Shin'ya Yanadori

Shin'ya Yanadori
Date of birth	December 15, 1986
place of birth	Kushiro , Japan
size	177 cm
Weight	77 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2002-2004	Komazawa University Tomakomai High School
2005-2009	Meiji University
2009-2014	Nippon Paper Cranes
2014-2015	Esbjerg Energy
since 2015	Nippon Paper Cranes

Shin'ya Yanadori ( Japanese 梁 取 慎 也 , Yanadori Shin'ya ; born December 15, 1986 in Kushiro , Hokkaidō ) is a Japanese ice hockey player who has been under contract with Esbjerg Energy from the Danish Metal Ligaen since 2014 .

Career

Shin'ya Yanadori began playing ice hockey during his primary school years in Akan (now part of Kushiro), then moved to Shōwa Elementary School and later Tottori Middle School in Kushiro. He then attended the high school in Tomakomai , more than 200 km away from Komazawa University , which has regularly won the national high school championships since the 1970s. From 2005 he played for Meiji University before moving to Nippon Paper Cranes in the Asia League Ice Hockey in 2009. In 2014 he won the Asia League with his team. He then moved to Europe, where he has since been on the ice at Esbjerg Energy in the Danish Metal Ligaen . With the team from the North Sea Arts he was able to achieve the runner-up title in his first year. But after only a year he returned to the Paper Cranes.

International

For Japan, Yanadori took part in the U18 World Championships in Division I in 2003 and 2004 and in the U20 World Championships in Division I in 2004 and 2006 and Division II in 2005 .

With the Japanese men's team he was on the ice for the first time at the 2006 World Cup in Division I. He was also active for Japan in Division I at the World Championships in 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 and 2016 . At the Winter Asian Games 2007 in Changchun , he and his team won the title with a 3-2 win in the decisive game of the final round against Kazakhstan . Four years later in Astana the decisive game against the same opponent was lost with 1: 4, so that it was only enough for the silver 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 . He also failed with the team from the land of the rising sun in qualifying for the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang .

Achievements and Awards

• 2005 Promotion to Division I at the U20 World Cup, Division II, Group A.
• 2007 Asian champion at the Winter Asian Games
• 2011 silver medal at the Asian Winter Games
• 2014 won the Asia League Ice Hockey with the Nippon Paper Cranes

Asia League statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	7th	286	41	154	195	477
Playoffs	7th	34	4th	14th	18th	28

(Status: end of the 2016/17 season)

Web links

• Shin'ya Yanadori at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Shin'ya Yanadori at eurohockey.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Shin'ya Yanadori: プ ロ フ ィ ー ル . In: ALL THE BEST ~全力を尽くして. . Retrieved April 27, 2014 (Japanese, Shin'ya Yanadori personal blog).