Makoto Kawahira

Makoto Kawahira
Date of birth	August 25, 1971
place of birth	Tomakomai , Hokkaidō , Japan
size	178 cm
Weight	87 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1990-2006	Ōji Eagles

Makoto Kawahira ( Japanese 川 平 誠 , Kawahira Makoto ; born August 25, 1971 in Tomakomai , Hokkaidō ) is a former Japanese ice hockey player and coach .

Career

Makoto Kawahira spent his entire career as a hockey player with the Ōji Eagles , for which he was active from 1990 to 2006 - first in the Japan Ice Hockey League and from 2003 to 2006 in the multinational Asia League Ice Hockey . In the 1990/91 and 1993/94 seasons he won the Japanese championship with his team. In the 2005/06 season he was player-coach for the Eagles.

International

For Japan Kawahira took part in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano . He was also in his country's squad at the B World Cup in 1993 and the A World Cup in 2001 .

Achievements and Awards

• 1991 Japanese champion with the Ōji Eagles
• 1994 Japanese champion with the Ōji Eagles

Web links

• Makoto Kawahira at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Makoto Kawahira in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )