is a Japanese retired

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, currently serving as assistant coach to the Japanese women's national ice hockey team. Aoki represented Japan in the women's ice hockey tournament at the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

, the women's ice hockey tournament at the

2003 Asian Winter Games The 5th Asian Winter Games ( ja, 第5回アジア冬季競技大会, Dai 5-kai Ajia tōkikyōgitaikai) took place from February 1 to 8, 2003 in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Mascot The 2003 Winter Asiad mascot is ''Winta'', a black woodpecker. Venu ...

, the 2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia (CCOA), and at four

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 ...

, in the Top Division in

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

and

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, and in Division I in

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and

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. Her club career was played with

Mitsuboshi Daito Peregrine is the debut studio album of the character Kirari Tsukishima from the Japanese anime '' Kirarin Revolution''. The album was released on February 28, 2007 with songs performed by Koharu Kusumi from Morning Musume, credited as . Background and re ...

(now DK Peregrine) of the

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 ...

and

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 with the

Calgary Inferno The Calgary Inferno (previously known as Team Alberta, nickname "Honeybadgers", during the 2011–12 season) was a women's ice hockey team that joined the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) for the 2011–12 season. The team played its home g ...

of the

Canadian Women's Hockey League The Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL; french: Ligue canadienne de hockey féminin ‒ LCHF) was a women's ice hockey league. Established in 2007 as a Canadian women's senior league in the Greater Toronto Area, Montreal, and Ottawa, the league ...

(CWHL). Kanae was drafted by the Calgary Inferno in the 6th round of the 2015 CWHL Draft. She scored her first goal for Calgary on 14 November 2015 against

Les Canadiennes de Montréal Les Canadiennes de Montréal were a professional women's ice hockey team based in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 2007 as the Montreal Stars (Stars de Montréal), they competed in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) in every sea ...

. Appearing with the Calgary Inferno in the 2016 Clarkson Cup finals, she joined teammate

Aina Takeuchi is a Japanese ice hockey defender. International career Takeuchi was selected for the Japan women's national ice hockey team in the 2014 Winter Olympics. She played in all five games, recording one assist. Takeuchi also played for Japan in t ...

as the first women from Japan to win the

Clarkson Cup The Clarkson Cup (french: La Coupe Clarkson) is a women's ice hockey trophy, which from 2009 to 2019 was awarded to the winner of the Canadian Women's Hockey Championship (CWHL champion). With the folding of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CW ...

, as the Inferno prevailed in a convincing 8-3 final against Les Canadiennes de Montréal.

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* * 1985 births Living people Calgary Inferno players Clarkson Cup champions Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Canada Japanese ice hockey coaches Japanese women's ice hockey defencemen Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players of Japan Asian Games medalists in ice hockey Ice hockey players at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Ice hockey players at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Asian Games silver medalists for Japan {{Japan-icehockey-bio-stub