Japan

Association	Japan Cricket Association
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Associate member (2005) Affiliate member (1989)
ICC region	Asia /East Asia-Pacific
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever T20I 41st 26th (7 October 2019)
One Day Internationals
First ODI	v Pakistan at Sportpark Drieburg,[2]Amsterdam; 21 July 2003[3]
Last ODI	v West Indies atVRA Cricket Ground,Amstelveen; 26 July 2003
ODIs Played Won/Lost Total[4] 5 0/5 (0 ties, 0 no results)
Women's World Cup Qualifier appearances	2 (first in2003)
Best result	6th (2003)
T20 Internationals
First T20I	v Indonesia atIndependence Park,Port Vila; 6 May 2019
Last T20I	v Indonesia atAlbert Park Ground 2,Suva; 15 September 2025
T20Is Played Won/Lost Total[6] 54 25/28 (1 tie, 0 no results) This year[7] 11 7/4 (0 ties, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances	1 (first in2013)
Best result	7th (2013)
T20I first kit T20I second kit
As of 15 September 2025

TheJapan women's national cricket team representsJapan in internationalwomen's cricket matches.

In April 2018, theInternational Cricket Council (ICC) decided to grant fullWomen's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, allTwenty20 matches played between Japan women and otherICC members since 1 July 2018 have the full WT20I status.^[8]

Japan's women's national team made their international debut at the2003 IWCC Trophy in theNetherlands. These were the firstOne Day International (ODI) matches played by any Japanese team, with theJapanese men's team yet to play at that level. They did not meet with much success though, losing all five matches and giving away an incredible 104 extras in their match againstThe Netherlands. They were bowled out for just 28 againstPakistan in that competition, with 20 of those runs coming in extras and just 8 from the bat, with the openers top scoring with 3 runs apiece.^[9] They are yet to play any WODI after this tournament.

Their return to international level did not come until September 2006 when they facedPapua New Guinea in a three match series of one day games to decide which country would represent the East Asia/Pacific region in the World Cup Qualifier inIreland some time in 2007. Japan showed some improvement from the IWCC Trophy, but still lost all three games. However, these matches were also not considered as WODI.

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.^[10] Japan were named in the2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.^[11]

In January 2023 it was announced that Japan andIndonesia would be included inAsian Cricket Council (ACC) pathway events, while remaining in the ICC East Asia-Pacific development region.^[12]

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
1973	Did not qualify
1978
1982
1988
1993
1997
2000
2005
2009
2013
2017
2022
2025	Did not qualify
Total	0/12	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0

ICC Women's T20 World Cup records
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2009	Did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2023
2024
2026
Total	0/10	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier records
Host Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2003	Round-robin	5/6	5	0	5	0	0
2008	Did not participate
2011	Did not qualify	9/10	4	0	4	0	0
2017	Did not qualify in to the qualifiers round
2021
2025
Total	2/6	0 Title	9	0	9	0	0

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier records
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2013	Group stages	7/8	5	0	4	0	1
2015	Did not qualify into the qualifiers round
2018
2019
2022
2024
2026
Total	1/7	0 Title	5	0	4	0	1

EAP Women's Twenty20 World Cup Qualifier records
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2019	Runners-up	5/6	5	1	4	0	0
2021	The tournament had been cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic
2023	Round-robin	4/7	6	3	3	0	0
2025	4th-place	4/8	5	2	3	0	0
Total	3/3	0 Titles	16	6	10	0	0

Cricket at Summer Olympics records
Host Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2028	To be determined
2032
Total	–	0 Title	0	0	0	0	0

ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy records
Host Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2027	To be determined
2031
Total	–	0 Title	0	0	0	0	0

Cricket at the Asian Games records
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2010	Bronze medal	3rd	5	3	2	0	0
2014	Quarter-finals	5th	1	0	1	0	0
2022	Did not participate
2026	To be determined
Total	2/3	0 Titles	6	3	3	0	0

ACC Women's Premier Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2024	Quarter-finals	–	4	2	2	0	0
Total	1/1	0 Titles	4	2	2	0	0

Women's Twenty20 East Asia Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2015	3rd place	3/4	4	2	2	0	0
2017	Runners-up	2/4	4	2	1	0	1
2019	3rd place	3/4	4	3	1	0	0
2022	Round-robin	–	4	0	4	0	0
2023	3rd place	3/3	4	1	3	0	0
2024	Runner-up	2/5	5	3	2	0	0
Total	6/6	0 Titles	25	11	13	0	1

• Asian Games
  • Bronze Medal (1):2010

International Match Summary – Japan women^[13][14]

Last updated 15 September 2025

• Highest team total: 85 vScotland on 25 July 2003 atSportpark Klein Zwitserland,The Hague.^[15]
• Highest individual innings: 18,Ema Kuribayashi vScotland on 25 July 2003 atSportpark Klein Zwitserland,The Hague.^[16]
• Best innings bowling: 2/6,Yūko Sasaki vScotland on 25 July 2003 atSportpark Klein Zwitserland,The Hague.^[17]

ODI record versus other nations^[13]

Records complete to WODI #450. Last updated 26 July 2003.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
ICC Full members
Ireland	1	0	1	0	0	22 July 2003
Pakistan	1	0	1	0	0	21 July 2003
West Indies	1	0	1	0	0	26 July 2003
ICC Associate members
Netherlands	1	0	1	0	0	23 July 2003
Scotland	1	0	1	0	0	25 July 2003

• Highest team total: 158/4 v.Philippines on 12 September 2025 atAlbert Park Ground 2,Suva.^[18]
• Highest individual innings: 67,Mai Yanagida v.Indonesia on 15 September 2025 atAlbert Park Ground 2,Suva.^[19]
• Best innings bowling: 5/6, Erika Toguchi-Quinn v.Fiji on 6 September 2025 atAlbert Park Ground 1,Suva.^[20]

T20I record versus other nations^[14]

Records complete to WT20I #2514. Last updated 15 September 2025.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
ICC Associate members
China	6	4	2	0	0	21 September 2019	26 May 2023
Cook Islands	1	1	0	0	0	1 September 2023	1 September 2023
Fiji	4	4	0	0	0	9 May 2019	9 May 2019
Hong Kong	12	2	9	1	0	20 September 2019	20 September 2019
Indonesia	3	0	3	0	0	6 May 2019
Malaysia	1	0	1	0	0	14 February 2024
Mongolia	1	1	0	0	0	11 October 2024	11 October 2024
Nepal	2	0	2	0	0	18 November 2023
Oman	1	1	0	0	0	10 February 2024	10 February 2024
Papua New Guinea	3	0	3	0	0	9 May 2019
Philippines	2	2	0	0	0	7 June 2025	7 June 2025
Samoa	3	2	1	0	0	7 May 2019	2 September 2023
Singapore	5	5	0	0	0	1 October 2024	1 October 2024
South Korea	3	3	0	0	0	19 September 2019	19 September 2019
Tanzania	1	0	1	0	0	16 November 2023
United Arab Emirates	1	0	1	0	0	13 February 2024
Vanuatu	5	0	5	0	0	10 May 2019

Updated on 14 February 2024.

This lists all the players who were part of the2024 ACC Women's Premier Cup squad.

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