| Seibu Princess Rabbits SEIBUプリンセスラビッツ | |
|---|---|
| City | Nishitōkyō,Tōkyō, Japan |
| League | Women's Japan Ice Hockey League |
| Founded | 1974 (1974) |
| Home arena | Higashiyamato Skating Center |
| Colours | Blue, cyan, silver |
| Owner(s) | Seibu Group |
| Head coach | Tomohito Ohkubo ( 大久保 智仁) |
| Captain | Kanami Seki (関 夏菜美) |
| Website | princessrabbits.com |
| Franchise history | |
| 1974–1993 | Kokudo Keikaku WIHC |
| 1993–2007 | Kokudo Ladies IHC |
| 2005– | Seibu Princess Rabbits |
| Championships | |
| All-Japan Championship | 13 (1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2024) |
| WJIHL Championship | 9 (2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2023–24) |
TheSeibu Princess Rabbits (Japanese:SEIBUプリンセスラビッツ,romanized: Seibu Purinsesu Rabittsu) is an amateurice hockey team in theWomen's Japan Ice Hockey League andAll-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship. They are based inNishitōkyō, a city in the westernTōkyō Metropolis, and play at theHigashiyamato Skating Center.
The team was founded in 1974 as Kokudo Keikaku (Japanese:国土計画女子アイスホッケークラブ,romanized: Kokudo keikaku joshi aisuhokkēkurabu,lit. 'National Land Planning Women's Ice Hockey Club'). It was one of the first women's ice hockey clubs to be created in Japan, establishing itself less than one year after Isetan, the officially recognized first women's team in Japan. Throughout the mid-1970s, Kokudo Keikaku regularly participated in self-organized matches against Isetan and the Mandai Memorial Club (Japanese:満大メモリアルクラブ), the other women's teams in the region.[1]
In 1978, an unofficial women's ice hockey national championship was independently created by a small number of teams fromHokkaido and the Tokyo Metropolis. Kokudo Keikaku was one of the founding members of the unofficial championship and participated in every tournament during 1978 to 1982. In 1982, theJapan Ice Hockey Federation sanctioned the tournament for the first time and it has been played as the official All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship ever since.[2]
For the following three decades, the All-Japan Championship was the only top level women's ice hockey tournament in Japan. In practice, this meant that Kokudo Keikaku played just three or four games of record during the three day tournament each season and generally played less than ten games total per season, includingfriendlies organized between other All-Japan Championship team or with teams outside of Japan.[3][4] The team first claimed the title of Japanese Champion at the third All-Japan Championship, in 1984, and were contenders throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, winning six Championships during 1984 to 1993.[1]
In 1993, the team was renamed as the Kokudo Ladies Ice Hockey Club (Japanese:コクドレディースアイスホッケークラブ). The name change inadvertently marked the beginning of a 15-year All-Japan Championship victory drought, which persisted through a second name change in 2006.[1]
Kokudo Ladies were renamed as Seibu Princess Rabbits in 2006, when theSeibu Group became the team's primary sponsor. The new name was adapted as the women's counterpart to theSeibu Prince Rabbits, anAsia League team founded in 1972, which were named after Seibu Group and Seibu Group's principal holding,Prince Hotels.
This is a list of all seasons completed by Seibu Princess Rabbits since the creation of the WJIHL in 2012.
Note:Finish = Rank at end of regular season;GP =Games played,W = Wins (3 points),OTW = Overtime wins (2 points),OTL = Overtime losses (1 point),L = Losses,GF =Goals for,GA =Goals against,Pts =Points,Top scorer:Points (Goals+Assists)
| Season | Women's Japan Ice Hockey League | All-Japan Championship results | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular season | Championship results | ||||||||
| GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | |||
| 2012–13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 6 | Won Championship | Runner up |
| 2013–14 | Won Championship, 3–0 (Samsung Daito Peregrine) | Third place | |||||||
| 2014–15 | Won Championship | Runner up | |||||||
| 2015–16 | Won Championship, 4–0 (Daishin) | Won Championship | |||||||
| 2016–17 | Won Championship, 3–1 (DK Peregrine) | Runner up | |||||||
| 2017–18 | Won Championship, 3–2 (DK Peregrine) | Won Championship | |||||||
| 2018–19 | Won Championship, 5–1 (DK Peregrine) | Runner up | |||||||
| 2019–20 | Won Championship, 3–0 (DK Peregrine) | Cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic | |||||||
| 2020–21 | Lost final, 0–2 (DK Peregrine) | Third place | |||||||
| 2021–22 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 variant | ||||||||
| 2022–23 | Third place, 4–3 (Toyota Cygnus) | Fourth place | |||||||
| 2023–24 | Won Championship, 1–0 (DK Peregrine)[5] | Won Championship[6] | |||||||
| No. | Nat | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 |  | Aiko Yoshikawa | D | 20 | |||
| 16 | | Yoshino Enomoto | F | R | 27 | Osaka, Kansai, Japan | |
| 18 | | Rion Suzuki | F | R | 19 | ||
| 20 | | Haruna Nomura | D | 22 | |||
| 31 | | Hana Kitajima | G | R | 24 | ||
| 77 | | Kiku Kobayashi | G | L | 23 | ||
| 29 | | Ririna Takenaka | G | L | 20 | ||
| 61 | | Suzuno Fukuda | G | L | 17 | ||
| 15 | | Remi Koyama | F | R | 25 | ||
| 26 | | Sakura Ito | F | 22 | |||
| 8 | | Urara Honda | F | ||||
| 17 | | Kyo Asahina | F | R | 19 | ||
| 33 | | Momoka Okamura | F | L | 17 | ||
| 14 | | Lily Sato | D | L | 16 | ||
| 19 | | Aoi Sawada | F | R | 20 | ||
| 7 | | Marin Nagaoka | F | R | 23 | ||
| 27 | | Kokoro Ohta | D | L | 25 | Hokkaido, Japan | |
| 23 | | Yu Hatade | F | 22 | |||
| 24 | | Kanami Seki | D | L | 25 | ||
| 21 | | Cocoro Gotoh | F | L | 19 | ||
| 10 | | Aila Wik | D | L | 24 | ||
| 12 | | Ayana Honma | F | R | 19 | ||
| 11 | | Hikaru Yamashita | F | L | 25 | ||
| 5 | | Shiori Yamashita | D | L | 23 |
Coaching staff and team personnel
All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship
Champions(13): 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2024
Runners-up(15): 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
Third Place(7): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2014, 2021Women's Japan Ice Hockey League
Champions(9): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2023–24Runners-up(1): 2020–21Third Place(1): 2022–23