist(s)
110060:00101.000.923
2025JapanWC7th
5320298:031302.620.926
2026JapanOGQQ
2200120:00100.500.966
2026JapanOG9th
3120137:18803.500.867

References

  1. ↑ "2016 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Div I – Player Statistics by Team: JPN - Japan" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation (Webarchive). 16 January 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  2. ↑ Montroy, Liz (4 September 2022). "Japan to stay in Group A with SO win". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  3. ↑ Gallagher, Jack (5 September 2022). "Japan Women Edge Finland in Dramatic Shootout, Finish 5th at World Championship". SportsLook. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "2022 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Player Statistics by Team: JPN - Japan". International Ice Hockey Federation. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  5. ↑ Hopkins, Simon (22 January 2023). "Canada completes sweep of FISU World University Games". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 23 January 2023.