Shuhei Kuji

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JapanJapan  Shuhei Kuji Ice hockey player
Date of birth April 27, 1987
place of birth Tomakomai , Japan
size 172 cm
Weight 73 kg
position striker
Shot hand Right
Career stations
2003-2005 Komazawa University
2005-2006 Komazawa Tomakomai
2006-2010 Waseda University
2010-2015 Ōji Eagles
2015-2016 Polar bears Berlin
since 2016 Ōji Eagles

Shūhei Kuji ( Japanese 久 慈 修 平 , Kuji Shūhei ; born April 27, 1987 in Tomakomai , Hokkaidō ) is a Japanese ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Ōji Eagles from the Asia League Ice Hockey since 2016 .

Career

Shūhei Kuji began his career as a hockey player at Komazawa University , for whose ice hockey team he was active until 2005. In the 2005/06 season, the striker played for Komazawa Tomakomai before moving to the Waseda University team . After four years for the academics forge team, he moved to the Asia League Ice Hockey to the Ōji Eagles in 2010 , with whom he won the league in 2012 in the playoff finals against the Nikkō Ice Bucks . In 2013 and 2014 , the team again won the main round, but lost the final series against the Tōhoku Free Blades (2013) and the Nippon Paper Cranes (2014).

In August 2015, Kuji completed a trial training with the Eisbären Berlin and also played some games in the Champions Hockey League for them before he was signed (loaned) by the Eisbären in September. In 2016 he returned to the Ōji Eagles.

International

For Japan, Kuji has already participated in the U18 and U20 world championships. For the Japanese men's team , he was on the ice for the first time at the 2009 World Cup in Division I. Also at the 2012 World Championships when he was named to the tournament's all-star team, in 2013 , 2014 , 2015 when he was voted best player on his team, and in 2016 he was active for Japan in Division I. His 3-2 opening goal in the final game against the Hungarians in 2014 made the Japanese dream of returning to the top ten years after relegating from the top division. In the end, however, the game was lost 4-5 after a penalty shoot-out, so that Kuji's team only missed promotion when they were tied because they lost a direct comparison against Austria .

At the Winter Asian Games 2011 in Astana , he and his team won the silver medal. Six years later at the Winter Asian Games in Sapporo it was enough to win a bronze medal. He also took part in the Olympic qualification for the 2014 Games in Sochi in November 2012 . However, the Japanese failed in the first qualifying round despite their home advantage - the tournament was held in Nikko - by a 2-1 defeat in the decisive game against Great Britain . The qualifying tournament for the Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang 2018 was also on the ice for the Japanese.

Achievements and Awards

International

statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
DEL regular season 1 37 0 2 2 2
DEL playoffs - - - - - -
Asia League regular season 9 321 195 183 378 109
Asia League playoffs 9 48 20th 20th 40 18th

(Status: end of the 2019/20 season)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Berliner Kurier: Shuhei Kuji: How much polar bear is there in this Japanese flea? (No longer available online.) In: berliner-kurier.de. August 31, 2015, archived from the original on September 25, 2015 ; accessed on September 24, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.berliner-kurier.de
  2. ↑ BZ / dpa: Japanese stays! Shuhei Kuji is loaned out. In: bz-berlin.de . September 9, 2015, accessed September 24, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Kuji, Shuhei
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 久 慈 修 平 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Tomakomai , Hokkaidō , Japan