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Team Information

Official Name

HC Nikko Icebucks

Team Logo

Nikko Icebucks Logo

Address

2-360-9, Inari Town, Nikko, Tochigi, 321-1411, Japan

Jersey Color

Home: Orange

Visitor: White

Team’s History

Founded in 1998 as the first club team in Japanese top ice hockey league, after its forerunner Furukawa Denko Ice Hockey Team ended up their 73 years of history. For the first two seasons, players were on loan from Furukawa Denko Co. Ltd. under an employment contract.
Now the team consists of professional players and endears themselves to local fans. With management transfer to a new company this season, their team name has turned back to its original, HC Nikko Icebucks, from Nikko Kobe Icebucks.
In the Play-off round last season, the Icebucks advanced to the semi-final after beating Oji Paper, ranked higher in Regular League, then finished the season in 4th place overall.

HP Address

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Home Town Information

Home Town

Nikko City in Tochigi Prefecture

About Home Town

The population is 94,000. It is located at 30 kilometers west of Utsunomiya City, the capital of Tochigi Prefecture and in the Nikko National Park. It is one of international sight seeing cultural cities in Japan with its artificial beauty and grand natural beauty. Over 6 million visitors ( of those, 4 million stay over night ) both from domestic and overseas come here for sightseeing a year. The summer is cooler and the winter the temperature goes below zero. It's a cool place. 30 minutes from Utsunomiya by car.

Staff

  • Sumio Kobayashi
  • Owner
    Sumio Kobayashi
  • Sergio Echigo
  • senior director
    Sergio Echigo
  • Ichiro Enokido
  • director
    Ichiro Enokido
  • Yasuyuki Honma
  • General Mangaer
    Yasuyuki Honma
  • Yasushi Ise
  • Head Coach
    Yasushi Ise
  • Keith O'donnell
  • Equipment Manager
    Keith O'donnell
  • Gota Suzuki
  • Mangaer
    Gota Suzuki
  • Keiko Yoshihara
  • General Affairs
    Keiko Yoshihara
  • Reo Kurosawa
  • Playing Staff
    Reo Kurosawa

Player

GK

  • Michio Hashimoto
  • Michio
    Hashimoto
    1
  • Birth
    Apr. 26, 1977
    Ht/Wt
    181cm/84kg
    Previous Team
    Sapporo Polaris
  • Rei Kawaguchi
  • Rei
    Kawaguchi
    30
  • Birth
    Nov. 20, 1987
    Ht/Wt
    183cm/90kg
    Previous Team
    Harrington Collage（JrA）
  • Hiroshi Shiratori
  • Hiroshi
    Shiratori
    35
  • Birth
    Oct. 27, 1983
    Ht/Wt
    186cm/81kg
    Previous Team
    Waseda Univ.
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DF

  • Yugo Hagiwara
  • Yugo
    Hagiwara
    2
  • Birth
    Jan. 21, 1982
    Ht/Wt
    183cm/80kg
    Previous Team
    Millet Thunder (AAA)
  • Takayuki Ono
  • Takayuki
    Ono
    3
  • Birth
    Feb. 11, 1983
    Ht/Wt
    175cm/77kg
    Previous Team
    Tokai Univ.
  • Kousuke Katoh
  • Kousuke
    Katoh
    6
  • Birth
    Jul. 10, 1985
    Ht/Wt
    182cm/85kg
    Previous Team
    Toyo Univ.
  • Naoya Fukuzawa
  • Naoya
    Fukuzawa
    7
  • Birth
    Nov. 20, 1985
    Ht/Wt
    180cm/78kg
    Previous Team
    Hosei Univ.
  • Tadahiro Murai
  • Tadahiro
    Murai
    8
  • Birth
    Jul. 25, 1975
    Ht/Wt
    170cm/70kg
    Previous Team
    Furukawa Denko
  • Keisuke Toda
  • Keisuke
    Toda
    19
  • Birth
    Oct. 12, 1984
    Ht/Wt
    180cm/90kg
    Previous Team
    Toyo Univ.
  • Toshiaki Okamoto
  • Toshiaki
    Okamoto
    34
  • Birth
    Dec. 30, 1984
    Ht/Wt
    175cm/80kg
    Previous Team
    Chuo Univ.
  • Hiroki Iwasaki
  • Hiroki
    Iwasaki
    50
  • Birth
    Oct. 22, 1988
    Ht/Wt
    178cm/87kg
    Previous Team
    Harrington Collage（JrA）
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FW

  • Yohei Ohhinata
  • Yohei
    Ohhinata
    10
  • Birth
    May 18, 1983
    Ht/Wt
    175cm/76kg
    Previous Team
    Hosei Univ.
  • Hiroyuki Tsukada
  • Hiroyuki
    Tsukada
    11
  • Birth
    Jul. 7, 1985
    Ht/Wt
    174cm/72kg
    Previous Team
    Hosei Univ.
  • Eric LaFreniere
  • Eric
    LaFreniere
    12
  • Birth
    Jul. 11, 1984
    Ht/Wt
    175cm/85kg
    Previous Team
    Les Rapaces de Gap (France)
  • Ryota Mita
  • Ryota
    Mita
    15
  • Birth
    Feb. 17, 1981
    Ht/Wt
    180cm/81kg
    Previous Team
    Furukawa Denko
  • Hideji Tsuchida
  • Hideji
    Tsuchida
    16
  • Birth
    Oct. 5, 1973
    Ht/Wt
    182cm/85kg
    Previous Team
    Kokudo
  • Kojiro Tsuji
  • Kojiro
    Tsuji
    18
  • Birth
    Oct. 19, 1981
    Ht/Wt
    173cm/70kg
    Previous Team
    Toyo Univ.
  • Mickey Gilchrist
  • Mickey
    Gilchrist
    20
  • Birth
    Sep. 13, 1984
    Ht/Wt
    175cm/84kg
    Previous Team
    MiddleburyCollege（USA）
  • Hironori Kobayashi
  • Hironori
    Kobayashi
    21
  • Birth
    Sep. 9, 1983
    Ht/Wt
    181cm/85kg
    Previous Team
    Norfolk（NEHL）
  • Musashi Nakai
  • Musashi
    Nakai
    22
  • Birth
    Jul. 17, 1986
    Ht/Wt
    175cm/75kg
    Previous Team
    Gazovik(Russia Jr.)
  • Reo Kurosawa
  • Reo
    Kurosawa
    44
  • Birth
    Jan. 10, 1983
    Ht/Wt
    169cm/70kg
    Previous Team
    Itochu
  • Tetsuo Setaka
  • Tetsuo
    Setaka
    45
  • Birth
    Jun. 16, 1981
    Ht/Wt
    176cm/78kg
    Previous Team
    Anyang Halla
  • Kota Shinohara
  • Kota
    Shinohara
    47
  • Birth
    Mar. 28, 1984
    Ht/Wt
    169cm/73kg
    Previous Team
    Kushiro Settle Blaze
  • Yoshiyuki Hatano
  • Yoshiyuki
    Hatano
    91
  • Birth
    Apr. 30, 1980
    Ht/Wt
    170cm/70kg
    Previous Team
    Sarpas Anabuki
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