Japan Handball League

The Japan Handball League (日本ハンドボールリーグ, Nihon Handball Rīgu) (JHL), is the top professional [1] handball league in Japan. Team names and home cities/towns are from the official site for the 46th Japan Handball League (2021/2022 Season).[2]

Japan Handball League
SportHandball
Founded1976
DirectorKazumasa Ashihara [ja]
No. of teamsMen's team: 13
Women's team: 11
Country Japan
ConfederationJapan Handball Association
Official websitehttps://japanhandballleague.jp

2023-2024 JHL Men's Teams

Club Name Home City/Town
Toyota Motor East Japan Regarosso Ōhira, Miyagi
Osaki Electric Osol Miyoshi, Saitama
Zeekstar Tokyo Shinagawa, Tokyo
Earth Friends BM Ōta, Tokyo
Toyama Dreams Himi, Toyama
Fukui Eiheiji Blue Thunder Eiheiji, Fukui
Daido Steel Phenix Nagoya, Aichi
Toyota Auto Body Brave Kings Kariya, Aichi
Toyoda Gosei Blue Falcon Kiyosu, Aichi
Wakunaga Pharmaceutical Leolic Hiroshima, Hiroshima
Golden Wolves Fukuoka Ōnojō, Fukuoka
Toyota Boshoku Kyushu Red Tornado Kanzaki, Saga
Ryukyu Corazon Urasoe, Okinawa

2022-2023 JHL Women's Teams

Club Name Home City/Town
Prestige International Aranmare Sakata, Yamagata
Hokkoku Bank Honey Bee Kanazawa, Ishikawa
Hida Takayama Blackbulls Gifu Takayama, Gifu
HC Nagoya Nagoya, Aichi
Mie Violet Iris Suzuka, Mie
Osaka Lovvits Osaka, Osaka
Izumi Maple Reds Hiroshima, Hiroshima
Kagawa Bank GiraSol Takamatsu, Kagawa
Omron Pindys Yamaga, Kumamoto
Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing Blue Sakuya Kirishima, Kagoshima
The Terrace Hotels La Tida Naha, Okinawa

References

  1. ^ hgt. (28 November 2002). "Transfercoup" [Transfer coup]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Team Information". Japan Handball League. Retrieved 11 December 2021.

External links

  • Official site
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