Kazunari Koizumi

Kazunari Koizumi
Date of birth	November 10, 1993
place of birth	Tomakomai , Hokkaidō , Japan
size	177 cm
Weight	73 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2011-2016	Chūō University
since 2016	Nippon Paper Cranes

Kazunari Koizuma ( Japanese 小泉 和 也 , Koizuma Kazunari ; born November 10, 1993 in Tomakomai , Hokkaidō ) is a Japanese ice hockey player who has been under contract with Nippon Paper Cranes from the Asia League Ice Hockey since 2016 .

Career

Kazunari Koizuma began his career as an ice hockey player during his time at Chūō University , in whose college team was active. Since 2016 he has been playing for Nippon Paper Cranes in the Asia League Ice Hockey .

International

For Japan Koizuma already took part in the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia 2012 , in which the team behind the Russian MHL Red Stars won the silver medal. The following year he played with the Japanese juniors at the U20 World Cup in 2013 in Division II. He also represented the Land of the Rising Sun at the Winter Universiades 2013 in Trentino and 2015 in Granada.

Koizuma made his debut in the men's national team at the 2017 World Cup , where his team competed in Group B of Division I.

Achievements and Awards

• 2013 Promotion to Division I, Group B, at the U20 Junior World Championship, Division II, Group A.

Asia League statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	2	68	1	9	10	20th
Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-

(Status: end of the 2017/18 season)

Web links

• Kazunari Koizumi at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Kazunari Koizumi at Nippon Paper Cranes (Japanese)