Ryuichi Kawai
 Ryuichi Kawai 
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| Date of birth | September 26, 1983 |
| place of birth | Eniwa , Japan |
| size | 180 cm |
| Weight | 90 kg |
| position | defender |
| Shot hand | Left |
| Career stations | |
| 2003-2009 | Kokudo Ice Hockey Team / Seibu Prince Rabbits |
| 2009-2011 | Tōhoku Free Blades |
| 2011-2015 | High1 |
| since 2015 | Nikko IceBucks |
Ryūichi Kawai ( Japanese 河 合 龍 一 , Kawai Ryūichi ; born September 26, 1983 in Eniwa , Hokkaidō ) is a Japanese ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Nikkō IceBucks in the Asia League Ice Hockey since 2015 .
Career
Ryūichi Kawai began his career as a hockey player with the Kokudo Ice Hockey Team , for whose professional team he made his debut in the newly formed Asia League Ice Hockey in the 2003/04 season . He gave two assists in three games. In 2005 and 2006, the defender won the ALIH championship with Kokudo. His team was renamed Seibu Prince Rabbits in 2006. In the 2006/07 and 2008/09 seasons, the Japanese international failed with his team in the playoff final at the Nippon Paper Cranes . After the dissolution of the Seibu Prince Rabbits, Kawai joined the league newcomer Tōhoku Free Blades like his younger brother Takuma for the 2009/10 season . In the 2010/11 season, which ended prematurely due to the Tōhoku earthquake , he and his team won the championship of the Asia League Ice Hockey.
For the 2011/12 season, Kawai moved within the ALIH to the South Korean club High1 , where he played for four years before returning to Japan in 2015, where he is now on the ice for the Nikkō IceBucks .
International
In the junior division, Kawai played at the U18 B World Championship in 2000 and the U18 World Championship in Division I in 2001 as well as in the U20 World Championship in Division II in 2001 and 2002 and Division I in 2003 .
For Japan , Kawai took part in the Division I World Championships in 2007 , 2008 and 2009 . He also played in the second qualifying round for the 2010 Winter Olympics in 2009 . At the Winter Asian Games 2007 he won the gold medal with Japan.
Achievements and Awards
- 2005 Asia League Ice Hockey Champion with the Kokudo Ice Hockey Team
- 2006 Asia League Ice Hockey Champion with the Kokudo Ice Hockey Team
- 2007 runner-up in the Asia League Ice Hockey with the Seibu Prince Rabbits
- 2009 runner-up in the Asia League Ice Hockey with the Seibu Prince Rabbits
- 2011 Asia League Ice Hockey Champion with the Tōhoku Free Blades
International
- 2002 Promotion to Division I at the U20 World Cup of Division II
- 2007 gold medal at the Asian Winter Games
Asia League statistics
| Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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| Regular season | 15th | 493 | 39 | 166 | 305 | 525 |
| Playoffs | 10 | 55 | 6th | 11 | 17th | 94 |
(Status: end of the 2017/18 season)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 東北 フ リ ー ブ レ イ ズ に 新 戦 力 河 合 兄弟 が 加入 . In: 47 News. Press Net Japan, October 17, 2009, accessed June 29, 2010 (Japanese).
Web links
- Ryūichi Kawai at eliteprospects.com (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kawai, Ryuichi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 河 合 龍 一 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 26, 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eniwa , Hokkaidō , Japan |