is a Japanese

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player and member of the Japanese national team, currently playing with the

Seibu Princess Rabbits The Seibu Princess Rabbits () are an ice hockey team in the Women's Japan Ice Hockey League and All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship. They are based in Nishitōkyō, a city in the western Tōkyō Metropolis, and play at the Higashi-Fushimi ...

of the

Women's Japan Ice Hockey League The Women's Japan Ice Hockey League (WJIHL, ) is the premier women's ice hockey league in Japan. Also known by the nickname Smile League () or Smile Japan League, it was founded in 2012 by the Japan Ice Hockey Federation and is contested in addit ...

(WJIHL) and

All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship The All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship ( ja, 全日本女子アイスホッケー選手権大会, Kana: ぜんにほんじょしアイスホッケーせんしゅけんたいかい, translit=Zen'Nihon Joshi Aisu Hokkē Senshuken Taikai) is ...

. Kubo made her international debut with the Japanese national ice hockey team in the women's ice hockey tournament at the

1999 Asian Winter Games The 4th Asian Winter Games ( ko, 제 4 회 동계 아시안 게임, je 4 hoe dong-gye asian geim) were held from January 30 to February 6, 1999, in the province of Kangwon (Gangwon), South Korea. The games were staged in three different clusters ...

. With more than two decades on the national team, she is the longest tenured player in team history and has represented Japan at the

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, and

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...

, at thirteen

IIHF Women's World Championships The IIHF World Women's Championship (WW or WWC), officially the IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship, is the premier international tournament in women's ice hockey. It is governed by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The offi ...

, and at four

Asian Winter Games The Asian Winter Games (AWG) is an international multi-sport event held every four years for members of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) which features winter events. The Japanese Olympic Committee first suggested the idea of holding a winter v ...

. She participated in the World Championship Top Division tournaments in

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, and

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; the Division I Group A tournaments in

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, and

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; the Division I tournaments in

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, and

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; and the Pool B tournament in

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* * 1982 births Living people Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Asian Games medalists in ice hockey Ice hockey people from Hokkaido Ice hockey players at the 1999 Asian Winter Games Ice hockey players at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Ice hockey players at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Ice hockey players at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Japanese women's ice hockey forwards Medalists at the 1999 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Olympic ice hockey players for Japan Seibu Princess Rabbits players {{Japan-icehockey-bio-stub