Ryan Kuwabara
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is a Japanese-Canadian former professional
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player and the former head coach of the
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in the
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(OHL). He represented in the men's tournament at the
1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the ...
. In August 2021, he became an assistant coach for the
Wheeling Nailers The Wheeling Nailers are a professional ECHL ice hockey team based in Wheeling, West Virginia. They are the ECHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey Lea ...
, with whom he had been a player on the inaugural 1992-93 team, which reached the
Riley Cup The Patrick J. Kelly Cup goes to the playoff champion of the ECHL. The Kelly Cup has been awarded to teams since 1997. Prior to 1997, the playoff winner was awarded the Riley Cup, named after former American Hockey League president Jack Riley. Th ...
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* * 1972 births Living people Belfast Giants players Fredericton Canadiens players High1 players Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Japanese ice hockey players Canadian sportspeople of Japanese descent Kokudo Keikaku players Montreal Canadiens draft picks Nippon Paper Cranes players Olympic ice hockey players for Japan Ottawa 67's players Ice hockey people from Hamilton, Ontario Wheeling Thunderbirds players Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1999 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Ice hockey players at the 1999 Asian Winter Games Ice hockey players at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Asian Games medalists in ice hockey Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Japanese expatriate ice hockey people Canadian ice hockey coaches Expatriate ice hockey players in Northern Ireland Expatriate ice hockey players in South Korea Japanese expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Northern Ireland Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Northern Ireland Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in South Korea {{Japan-icehockey-bio-stub